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 Stories About: Al Gore AND George Bush
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Person of the Year
Bush beats Gore, again! |
Joseph Romm |
20 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Until last week, this long-beloved annual tradition seemed to be a lock for one person -- Nobel laureate, itinerant educator, and media superstar Al Gore. Sadly, he only makes first runner-up this year. Like Time magazine, our Person of the Year is awarded to the person or group who "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year" in the climate arena. By single-handedly stopping any international action on climate a ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, George Bush, politics (all these topics) |
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I'm the President! No, I'm the President!
George Bush fetes Al Gore in Oval Office |
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27 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:52 PM on 27 Nov 2007 Yesterday, George W. Bush fulfilled the U.S. president's traditional obligation to fete the winners of the Nobel Prize in the Oval Office -- including, of course, Peace Prize Laureate (and, in the minds of some, rightful inhabitant of said Oval Office) Al Gore. Awkward! The two men had a private 40-minute conversation in which they "talked about global warming -- the whole ti ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, George Bush, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Double, Double Oil and Trouble
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02 Oct 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Double, Double Oil and Trouble George W. Bush unveiled an energy plan on Friday that would boost domestic oil production significantly and open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and other federal lands to drilling. Speaking at a Michigan auto plant, Bush hammered at some of Al Gore's environmental beliefs. "The vice president likes electric cars -- he just doesn't like making electricity. In speeches, he calls autowo ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, George Bush (all these topics) |
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Cravin' Votes, Craven Move
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22 Sep 2000 |
Daily Grist |
| Cravin' Votes, Craven Move In marked contrast to European leaders who have refused to bend to public pressure to lower gasoline prices -- some even stating concerns about conservation and global warming -- Vice President Al Gore yesterday urged President Clinton to dip into the country's emergency petroleum stockpiles to make heating oil cheaper before winter (read: Election Day). The Gore campaign has determined that the rising cost o ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, George Bush (all these topics) |
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Bush Whacked
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08 Oct 1999 |
Daily Grist |
| Bush Whacked Vice Pres. Al Gore accused GOP presidential frontrunner Gov. George W. Bush yesterday of letting Texas become the most polluted state in the nation, number one in toxic releases into the air, water, and soil, according to EPA numbers, and home to Houston, the city with the worst smog in the country. A Bush spokesperson dismissed Gore as having a "long history of weird and extreme environmental ideas," including s ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, George Bush (all these topics) |
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