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Former Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple, Inc.'s board of directors.

Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the Climate Crisis.

Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. During the Administration, Gore was a central member of President Clinton's economic team. He served as President of the Senate, a Cabinet member, a member of the National Security Council and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives.

He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, and Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Gore's newest book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, was released in January 2013. He is the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and is the co-recipient, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for "informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change."

Blog Entries by Al Gore

400 PPM

(1382) Comments | Posted May 10, 2013 | 12:04 PM

Yesterday, for the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide, the primary global warming pollutant, hit 400 parts per million in our planet's atmosphere. This number is a reminder that for the last 150 years -- and especially over the last several decades -- we have been recklessly...

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Worsening Income Inequality

(1762) Comments | Posted March 11, 2013 | 9:26 AM

In my new book, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, I highlight the problem of increasing income inequality that is plaguing the societies of almost every industrialized country in the world. Despite being the richest country in the world, the United States also suffers from one of...

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New Cabinet Nominees

(112) Comments | Posted March 4, 2013 | 8:26 PM

President Obama today announced his choices to lead the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Office of Management and Budget.

I congratulate both Ernest Moniz and Gina McCarthy on their nominations to head the DOE and EPA, respectively. I know and highly respect both and I wish...

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Tea Party: la spontanéité simulée

(13) Comments | Posted February 16, 2013 | 6:29 AM

Ce billet a été initialement publié sur Le HuffPost Green

Une nouvelle étude de l'Institut national du cancer a révélé que la formation du Tea Party (mouvement politique opposé à toute forme d'impôts qui serait apparu spontanément après la crise de 2008, ndlr) était...

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False Spontaneity of the Tea Party

(1869) Comments | Posted February 14, 2013 | 3:36 PM

A new study funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health reveals that the Tea Party Movement was planned over a decade ago by groups with ties to the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. The movement was not a spontaneous populist uprising, but rather...

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The State of the Union

(320) Comments | Posted February 12, 2013 | 3:58 PM

Tonight's State of the Union Address represents an excellent opportunity for President Obama to build upon his actions in his first term to solve the climate crisis and reclaim American leadership on this most crucial challenge. During his first four years, President Obama oversaw unprecedented investments in clean energy, improved...

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The Future

(407) Comments | Posted January 25, 2013 | 1:43 PM

Almost a decade ago, someone asked me a question, "What are the drivers of global change?" I've spent a lot of time over the last eight years thinking about it, and have dedicated much of the last two years to researching, writing and refining my conclusions. The result is my...

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Worrisome Change to the New York Times' Ability to Cover Climate

(108) Comments | Posted January 17, 2013 | 8:21 AM

This past week, the New York Times announced the closure of their environmental desk. Along with many, I am sorry to see this team disbanded; over the last several years they have consistently provided high-quality reporting on critical environmental issues, especially the climate crisis. Newspapers generally are under economic stress,...

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On Hurricane Sandy

(798) Comments | Posted October 30, 2012 | 3:46 PM

This week, our nation has anxiously watched as Hurricane Sandy lashed the East Coast and caused widespread damage -- affecting millions. Now more than ever, our neighbors need our help. Please consider donating or volunteering for your local aid organizations.

The images of Sandy's flooding brought back memories of a...

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Win the Conversation

(3) Comments | Posted August 14, 2012 | 8:26 PM

Today's media environment is a challenging one. Between blogs, social media, 24-hour cable news and endless propaganda campaigns from political organizations, making your message stand out is difficult. In his fascinating new book, Language Intelligence, Joe Romm from Climate Progress lays out the keys to persuasive writing, and speaking.

"In...
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Meet Paul Ryan

(710) Comments | Posted August 13, 2012 | 10:51 PM

Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's new running mate, has a history of anti-climate science statements and votes, according to Brad Johnson:

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Mitt Romney's vice-presidential pick, is a virulent denier of climate science, with a voting record to match.

A favorite of the Koch brothers,...
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Extreme Weather Disaster Area: This Is What the Climate Crisis Looks Like

(1361) Comments | Posted July 15, 2012 | 9:20 PM

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has named over 1,000 counties in 26 states as disaster areas -- the largest declaration in history -- as a result of the recent drought, wildfires and other extreme weather events threatening agriculture and many other industries across the entire country. As scientists have told...

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Reflections on Earth Day

(488) Comments | Posted April 21, 2012 | 9:59 PM

In 1994, I was asked by Rachel Carson's publisher to write the introduction for the 30th anniversary edition of Silent Spring. It was, of course, a privilege and honor. Here is part of what I wrote:

Writing about Silent Spring is a humbling experience for an elected official,because Rachel Carson's...
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Sustainable Capitalism

(91) Comments | Posted February 29, 2012 | 10:41 PM

Earlier this month, Generation Investment Management, a firm I co-founded along with David Blood, released a white paper on the importance of sustainable capitalism. The white paper defines Sustainable Capitalism as a framework that seeks to maximize long-term economic value creation by reforming markets to address the real needs of...

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Antarctic Glaciers and the Global Water Crisis

(740) Comments | Posted February 4, 2012 | 8:08 AM

Today, our journey takes us to Neko Harbor, one of the prime locations in this region to view glaciers. These towering walls of ice are a majestic sight, and a humbling reminder of the fragility of the natural systems that human beings depend upon for life as we know it.

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Troubled Oceans at the Bottom of the World

(319) Comments | Posted February 1, 2012 | 1:48 PM

Today we visit the Weddell Sea, which lies to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula. Like the rest of the Southern Ocean, the body of water that surrounds Antarctica, it is home to diverse ecosystems that are filled with unique and astonishing wildlife. And like oceans everywhere, the impacts of...

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From Antarctica to Bangladesh: The Story of Rising Seas

(329) Comments | Posted January 31, 2012 | 3:41 PM

After crossing the legendary Drake Passage, we came in sight of the Antarctic continent. It is a majestic, otherworldly place. The Antarctic Peninsula, which juts northward toward South America, is lined with ice-covered mountains and surrounded by abundant wildlife in the sea. But even on this continent that looks and...

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Living on Thin Ice

(408) Comments | Posted January 25, 2012 | 11:37 AM

Last September, millions of you joined us for 24 Hours of Reality, when we connected the dots between the extreme weather events happening all over the world and the reality of the climate crisis. Together, we saw that we don't need to travel far to see the impacts of climate...

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The Keystone Myth

(440) Comments | Posted January 24, 2012 | 10:37 AM

President Obama made the right call last week when he decided to reject the tar sands pipeline. The State Department, in its Congressional Report, debunked the myth that this disastrous project would benefit the US:

Regarding economic, energy security, and trade factors, the economic analysis in the final...

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Thousands Surround White House

(64) Comments | Posted November 9, 2011 | 4:36 PM

Thousands of protestors surrounded the White House last weekend demanding Barack Obama block the tars sands pipeline because of its implications for worsening the climate crisis:


Thousands of protesters gathered in Lafayette Square across from the White House on Sunday to oppose a plan for...

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