Gore backs direct action against dirty coal plants

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It's time for civil disobedience, says the Nobel Peace Prize winner

Former US vice president and environmental campaigner Al Gore has claimed that it might be time for young people to take direct action against new coal- fired power stations through acts of civil disobedience....

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