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Gore errata
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David Roberts |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you just can't get enough livebloggin', Brian Beutler also had a running commentary on Gore's testimony over at his blog. Meanwhile, Inhofe and Co. are busy whining that they didn't get Gore's Senate testimony earlier. True statesmen. It looks like Lomborg's testimony has been delayed so long that Gore will be in front of the Senate before Lomborg starts. You can guess whom I'm going to choose to watch. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, Congress, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics) |
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Gore's legislative recommendations to the House
All ten of 'em |
David Roberts |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you don't want to read my whole blow-by-blow of Gore's testimony to the House, here's a summary of his ten legislative recommendations. An immediate "carbon freeze" that would cap U.S. CO2 emissions at current levels, followed by a program to generate 90% reductions by 2050. Start a long-term tax shift to reduce payroll taxes and increase taxes on CO2 emissions. Put aside a portion of carbon tax revenues to help low-income people make the ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, Congress, politics (all these topics) |
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Al Gore's testimony to the House
Livebloggin'! |
David Roberts |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Well, here I am, against my better judgment, up at 6:30am, gulping down coffee, getting ready to watch Gore testify to the House. How did my life come to this point? Didn't I used to be cool? If you want to geek out along with me, you can follow along with the webcast here. Let the liveblogging dorkery begin! (Below the fold.) Man, Dingell is a cranky-looking dude. They're starting with Joe Barton?! And he's starting with a 'parliamentary inquiry'? You will not ma ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, Congress, politics (all these topics) |
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On Gore, tipping points, the law of the one, and Google's new climate maven
The inspirational story of Aimee C. |
Dan Worth |
21 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Blame It On Rio In June of 1972, some 35 years ago, a group of future-thinking leaders met in Sweden for the first United Nations Convention on the Human Environment. By the end of a whirlwind week, they had issued the Stockholm Statement, established what is now known as UNEP, and given birth to the modern field of international environmental law. Twenty years later, in June of 1992, just one month before he would be chosen as Clinton's running mate, Al Gore ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, politics (all these topics) |
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Because Al says so
The Gore wants half a million missives sent to Congress |
Kate Sheppard |
20 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Help Al Gore Send a Message to Congress tomorrow! (Not sure what this actually accomplishes, but hey, do it for Dreamy Al. He wants to reach 500,000.) |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, Congress, politics (all these topics) |
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Answers to questions the Drudge Report poses to Al Gore
Come on, Drudge. You can do better |
Joseph Romm |
20 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore is testifying on Capitol Hill twice on Wednesday -- before John Dingell's House Energy and Commerce Committee and Barbara Boxer's Senate Environment Committee. According to the Drudge Report (link may only be temporary), 'Proposed questions for Gore, which are circulating behind-the-scenes, have been obtained by the DRUDGE REPORT -- questions that could lead Gore scrambling for answers!' Here are the questions, which would not cause a fifth grader to scramble, ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism (all these topics) |
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Al Gore to testify to both houses of Congress tomorrow
Political wonks everywhere feel the electricity! |
David Roberts |
20 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In what may be the blockbuster hit of the political season, Al Gore is testifying to Congress tomorrow -- twice. Not only is his testimony expected to influence the direction of coming legislation, but it may also reveal something of his intentions on the presidential race. One way or another, there's sure to be drama. First, at 9:30am, he'll testify to [deep breath] a joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Energy and Commerce Committee ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics (all these topics) |
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Wednesday must-see TV
Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-wacko |
Adam Browning |
19 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| If you thought today's fireworks were entertaining, wait for Wednesday. Gore will address the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Gore and Inhofe, mano-a-mano. Or, more accurately, mano-a-wacko. Pass the popcorn. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, Congress, James Inhofe, politics, TV (all these topics) |
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Ideas should trump personalities
Don't shoot the messengers |
Jason D Scorse |
19 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| All social movements are susceptible to the 'cult of personality.' This is always dangerous. Not only are individuals invariably fallible, and never live up to the 'purity standards' often imposed on them, but it is their message that is most important, not the messengers.Within the environmental community, I have witnessed this personality frenzy at work in a variety of settings, which usually leads to a debasing of the dialogue. I fear that the recent uproar over Al ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, environmental movement, politics (all these topics) |
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Child's Play
Can Al Gore's message be tailored for kids? |
Sarah van Schagen |
16 Mar 2007 |
Main Dish |
| The planet's future is up to you, kids ... but no pressure. Photo: Sarah van Schagen Can Al Gore's message be tailored for kids? Lisa Shimizu thinks so. Over the past few months, Shimizu has been developing a version of the Inconvenient Truth slideshow that would be easily understood by and engaging for children. After testing it out on captive audiences ranging from her 8-year-old daughter Aya to a cl ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change impacts, education, Seattle (all these topics) |
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7/7/07: Capitol records
Gore looks to Capitol lawn for U.S. Live Earth concert |
Sarah van Schagen |
14 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| On 7/7/07, Al Gore hopes to rock the House. Yes, that's House with a capital "h."Gore's first choice for hosting the U.S. Live Earth concerts was the 300-acre National Mall, but turns out it's double-booked already. The official National Mall Dayplanner says "annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival" and "rally by a religious group" (no details on which religious group, but it's not this one). So now Gore's looking to the front lawn of the ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, messaging, music, politics (all these topics) |
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Debunking the NYT's sloppy hit piece on Gore
The gray lady gets it woefully, laughably wrong |
David Roberts |
13 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Yesterday, Drudge breathlessly reported a coming "hit on Gore" from The New York Times. Today that hit has come, in the form of a state-of-the-art piece of slime from Bill Broad. This may be the worst, sloppiest, most dishonest piece of reporting I've ever seen in the NYT. It's got all the hallmarks of a vintage Gore hit piece: half-truths, outright falsehoods, unsubstantiated quotes, and a heaping dose of innuendo. As usual with these things, unless you' ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change skepticism, climate science (all these topics) |
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Talking points on the Gore pseudo-scandal
Share with friends and family |
David Roberts |
28 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I just talked with a reporter from CNS News -- a right-wing media site -- about the Al Gore pseudo-scandal. Who knows how my comments will end up being represented in the piece. Probably something like, "Al Gore ... does it ... with ... hogs." But just to keep a public record, here are the talking points I shared with him. Feel free to borrow them for your own encounters with media or family and friends: It's nice to see the conservative media taking t ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions (all these topics) |
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More Gore
Really, can you get enough? |
Yolanda Crous |
27 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Just can't get enough of Al-mania? For your consideration, two Gore-centric anecdotes from the Oscar backstage press room, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly: Please. S'il Vous Plait. Por Favor. Per Favore. Please. Hands shot up all over for Al Gore when he came backstage. What did the international press want to know? Maybe something about how it was to star in an Oscar-winning film? Or how they can help stop global warming? Or how can they fix the wipers on their ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, celebrity, cutesy, movies, music, politics (all these topics) |
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Al Gore's iTunes playlist
Surprisingly hip |
David Roberts |
26 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Because the world demands it, here is Al Gore's (surprisingly hip) iTunes playlist (via Ecorazzi): Track One: I Need To Wake Up, by Melissa Etheridge (From An Inconvenient Truth) "There are many of Melissa Etheridge's songs I could choose to be a part of my list but this one is more meaningful to me than all of the others because she wrote after seeing Davis Guggenheim's first rough cut of "An Inconvenient Truth" and I am so grateful for the pas ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, music (all these topics) |
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Martin Who?
An Inconvenient Truth wins Oscars, Al Gore wins affection |
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26 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Martin Who? An Inconvenient Truth wins Oscars, Al Gore wins affection Rock star. Superhero. Visionary. That pre-Oscar hype paled next to last night's event, which saw Al Gore -- looking blissfully bloated in a Ralph Lauren tux -- take home an award for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song. OK, technically the Goracle himself didn't win either of the statuettes for An Inconve ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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Al Gore's environmental footprint is irrelevant
The system changes or we're all screwed |
David Roberts |
21 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Having finally gotten the memo that the debate on climate change science is over, conservatives now need a new attack on green advocates. It appears they're reverting to an old standby: hypocrisy. Watch (via Hugg) as FOX News' Sean Hannity lays out the charge against Al Gore:The hypocrisy attack on environmentalists is extremely common, so it's worth discussing why it's almost entirely bogus. I've inveighed against it numerous times (see here, here, here, here, and h ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, ecological footprint (all these topics) |
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It's Official: He Rocks
Gore announces continents-spanning concert series, Live Earth |
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16 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| It's Official: He Rocks Gore announces continents-spanning concert series, Live Earth Never let it be said that Al Gore is not dedicated to his cause: the man will do whatever it takes to raise awareness about climate change. If it means hobnobbing at Sundance, he'll do it. Starring in a film that gets nominated for an Oscar? Not afraid. Orchestrating an event that features seven concerts on seven continents on 7/7/07 ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, green living, news (all these topics) |
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Rockin' in the warm world
Gore to announce climate-change concerts around the world |
Kate Sheppard |
08 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This July 7, the world will rock out in the name of stopping climate change. And at the head of it, global warming's resident rock star: Al Gore. We mentioned this waaaay back in December, but news is hitting the rest of the dinosaurs mainstream media just today. Much like the worldwide party that rocked in the name of erasing African poverty, this day of concerts will be a massive attempt to put a major issue on the map all around the globe. Events will be held ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, music (all these topics) |
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Authentic Al
Former vice president. Newly minted rock star. |
Yolanda Crous |
07 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| By now, everyone's heard the news. Al Gore isn't the guy he was in 2000. He's the New Gore -- relaxed, charming, self-effacing, funny. Really funny. Who'd have thunk it?I'd heard all about the New Gore, of course. I'd even sampled a little bit of NG at a Current TV event I attended in December. And yet, when I snagged a press pass to see Al and his Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim receive the Sir David Attenborough award for Excellence in Nature Filmmaking ... |
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You Wanna Peace of Him?
Al Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize |
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02 Feb 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| You Wanna Peace of Him? Al Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Three cheers for Al Gore, whose incessant blabbering about climate change has gotten him nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. "Al Gore with his movie and his dedication and his active diplomacy among world leaders has really moved the issue forward," says Boerge Brende, one of two Norwegian lawmakers who snuck Gore's nomination in just bef ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Climate change with Al Gore
A dispatch from Gore's climate training sessions |
Andrew Dessler |
11 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I'm blogging from Nashville, where I just spent two days hanging with Al Gore and shooting the sh-t about climate change. OK, it wasn't just me and Al -- there were about 200 other people there. This meeting is part of Al Gore's effort to train 1000 people to go out and deliver his Inconvenient Truth talk. The meeting started off on a low note when I found out that Cameron Diaz had been in the session before mine. Damn. My session was actually devoid of anyon ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, climate (all these topics) |
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The scientific debate
Some thoughts |
David Roberts |
05 Jan 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Part of the confusion over Revkin's article is that there isn't one "climate debate." There are several. I'm going to taxonomize them in another post, but first I want to say something about the scientific one. This debate, as many folks have pointed out, is pretty much over. The denialists are wrong and they've been completely discredited. Every serious person involved in the climate change discussion accepts the broad conclusions of the IPCC. However, ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change impacts, climate change skepticism, climate science, IPCC (all these topics) |
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An environmental A to Z for 2006
The year, alphabetically |
Kit Stolz |
29 Dec 2006 |
Gristmill |
| When it comes to global warming and the environment, everything seemed to change in 2006 -- at least in terms of public awareness. Here's an A-to-Z accounting of just some of those changes: A is for An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's scientific but surprisingly human documentary on the threat of climate change, which was expected to take in at most $6-7 million at the box office but went on to gross over $45 million, the biggest documentary of the year and the thi ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, biofuels, energy, green living, James Hansen, Kyoto Protocol, lists, movies, 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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