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U.S. Mayors Climate Conference: Gore I Gore addresses mayors via satellite	David Roberts	01 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Sorry I wasn't able to do my signature live-blogging today -- there was no wi-fi at the Edgewater, or rather, they had wi-fi you had to pay for, and I'm cheap. Plus we left mid-day to go see Clinton's address, and there wasn't wi-fi at Benaroya Hall either. When oh when will Seattle get municipal broadband wi-fi? At this afternoon's luncheon, Al Gore spoke to the mayors conference via satellite. (He claimed he couldn't be here in person because his wife Tipper had ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate (all these topics)

Lock box? Should Gore get arrested protesting coal?	David Roberts	31 Oct 2007	Gristmill
It's a little sketchily sourced, but according to Mark Hertsgaard Al Gore is "considering" joining the Rainforest Action Network in some direct action protest against coal plants -- which could well result in his arrest. Hertsgaard thinks it would be a good thing: If Gore did end up getting arrested during a protest against a coal-fired power plant, it would make front-page news throughout the world and put a spotlight on what some climate scientists a ...
Topics: Al Gore, coal, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Can't we all just get along? Gore, partisanship, and climate change	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
A Gore conservatives could love? Photo: Eric Neitzel/WireImage. One of the stranger things I sometimes read about Al Gore is that because he is so partisan, because he turns off a certain bloc of the U.S. public, he is flawed as a leader on climate change. Surely the issue deserves a prophet that's not so sullied by politics! This seems confused. In terms of spreading awareness and generating pressure behind a response, Gore has done more than anybody in t ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, politics (all these topics)

Gore's flaw: He doesn't sound enough like an uptight libertarian wonk Says uptight libertarian wonk	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I don't understand what Steven Landsburg is supposed to be saying here. By his own admission, the position Gore advances is in line with the Stern Review. But Stern showed his work, with a few hundred pages on discount rates and risk assessments, and Gore just made a movie that got seen by tens of millions of people, so Gore is some kind of buffoon and Stern should have gotten the Nobel? That doesn't make any sense. Why should the technical language of economics be the ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate (all these topics)

Notable quotable	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'I can promise you that as president I will have him involved in our administration in a very senior capacity.' -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore
Topics: Al Gore, Barack Obama, elections, politics, presidential race 08, quotables (all these topics)

Pearce on Gore	David Roberts	24 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Socially progressive publishing house Beacon has a new blog, Beacon Broadside, where its authors post. One of the first posts is from Fred Pearce, author of, among other books, With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change. It's called "Al and Me,' and defends Gore against the charge that he exaggerated the dangers of climate change in his movie. Quite the contrary, says Pearce.
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change impacts, websites (all these topics)

Stossel	David Roberts	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Does John Stossel have the brains God gave a chicken wing? Most people say no. Some say yes. One thing's for sure: the debate isn't over!
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change impacts, climate change skepticism, climate science, movies (all these topics)

Better late than never Stewart on Gore	David Roberts	19 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Here's Jon Stewart (who's got a spiffy new website) on Gore's Nobel win:
Topics: Al Gore, funnies, TV (all these topics)

Another skeptic zombie killed, probably not for the last time More on the nine 'errors' in Gore's movie	David Roberts	19 Oct 2007	Gristmill
As I said in my earlier post on the subject, there's less than meets the eye to the story of the British judge that found nine "errors" in An Inconvenient Truth. Turns out they weren't errors, just points the judge deemed different enough from the IPCC view to warrant explanatory materials -- and the judge was off about most of them anyway.That hasn't stopped the media from making a total hash of it. Read Tim Lambert's two posts on the Washington Post's war o ...
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, movies (all these topics)

BREAKING: Gore still not running!	David Roberts	18 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Sounds vaguely familiar.
Topics: Al Gore, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The enGorsement Who will Gore endorse, and does it matter?	David Roberts	17 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Some commentators are taking the unique approach of discussing Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize not in terms of whether he'll run for president, but in terms of the dangers of climate change who he'll endorse for president. Marc Ambinder says both Edwards and Obama are actively courting Gore; Chris Cillizza says it will be one of the two. Noam Scheiber thinks it will be Obama, and FWIW, Grist readers agree (see poll). Will the prize raise the political value of the endors ...
Topics: Al Gore, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Think you very much Smart commentary on Gore's Nobel	David Roberts	16 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'Do I derange you?' Photo: Eric Neitzel/WireImage. Gore's Nobel certainly brought out the mouthbreathers, but it also inspired some insightful commentary, some of it, mercifully, not about its effects on the presidential race. Most commentators did, however, find it difficult to avoid the Bush/Gore comparison. Here's a sample of some of the better stuff I've found around the tubes. Paul Krugman on Gore Derangement Syndrome: What is it about Mr. Gore that ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, elections, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Sticks and stones Right wing commentators react to Gore's Nobel	David Roberts	16 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The assault on reason Gore Photo: Eric Neitzel/WireImage. Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize was met with howls of outrage and resentment from the right, which never met anything other than war that it couldn't drum up some howls of outrage and resentment about. The smear of choice was to mention Gore's name in the same sentence as a bunch of bad people. Or to say that the Nobel committee hates Bush. Pretty much how they deal with all critics, in other words. Here's a s ...
Topics: Al Gore, politics (all these topics)

Respect Al Gore's commitment to public service in the face of cynicism	David Roberts	16 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'Hey Crichton, won the Pulitzer yet?' Photo: Eric Neitzel/WireImage. I get accused of "hero worshiping" Gore, which I don't think is right, but I do have immense respect for the guy, so I thought I'd say why. Even now, I don't think people appreciate what a punch in the gut the 2000 election was for Gore. The previous eight years had been spent in the shadow of a pol who had the charm and magnetism Gore lacked, but Clinton did not share Gore's passio ...
Topics: Al Gore, politics (all these topics)

Paul Krugman ...	David Roberts	14 Oct 2007	Gristmill
... is a national treasure.
Topics: Al Gore, politics (all these topics)

A prize for Mr. Gore and science NY Times editors get the Gore Nobel story right	Maywa Montenegro	14 Oct 2007	Gristmill
With everyone weighing in on this year's Nobel Peace Prize, it's been revealing to see what the media makes of it, and how oddly misdirected their questions have been: Will Al run for president? (Argh.) What has climate change got to do with peace? (Huh?) Is this merely a political jab to the current U.S. administration? (So what?)But the editors of the NYT pretty much nailed it:What the citation didn't mention but needs to be said is that it shouldn't have to be l ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, politics (all these topics)

A new plan to fight the fight against fighting global warming Right-wingers will do whatever Gore says not to	Adam Browning	12 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I bet it would work:Better yet, maybe Gore will make a major speech telling people to not stick their tongues in wall sockets in an effort to save electricity. Afterward, expect lots of flickering lights in your neighborhood and fewer right-wing bloggers on the internets.
Topics: Al Gore, climate (all these topics)

Gore wins his second favorite award Nobel Prize is a nice follow up to Oceana Award	Andrew Sharpless	12 Oct 2007	Gristmill
We are thrilled to learn that Al Gore just won the Nobel Prize. As David Roberts points out, he certainly deserved it and this is good news for all of us in the environmental community and in the world.Gore was also presented with Oceana's 2007 Partners Award this past Friday. The former vice president's work on highlighting the challenges climate change presents to our oceans is incredibly important.Gore was joined by Dr. Daniel Pauly, winner of the 2007 Ted ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, heroes, oceans (all these topics)

The Thrill of It, Al Al Gore and the IPCC win Nobel Peace Prize		12 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 5:34 AM on 12 Oct 2007 It's official: Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have won the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change," the Nobel committee said. The former vice president was described as "probably the single individua ...
Topics: Al Gore, heroes, IPCC, news (all these topics)

For whom the Nobel tolls Al Gore and the IPCC jointly win peace prize	David Roberts	12 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Photo: Stephen Lovekin/WireImage Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize 'for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.' Here's the press release. Here is his statement: I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningfu ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, heroes (all these topics)

My Nobel Peace Prize prediction	David Roberts	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
This year's Nobel Peace Prize will be jointly won by Al Gore and Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the IPCC.You heard it here first!
Topics: Al Gore, IPCC (all these topics)

Why Al Gore deserves the Nobel Peace Prize Gore's effort to focus attention on climate change supports the goal of preventing wars	Grist	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
This is a guest essay by Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. It was originally published on Salon.com. What's world peace got to do with global warming? Perhaps everything. Or it will if things don't change fast -- if, in 10 or 20 or 40 years devastating floods and droughts displace millions of refugees and spur nations and tribes to desperate bloodletting. At which point, no one will have the slightest doubt why members of the renowned Scandinavian founda ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, energy, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Gore's 'exciting and urgent mission' Why has Gore suddenly left the country?	David Roberts	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
There's been some blogospheric buzz over this item on the San Fran Chronicle blog. Al Gore was going to appear today at a fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer, but he abruptly canceled. Here a bit from the note Boxer sent out: I just got a call from Vice President Al Gore. He told me that he needs to travel abroad tomorrow for an exciting and urgent mission that could result in a major breakthrough in the fight against global warming. There's been talk that Gore might ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, energy (all these topics)

Climate change and world peace Three reasons Gore deserves the Nobel Peace Prize	Joseph Romm	11 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Conservative carping aside, Al Gore is a perfect candidate for three reasons: The award has always gone to people who have done more than just promote 'peace,' such as Albert Schweitzer, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa. The award has recently (2004) gone to an environmental leader, the great Wangari Maathai, who 'founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots environmental nongovernmental organization, which has now planted over 30 m ...
Topics: Al Gore, climate, international politics, politics (all these topics)

Against Al Odds Bookies make Al Gore the odds-on favorite to win the Nobel Peace Prize		11 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 4:44 AM on 11 Oct 2007 The winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday, and bookmakers are giving Al Gore the best odds of winning. Think he'll actually bag the prize? Vote in our poll on the Grist homepage. sources:� LiveScience, Wired Science From the Archives Bottled Rage. Anti-bottled-water campaign kicks off in cities across U.S. We'll Worry About ...
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