Al Gore

Oprah "Community Organizes" for Capitalism

Ariston Anderson | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media


Ariston Anderson

Sure, you can praise Oprah for not being a hypocrite. She's rich and she's proud of it. It's kind of tacky to flaunt your riches in a recession, but whatever.

Brian Rogers "Dead To Me" Says Fellow McCain Staffer

Talking Points Memo | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics


Earlier today, Ben Smith reported that McCain research director-cum-press secretary Brian Rogers will begin working as the research director for Al Go...

Coming Out of the Closet: My Climate Trauma (and Yours?)

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green


Gillian Caldwell

As I started to immerse myself in the science and early impacts of global warming, I became increasingly distraught.

If Twitter Was Invented in 1989

Greg Boose | Posted 06.05.2009 | Comedy


Greg Boose

algore / Al Gore I received another one of those Koosh Balls in the mail... Probably from Dukakis.

James Inhofe, Climate Change Denier, Joins Al Gore Environmental Fight

guardian.co.uk | Suzanne Goldenberg | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green


He has called global warming a hoax, compared the Environmental Protection Agency with the Gestapo, and over the years dismissed Al Gore as desperate ...

Hendrik Hertzberg: Put Al Gore On The Supreme Court

New Yorker | Posted by Hendrik Hertzberg | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics


"The choice would be electrifying," writes Michael Sean Winters at "In All Things," the group blog of America, the Catholic (Jesuit) weekly. The bi...

The Audacity of Souter's Successor

Dave Astor | Posted 06.03.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

There are many American women qualified to succeed Souter on the way-too-male court, but Barack Obama has his eye on a guy -- namely, Barack Obama!

Preparing for the Swine Flu Apocalypse

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.31.2009 | Comedy


Warren Holstein

It is important to boycott bacon and pulled pork sandwiches. It shows that we are serious and committed to overreacting.

Al Gore, Scientists Address Accelerated Icemelt At Poles (VIDEO)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green


Former Vice President Al Gore, foreign ministers and climate change scientists met this week in the town of Tromsø, Norway to discuss the impac...

Green News Report - April 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Swine flu protection, nuthin' but pork, said the Republicans; California's new fuel regulations threaten corn ethanol; Does ...

Ryan Grim

Al Gore Sigh Reprised On Capitol Hill (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green


The sigh heard round the world -- the one that may have cost Al Gore the White House in 2000 -- returned to Capitol Hill Friday as an exasperated form...

The Cause of Global Warming -- Put Down That Pie!

Ken Levine | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green


Ken Levine

Get out your aerosol spray cans, they're not the problem after all! Scientists now know the real cause of Global Warming: Fat people.

Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green


Josh Dorner

This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives.

Gore, Gingrich To Address Congress On Climate Legislation

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO and H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green


WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore, the leading American voice on climate change, urged lawmakers Friday to overcome partisan difference...

Goldman Environmental Prize: Change the World, Change Your Brain

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Alvaro Fernandez

I just came back from an inspiring Goldman Prize Award ceremony, where seven grassroots environmental change-makers were recognized for their work and resiliency.

Induced Pluripotent, AL GORE Stem Cell Venture

USA Today | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics


Former vice president Al Gore is entering the stem cell arena with an announcement today of a $20 million biotech venture in the hot area of "induced ...

Rolling Stone's Environmental Rock Stars

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but the Sierra Club's own Bruce Nilles is nonetheless a rock star for being No. 74 on the iconic rock magazine's "RS 100: Agents of Change" list.

The Earth (Movie) Will Blow Your Mind

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.04.2009 | Green


Jake Brewer

Earth is a stunning masterpiece that will leave even the most ardent coal lobbyist in awe of our planet and yearning to see more -- and to preserve it.

An Almanac Of Sore Losers

Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics


According to reports from top Republicans, Norm Coleman's legal battle for his Minnesota Senate seat could continue all the way to the Supreme Court, ...

Where's the Web 2.0 Freedom of Information (and Al Gore) for the Journalists Captured in North Korea?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media


Phil Bronstein

Where is Mr. Gore, Nobel Prize winner and formerly the second most powerful person in the world in all this? How about a public expression of concern?

Once Again, Real Journalism From Comedy Central (VIDEO)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media


Mark Nickolas

Leave it to Comedy Central -- this time Stephen Colbert -- to do the traditional media's job in exposing the fanatical charlatans like Glenn Beck.

Norm Coleman's a Sore Loser, Why Won't The Press Say So?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.01.2009 | Media


Eric Boehlert

If Coleman soon suffers yet another recount loss and appeals to the Minnesota Supreme Court, will the press finally dip its toe into the sore loser pool?

Laura Ling, Euna Lee, US Journalists Captured In North Korea, Will Be Tried For Illegal Entry

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.30.2009 | World


SEOUL, South Korea — Two American journalists detained at North Korea's border with China two weeks ago will be indicted and tried, "their suspe...

Shake and Bake with I-Phone's "Big Oven"

One For The Table | Posted 04.25.2009 | Style


One For The Table

My biggest fear when I shake my iPhone looking for a new recipe is that food crumbs will spill out, it is that good....

Al Gore's Our Choice: Inconvenient Truth Follow Up To Be Published This Fall

AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | Media


NEW YORK — Nobel laureate's Al Gore's follow-up to his best-selling "An Inconvenient Truth," originally planned for last spring, is coming out t...