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Al Gore Explains How Call For Climate Change Action Is Similar To Civil Rights Movement (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, Clean Energy, An Inconvenient Truth, Coal, Renewable Resources, Solar Energy, Katie Couric, Fossil Fuels, Water Pollution, Health, Climate Change, Oil, Al Gore, Air Pollution, Un, Copenhagen, Climate Change Bill, Our Choice, Green News

The push for government action on climate change is like the US civil rights movement, according to former Vice President Al Gore. Both causes depende...

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Books That Can Help Our Children Find a Path Through a Scary World (And Maybe Make Things a Little Better)

John Mesjak | Posted 10.29.2009 | Books

Read More: Vegetarian, Book Publishing, Tim Flannery, Afghanistan, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, Pakistan, Fast Food Nation, Omnivore's Dilemma, Climate Change, Weather Makers, Al Gore, Book, Bookstores, Global Warming, Eric Schlosser, Books News
John Mesjak

Wherever your children are first exposed to the messy facts of our world, there will inevitably be questions about it. Luckily, young adult versions of informative books are here to help.

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Stopping Today's Flood

Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater | Posted 10.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Hazon, Climate Change, Hope, American Jewish World Service, Noah's Ark, The Shalom Center, Al Gore, Talmud, Jewish Climate Change Campaign, Copenhagen, Louis Ginzburg, Green News
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater

When I look at my kids, I pray that they will have a world to grow into that is habitable and sustainable. The generation of "whatever" is doing great harm to the future of our existence.

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Most Dangerous Global Warming Deniers (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 10.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Pew Poll Global Warming, Global Warming Pole, Afghanistan, Slidepoll, Climate Change, Global Warming Naysayers, Al Gore, Global Warming Deniers, Global Warming, Climate Change Naysayers, Green News

According to a new survey, the number of Americans who believe that climate change is connected to human-caused pollution (AKA Global Warming) is at i...

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Climate Cover-Up: Blockbuster New Book Exposes Anatomy of Denial

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books

Read More: Tar Sands, Al Gore, Climate-Destabilization, John Kerry, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Kevin Grandia, Climate Change, Climate Deniers, Oil, Canada, DeSmog Blog, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Coal, Jame Loggan, Books News
Jeff Biggers

In the end, unfolding like a chilling and disturbing thriller, Climate Cover-Up is about one of the greatest campaigns of misinformation in our time.

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SuperFreakonomics Authors Forced To Answer Critics

Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Superfreakonomics, Freakonomics, Mugging, Carbon Dioxide, Caldeira, Carnegie, Dubner, Levitt, Global Cooling, Al Gore, Global Warming, Mit, Books News

Since we posted the video and teaser for SuperFreakonomics, the follow up to the bestseller Freakonomics, there's been an outcry from scientists over ...

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Use Technology, Seize The Moment, Change The World

Jason Silva | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: TOMS Shoes, Causecast, Al Gore, Still Up, Max and Jason, Gq, Current TV, Impact News
Jason Silva

What has always excited us about Current is its call for audience participation and engagement. Finally, a platform for meaningful exchange, existing on television, taking the high road and believing that sharing our stories can change the world.

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Al Gore And Phelim McAleer Spar Over Global Warming: Climate Change Denier Challenges Gore (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Not Evil Just Wrong, Al Gore, Climate Change Deniers, Phelim McAleer, Philip McAleer, Polar Bears, Polar Bear Myth, An Inconvenient Truth, Climate Change, Climate Change Skeptics, Green News

On Friday at The Society Of Environmental Journalists conference, Al Gore got caught up in the increasingly common "town hall" moment with independent...

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Why Obama Doesn't Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, Or the Olympics Rap

William Bradley | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Palestine, Afghanistan, Woodrow Wilson, Iran, Tony Blair, London, Teddy Roosevelt, Tokyo, Madrid, Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Rio De Janeiro, Chicago, Al Gore, Olympic Games, Iraq, Israel, China, Cairo, Copenhagen, World News
William Bradley

Just as I never thought that Obama would win the Olympics for Chicago, it never occurred to me that he would win the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

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Nobel Prize Recognizes Link Between Peace and Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Legislation, Nobel Peace Prize, Al Gore, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Climate Change, Obama Nobel, Green News
Frances Beinecke

After eight costly years of inaction, the United States has begun to lead. Since taking office, Obama has moved quickly to put climate change near the top of his agenda.

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Bill Clinton Must Wonder -- Where's Mine?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Obama Nobel Prize, Obama Nobel, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

Not even as towering an ego as Clinton expected to win it while a sitting president, as Wilson and Roosevelt had, but not even they came close to winning it before they had spent a year in the White House.

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Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Laureate: Whatever Happened to Awarding for Deeds Actually Done?

Michael Russnow | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Alfred Nobel, Al Gore, Willy Brandt, Henry Kissinger, Russnow, Blackberry, Twitter, Iraq, Facebook, Woodrow Wilson, Cnn, Muslim, Theodore Roosevelt, Michael Russnow, Iraq War, Jimmy Carter, Youtube, League of Nations, Afghanistan, Obama Nobel, Barack Obama Nobel, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize, World News
Michael Russnow

It is enormously premature for Obama to be getting this great tribute, which to a certain extent cheapens the prior recipients and the work all of them performed over so many years.

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Towards a Spectrum of Green

Courtney Reum | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Gary Hirschberg, Green Entrepreneurs, Stoneyfield Farms, Recycling, Acai, Green News, Carbon Footprint, Veev, Alcohol Sector, Wal-Mart, Sustainable Living, Green News
Courtney Reum

The question isn't black/white or cut/dry, so I think it should actually be rephrased more along the lines of, "Where do you fall in the spectrum of trying to be more 'green'?"

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Don't Hummer Me In

Bill Chameides | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Gas Mileage, An Inconvenient Truth, General Motors, Political Views, Hummer, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Decisions to "buy American" when purchasing a car are understandable. But conflating a specific type of car and patriotic duty makes no sense to me.

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Google and Amazon: Making Theft and Price-Fixing the Legal Default

Alex Green | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Al Gore, Microsoft, Yahoo, Justice Department, Amazon, Google, Media News
Alex Green

An agreement between Google, The Authors Guild of America, and the Association of American Publishers has touched off the most vociferous battle between technology companies since the inception of the Internet.

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Why Does Competition Over Green Tech Spur Gore Baiting?

Beau Friedlander | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Eco Motors International, Al Gore, Henrik Fisker, Ford, Nissan, Electric Car Manufacturer, O. John Collett, Department of Energy, Wall Street Journal, Green Technology, Tesla, Green News
Beau Friedlander

You may have heard about the "Gore-backed" car company that got more than $500 million to make a sports car. What you may have missed: the government is backing green technology and a plan to make it popular.

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Fisker Automotive Gets $529 Million Government Loan To Build Electric Cars

Wall Street Journal | JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Doe, Cars, Subsidies, Emissions, Mpg, Roadster, Nina, Loans, Karma, Electric Cars, Detroit, Environment, Fuel Standards, Finland, Al Gore, Department of Energy, Fisker Automotive, Global Warming, Tesla, Business News

A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Fi...

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All Over the Country, Women in Politics Make a Difference

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Richard Riley, Al Gore, Mark Sanford, Hillary Clinton, Frederick Douglass, Lucretia Mott, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

This is a diverse country, and getting elected in some states is much harder than in others, but the message has to continue to be the same -- women can and must make a difference.

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Gore-Backed Car Firm Gets Large U.S. Loan To Help Build A Hybrid Sports Car

Wall Street Journal | JOSH MITCHELL and STEPHEN POWER | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Cars, Al Gore, Hybrids, Hybrid Cars, Fisker, Green News

A tiny car company backed by former Vice President Al Gore has just gotten a $529 million U.S. government loan to help build a hybrid sports car in Fi...

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THE CLINTON TAPES: "I Thought [Al Gore] Was in Neverland"

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clinton Gore Neverland, The Clinton Tapes, Clinton on Gore, Clinton Tapes, Clinton Neverland, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bill Clinton Gore, Gore Neverland, Politics News

Clinton told his vice president that he was disappointed that Gore had not used him in the last ten days of the 2000 campaign in strategically signifi...

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An Open Letter To Our Leaders

Chris Campbell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, House of Representatives, Bill Clinton, Hope, President Obama, Senate, Volunteering, Martin Luther King, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Al Gore, Health Care, Politics News
Chris Campbell

When I saw the "Baucus Bill" today, I finally couldn't take it anymore. I could no longer fight for a party that I barely even recognized.

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Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner: The Green Movement's Dirty Little Secret

Michael Parrish DuDell | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green-Industry, Recycling, Vegetarian, Green Themed Party, Party, Moby, Recycled Materials, Vegan, Green, Cfl, An Inconvenient Truth, Green Living, Al Gore, Green News
Michael Parrish DuDell

Not very long ago I found myself at a fancy green-themed party. At first glance one might think that Mother Nature herself had blessed this sustainable soiree. And then the hors d'oeuvres were passed.

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Former VP Al Gore To Stump For NJ Gov. Jon Corzine in Atlantic City Next Week

Joe Territo | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Jon Corzine, Al Gore, New Jersey, Politics, Chris Christie, New Jersey Democrats, Atlantic City, New Jersey Assembly, New York News
Joe Territo

Former Vice President Al Gore is scheduled to deliver the keynote address to the New Jersey Democratic State Conference in Atlantic City next Friday,...

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Choose Life: Was Moses Really Pro-Life or Pro-Abortion?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, New Jersey, Ronald Reagan, Boston, New York, Al Gore Nobel Prize, Choose Life License Plates, Al Gore, Moses, Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Judaism, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

From the "Baby Moses Law" in Texas to a pitched battle over "Choose Life" on license plates, the Bible's leading prophet has become the latest touchstone in America's hottest hot-button issue.

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Ashton Kutcher Talks Public Service, Star Treak, and Football Pants

Vickie Karp | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Twitter, Mayor Cory A. Booker, Entertainment, Film, Hollywood, Newark, Ashton Kutcher, Brick City, Twitter Followers, Video Declarations, Public Service, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Demi Moore, Cnn, Sundance Channel, Youtube, Al Gore, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Kutcher has challenged Newark's Mayor Cory A. Booker to inspire 300 of his Twitter followers to send video declarations of community service.

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