Nobel Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore has published a new book Our Choice:  A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis.  Newsweek sets out a review of the book interspersed with quotes from Gore including his assertion that, “laying out the facts is not enough”.  Mr. Gore sees a future where an international climate bill is passed this year and the world finds out that changes in energy use were not only inexpensive but profitable. It is unclear if his vision of an international climate treaty being passed this year will come to fruition, as many leaders now see decisions not being made until 2010.

Al Gore is of course not without controversy, with his home in Tennessee consuming more than 20 times the amount of energy of a typical home, even with compact fluorescent light bulbs and energy efficient measures.  Never the less, Al Gore has played a crucial role in bringing climate change into the public’s awareness with his groundbreaking Inconvenient Truth.

Local residents will have an opportunity to hear Al Gore speak at the First Parish Church this Saturday, November 7.