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'That assumption just went splat'
Al Gore on the climate and financial crises |
Kate Sheppard |
24 Sep 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In this morning's first panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative, former President Bill Clinton and his VP, Al Gore, talked about how the nation's financial situation might have played out differently if we'd dealt intelligently with energy issues years ago -- a theme Clinton has sounded several times this week. Gore said that the climate crisis and the financial meltdown are based on similar assumptions. 'The current economic crisis was triggered, of c ... |
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| Topics: coal, oil shale, Wall Street, economy, climate, energy, politics, news, Muckraker, Al Gore (all these topics) |
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If Trees Fall in Deforest, Do They Make a Sound?
Al Gore, Wangari Maathai urge U.N. to tackle deforestation in next climate treaty |
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23 Sep 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:08 AM on 23 Sep 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winners Al Gore and Wangari Maathai urged United Nations countries on Monday to pay special attention to tropical deforestation in their next international climate treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Preserving forests, they said, will help local communities, fight poverty, and may substantially slow global warmin ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, deforestation, habitat protection, international treaties, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Gore-y Details
Al Gore details plan for exclusively carbon-free electricity in U.S. by 2018 |
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17 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:34 AM on 17 Jul 2008 In a speech in Washington, D.C., today, climate activist Al Gore called for the United States to move toward using electricity that comes exclusively from carbon-free sources within 10 years in order to stave off catastrophic climate change. "I ask you to join with me to call on every candidate, at every level, to accept this challenge," he said. "It's ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, energy, news, politics, United States (all these topics) |
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Gore at the right time
America's climate guru issues statement of support for America's Climate Security Act |
Kate Sheppard |
02 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) is pretty jazzed about this statement of support for the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act that Al Gore released today: I want to commend Senator Boxer for her leadership of the Environment and Public Works Committee. Thanks to her vision and dedication, we have the first global warming bill in history that is comprehensive, bipartisan and that enjoys support across the country -- from labor and agriculture to the business and the e ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barbara Boxer, climate, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US Senate (all these topics) |
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Brood and Gore
Obama says he'd consider Gore for climate post in his administration |
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03 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:27 AM on 03 Apr 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said at a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania yesterday that he would consider asking former vice president and current climate superstar Al Gore to assume a cabinet-level position in his administration to help tackle climate change. "I will make a commitment that Al Gore will be at the table and play a central part in us figuring ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Value Advertised
Gore-y climate ads are coming soon to a TV near you |
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01 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:11 PM on 01 Apr 2008 While it is not true that Al Gore is running for president (honestly, how do these rumors get started?), it is true that his Alliance for Climate Protection has officially launched a new "we" campaign. The ad campaign aims to spend $300 million over three years to create a sense of both urgency and solvability around the climate crisis. The first ad hits TVs on Wednesday, likening the ... |
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| Topics: advertising, Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, messaging, news, politics, TV (all these topics) |
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A Perfect Tennesseean
Tennessee Senate passes resolution honoring Al Gore |
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11 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:02 AM on 11 Jan 2008 The Tennessee state Senate has passed a resolution honoring Al Gore for his efforts to curb climate change. And the crowd goes wild! "Let's be honest about it. What is a resolution but a piece of paper with flowery words on it," says House Republican Leader Jason Mumpower, adding that the resolution "has no real meaning other than whatever meaning it has to him when he hangs ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, heroes, news, politics, Tennessee (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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What's Up, Doc?
U.K. judge rules Inconvenient Truth partisan but still OK to show in schools |
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03 Oct 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 12:48 PM on 03 Oct 2007 A judge has ruled on a British citizen's accusation that the United Kingdom's distribution of An Inconvenient Truth to secondary schools amounts to political indoctrination. And the strange, strange verdict is: Yes, the documentary can be shown in schools -- as long as teachers follow guidelines to not promote Al Gore's "partisan political views" to impressiona ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, education, England, litigation, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Hill's Not Alive With the Sound of Music
Gore climate concert kicked off of Capitol grounds |
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30 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| The Hill's Not Alive With the Sound of Music Gore climate concert kicked off of Capitol grounds In a decision that sent discordant music wafting toward Al Gore's ears, a group of Republican senators has put the kibosh on using the Capitol grounds for a gigantic climate-change-awareness concert this summer. The group -- led, not surprisingly, by climate skep ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, green living, James Inhofe, music, news, politics (all these topics) |
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The Incredible Bulk
Al Gore plans to launch grassroots carbon-freeze movement |
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12 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Incredible Bulk Al Gore plans to launch grassroots carbon-freeze movement When is a grassroots movement not a grassroots movement? When it's started by a kajillionaire movie-star politician, we'd say. But you can't blame Al Gore for trying. At a venture-capital conference last week, Gore returned to the "carbon freeze" idea he's been bandying about for a while, saying he would "launch an ongoing campaig ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Wake Up and Smell the Carbon
Al Gore launches new climate campaign |
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10 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Wake Up and Smell the Carbon Al Gore launches new climate campaign Launched with profits from Al Gore's new movie and book, a new group called Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend big bucks on advertising and grassroots organizing in an attempt to impart the dangers of climate chaos to the American public. Focusing particularly on conservatives and labor gro ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, news, non-government organizations, politics (all these topics) |
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Al's Well That Pens Well
Al Gore to publish new book on global warming |
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25 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Al's Well That Pens Well Al Gore to publish new book on global warming The self-proclaimed "former next president of the United States" -- currently at the Sundance Film Festival (and, may we point out, looking quite natty) to promote his new documentary about global warming, An Inconvenient Truth -- has announced that he'll soon be coming out with a new book on th ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, news, politics (all these topics) |
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