Reuters UK reports on Al Gore's appearance at the Clinton Global Initiative and two somewhat radical actions he recommends to protect the planet.

First, he is encouraging young people engage in Civil Disobedience when they learn of  plans to construct new coal plants without a plan to sequester the carbon emissions.  Currently there are no coal plants in the U.S. that do so.  The reason cited is that it would increase the upfront cost of building such plants by 50%.  It is not reported that Gore suggested any specific means of Civil Disobedience and it is probably wise to let young folks figure out the how and the when.

Gore also suggests that the SEC investigate companies for fraud when they try to convince the public that the dangers of global warming are not great.

I believe for a carbon company to spend money convincing the stock-buying public that the risk from the global climate crisis is not that great represents a form of stock fraud because they are misrepresenting a material fact," he said. "I hope these state attorney generals around the country will take some action on that.