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Give my regards to Broadway
The Great White Way goes green |
Sarah van Schagen |
11 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: Springsun via Flickr Mamma Mia! Broadway is going green. Inspired by An Inconvenient Truth, producer David Stone (who recently greened his hit musical Wicked) met with other Broadway big-wigs and the folks at NRDC in an effort to get the theater industry singing a more sustainable tune. There may be five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes in a year, but how much of a difference could this greening make? Well, they say the neon ligh ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, celebrity, energy efficiency, green living, New York City (all these topics) |
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Notable quotable
Inhofe: Gore wrong 100 percent of the time |
David Roberts |
05 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'Almost everything in his movie, in fact, everything has been refuted.' -- Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), on Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, dumbassery, quotables (all these topics) |
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James and the giant lie
Oklahoma senator makes stuff up, wastes time in climate change debate |
Kate Sheppard |
04 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the Senate's leading climate change denier, had plenty of kooky and alarmist things to say in yesterday's debate over climate change legislation. Think Progress has video of one of his wing-nuttiest contributions to the discussion, in which he lies about Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, and the IPCC: Yep, the same IPCC that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Gore. |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, insanity, IPCC, James Inhofe, Muckraker, news, Oklahoma, politics (all these topics) |
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Some like it really hot
An Inconvenient Musical plays on |
Sarah van Schagen |
02 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Think the idea of An Inconvenient Opera is a bit off-key? You might be singing a different tune after reading this: Apparently, An Inconvenient Musical opened to sold-out crowds in Toronto last summer. Says Kurt Firla, co-director/writer of the production:It's a satirical look at the climate crisis, corporate greed, and the general public's reluctance to do anything about the problem. It features some of Toronto's top improvisers/comedians, and we're giving $1 from ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, Canada, climate, green living, music (all these topics) |
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Truth or falsetto
Inconvenient Truth gives an encore -- as an opera |
Sarah van Schagen |
29 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Climate change ain't over 'til the fat Albert sings ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, green living, heroes (all these topics) |
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Pearce on Gore
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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. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change impacts, websites (all these topics) |
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Stossel
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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! |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change impacts, climate change skepticism, climate science, movies (all these topics) |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, movies (all these topics) |
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Erring on the side of tabloidism
The horrid misreporting on the case of the British judge and An Inconvenient Truth |
David Roberts |
12 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| There are three things you're unlikely to learn from the mainstream media about the Case of the Nine Errors, wherein a British judge is said to have taken issue with the accuracy of An Inconvenient Truth. The parent who filed the suit, Stewart Dimmock, is a member of a far-right political group with ties to a leading U.K. skeptic group, the one behind The Great Global Warming Swindle.The judge rejected the lawsuit and called the movie "broadly accurate."The ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate science (all these topics) |
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Errors in An Inconvenient Truth?
Brit judge claims to find errors in Gore movie |
Andrew Dessler |
11 Oct 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This just in from Fox News: A High Court judge in London has turned film critic, highlighting 'nine scientific errors' in Al Gore's documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. The judge said some of the errors had arisen in 'the context of alarmism and exaggeration' to support the former US vice-president's thesis on global warming. The Government's decision to show the film in secondary schools had come under attack from father-of-two Stewart Dimmock, a Kent school gov ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, movies (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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Dimmockery
British citizen sues government over distribution of climate-change film to schools |
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28 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 2:09 PM on 28 Sep 2007 In July, a judge ruled that the British government's decision to send Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth documentary to 3,500 English secondary schools did not constitute political indoctrination of children. British citizen and fun-name owner Stewart Dimmock disagrees, and is suing his government to quash the dastardly distribution. Dimmock claims the "irredeemable&quo ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, climate change skepticism, dimwittery, education, litigation, news, politics, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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Now With More Gore!
Al Gore will pen a solutions-focused sequel |
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07 Sep 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 3:15 PM on 07 Sep 2007 Al Gore is writing another book -- and you can bet that climate change is shakin' in its boots. The Path to Survival, a solutions-focused sequel to the groundbreaking Inconvenient Truth, is slated to hit shelves on Earth Day 2008. (Where was that impeccable timing when you were campaigning, Al?) Billed as "part scientific manual, part exposé, part visionary call for a new planet-wide political ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, books, climate, climate change mitigation, news (all these topics) |
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15 Green Movies
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29 Jun 2007 |
Main Dish |
| And ... action! We've reeled in a cast of green-themed flicks; pop some popcorn, see what made the cut, then play critic in the comments section at the bottom of the page. An Inconvenient Truth Mr. Gore went to Washington, and we all know how that turned out. But when Al hit Hollywood, it was a different story altogether. An Inconvenient Truth let the former veep shout his climate message from the proverbial rooftops. Who would have thought a documentary about a polit ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, green living, lists, movies (all these topics) |
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Will it play in Bolivia?
A South American take on Gore's film |
Katharine Wroth |
25 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Jessica Weisberg is an American journalist currently based in South America. The following is her take on the peculiar cultural dominance of An Inconvenient Truth. ----- I liked Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Really, I did. But when I count off my reasons -- the special effects, the wet-your-pants astonishment, the drama -- I find myself applauding the film's popular appeal more than its take-home message. ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Bolivia, climate, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Gore reaches fame of Biblical proportions
Uh, literally |
Kate Sheppard |
03 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| An Inconvenient Truth replaces the Gideon Bible in fancy new hotel. Dirt-worshiping hippies rejoice. |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies, religion and spirituality, travel (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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Gore on the small screen
AIT on Showtime |
David Roberts |
09 Mar 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth will make the move to the small screen, appearing this Sunday night (8pm EDT) on Showtime. Check your local schedule. |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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One Fine Day
Lisa Day of socially conscious film company Participant Productions answers readers' questions |
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09 Mar 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Do you think that An Inconvenient Truth should have considered another "inconvenient truth" -- that animal-based agriculture is a major contributor to the global climate-change crisis? -- Richard Schwartz, Staten Island, N.Y. Lisa Day, Participant Productions. The film itself focused on the two biggest contributors to the problem: fossil fuels and deforestation. Ho ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, movies (all these topics) |
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On a Bender
A chat with Inconvenient Truth co-producer and Hollywood bigwig Lawrence Bender |
Amanda Griscom Little |
06 Mar 2007 |
Main Dish |
| Meet Lawrence Bender, the Hollywood producer who lent his big-screen savoir faire to the success of the Oscar-winning sensation An Inconvenient Truth. Lawrence Bender. It's not Bender's first brush with Oscar fame. He produced Academy Award best-picture nominees Good Will Hunting and Pulp Fiction, as well as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, and other Quentin Tarantino blockb ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Something in the Way She Movies
Lisa Day of socially conscious film company Participant Productions answers Grist's questions |
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05 Mar 2007 |
InterActivist |
| Lisa Day. What work do you do? I am the vice president of social action and advocacy at Participant Productions. What does your company do? Participant is a film company with a twist -- we only make "issue" movies, and for each movie we create social-action campaigns. Our films have included An Inconvenient Truth and Syriana, as well as Good Night, a ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, climate, green living, InterActivist, interview, movies (all these topics) |
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Because you're tired of feeling out of the loop at cocktail parties
And because it's free |
Kate Sheppard |
28 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Oscar winner An Inconvenient Truth now available online, in its entirety. |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies (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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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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Gore's acceptance speech
Inspirational |
Sarah van Schagen |
25 Feb 2007 |
Gristmill |
| After the announcement that An Inconvenient Truth had won for Best Documentary, director Davis Guggenheim made his way to the stage along with Al Gore, Laurie David, and others amidst a standing ovation from the crowd.Here's what Guggenheim said:I made this movie for my children ... All of us who made this film -- Laurie, Scott, and Leslie -- we did so because we were moved to act by this man [gesturing toward Gore] ... All of us were inspired by his fight for 30 y ... |
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| Topics: An Inconvenient Truth, movies (all these topics) |
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