Clinton vs. Gore

In case you weren't paying attention, Bill Clinton is playing catch-up to Al Gore in the environmental activism field. I don't think he'll ever win a Nobel Prize, but he was once the most powerful man in the world, so he may not worry about it.


Clinton tells world city chiefs to act swiftly to save planet

Some parts of the article:
"Former US President Bill Clinton Tuesday urged leaders of the world's cities, which produce over two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions, to act swiftly to save the planet for their grandchildren."

"The former US leader, whose Clinton Climate Initiative develops programmes to help cities cut the emissions blamed for global warming, called for commitments and concrete action at the meeting which ends Thursday."

"Half the world's population lived in cities last year and that figure is expected to grow to 70 percent by 2050", said Clinton, citing UN statistics. "Cities occupy just two percent of the world's land mass yet are responsible for more than two-thirds of global energy use and greenhouse gas emissions."

The issue of how cities "find a way to continue to thrive and prosper while reducing greenhouse gas emissions is one of the central questions in the whole struggle," Clinton told a press conference earlier.

Clinton Climate Initiative