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Al Gore Teams Up With Tea Party to Fight for Rooftop Solar

2015-04-15 19:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Al Gore has been one of the leading voices in support of the environmental movement for decades, advocating for protection of the planet while in Congress and serving as former President Bill Clintons vice president. Hes written four books on the subject. His role became especially high profile after the release of the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which spotlighted the work he had been doing to raise awareness of climate change through a slide show presentation hed been doing to groups...

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Climate Change Deniers Should Be Punished, Says Al Gore

2015-03-17 20:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Climate change deniers should be punished in the eyes of former Vice President Al Gore, saying Friday that politicians who reject "accepted science" should pay the price for their ignorance. Gore, an active environmental activist, spoke out about the current climate crisis at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, pointing out that many smart investors are increasingly focusing on renewable energy sources rather than fossil fuels - a practice notorious for generating heat-trapping...

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The new optimism of Al Gore

2015-03-17 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Al Gore wants to make a point about cellphones, and he has a helpful set of slides on his laptop. Do you want to see that? he asks, and starts to turn the MacBook around. Its not two hours dont worry. Mr. Gore knows he is The Guy With the Slides, the man who will talk about the environment until you can no longer remember the color of the sky. He long ago mastered the self-deprecating gestures that let you know that he knows what you are thinking. And then he shows you the slides anyway....

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Al Gore: 2015 Paris conf will spur global climate change policies

2015-03-16 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Dallas Morning News: Former Vice President Al Gore told South by Southwest festival goers Friday that he expects the United Nations climate change conference at the end of the year will be a turning point in global policy. About 190 countries are slated to attend the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Paris at the end of the year. Though he called the 2009 conference in Copenhagen "an abysmal failure," Gore said he believed they would find success in Paris because each country will...

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