Al Gore Global Warming

What Gore Really Said in Copenhagen

Blaise Zerega | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green


Blaise Zerega

Pity Al Gore. And pity those who may suffer from his apparent misquote at COP15 yesterday, where he predicted the melting of Arctic ice over the next 5-7 years.

Gore's Climate Change Poem Muddles The Debate

John Lundberg | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

Gore just needs to stick to facts (and he has so often been effective doing just that). Poetic flourishes aren't going to help skeptics see reason in an already murky debate.

We Are Now in a Crucial Moment -- It's Time to Make a Decision

Al Gore | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green


Al Gore

Right now we are trapped in a dangerous cycle: borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf, and then burn it in ways that destroys the planet. Every bit of that has got to change.

Our Choice: Al Gore Launches New Book

Maria Rodale | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


Maria Rodale

As Chairman and CEO of the publisher of Our Choice, I was honored to host an intimate party for Al Gore. Here are my top 10 solutions for stopping climate change as inspired by his book.

Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green


Franny Armstrong

If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.

The Age of Stupid Gives a Coin-Flip Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green


Franny Armstrong

We are the most intelligent creature ever to evolve and yet we are about to make the stupidest mistake in all of geological time

Add a Gigawatt a Day to Keep the Climate Crisis at Bay

Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green


Steve Kirsch

If we think we're going to make the goal from solar, wind, and other renewables alone, we must be smoking something. Every clean power technology, including nuclear, has to play a role.

"Our Choice": Al Gore's New Book Follows On "Inconvenient Truth"

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics


Former Vice President and climate crisis crusader Al Gore will release a new book in March called Our Choice, which will lay out a "blueprint" for sol...

Global Warming Warning: All Weather is Local

Gabriel London | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green


Gabriel London

Beliefs in global warming rise and fall with, well... the mercury. And that spells trouble for those of us who believe we need to make changes now to head off global warming.

Glenn Beck: Al Gore Is Creating Another Hitler Youth

Crooks And Liars | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


Sometimes I think Glenn Beck is saying the crazy things he does just to get attention from liberals for being so crazy. It's the Ann Coulter model of ...

Join the National Teach-in on Global Warming, Feb 4-5!

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green


Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte

Get a group of people together, find a room, and let the National Teach-in know that you want to talk to your congressional representatives about their plans for dealing with carbon emissions.

Gore Goes To Capitol Hill For Climate Change Testimony

New York Times | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics


Former Vice President Al Gore will make a rare appearance on Capitol Hill next week, when he appears as an expert on climate change before the Senate'...

The skeptic who came in from the cold

David Horton | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green


David Horton

I have in the past, and will again in the future, launch deservedly vicious tirades against the stupid and ignorant, paid and unpaid, energy company d...

Message from Poznan: Time for Mass Mobilization to Stop Global Warming Emissions

Betsy Taylor | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green


Betsy Taylor

It's going to take a lot more than the... chaotic process I watched in Poznan over the past two weeks for us to cut global warming emissions as deeply and quickly as scientists say is necessary.

Is Gore Energized to Join the Obama Cabinet?

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics


Jacob Heilbrunn

As energy czar in the Obama administration, Al Gore would have a powerful voice over everything from mileage standards to conservation requirements. It would be an electrifying choice.

A Green Opposition to a Colorless Proposition

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green


Michael DeJong

Eco-activists Rachael Carson and Henry David Thoreau didn't call for cleaner air and water for gay people - they raised their clarion call to ignite a flame under all people.

Saving the Planet? Or Keeping it Livable

Graham Hill | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green


Graham Hill

We need to learn from China and their choking smog. If for no other reason than for the luxury of stepping outside to suck in a big gulp of clean air.

Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens: Rival Party Role Models

Dallas Morning News | Dave Michaels | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green


T. Boone Pickens has a new role model: Al Gore. Mr. Pickens, a longtime Republican partisan, and Al Gore, the former Democratic vice president, don't...

The Answer to Gore's Challenge: Action!

Betsy Taylor | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green


Betsy Taylor

Gore is trying to create what he calls "political space" for Obama and McCain to do what is scientifically necessary on climate. The only way he'll pull it off is if we help.

Fighting Smears Begins at Home, Mr. Gore

Nancy Scola | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media


Nancy Scola

Al Gore, who's not a candidate for anything this season, needs to be willing to get up on stage and say, "You know what? Damn right. The Internet? All me."

Al Gore Asks Bloggers For Help

New York Times | Katharine Q. Seelye | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home


AUSTIN, Tex. -- Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, was asked a question here at a bloggers conference about energy. Ms. Pelosi glanced at her Bl...

Al Gore On Crackpot Hair-Of-The-Dog Solutions

The Uptake | Posted 07.27.2008 | Home


The Uptake

"Proposing to drill for small amounts of oil that will be sold to China as a solution to our rising gas prices makes about as much sense as responding to an attack from Afghanistan by invading some other country."

Solving Energy Crisis with Renewables Could Lead to Ecological Collapse

Rebekah and Stephen Hren | Posted 07.27.2008 | Green


Rebekah and Stephen Hren

Lost amongst all the "solutions" to the energy crisis lies the fact that the energy crisis is simply one component of a much broader ecological crisis.

A Generational Challenge to Repower America

Al Gore | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green


Al Gore

I ask you to join with me to call on every candidate, at every level, to accept this challenge -- for America to be running on 100 percent zero-carbon electricity in 10 years. We need to act now.

Al Gore's Call for Carbon Free Electricity

Christine Pelosi | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green


Christine Pelosi

I just joined an overflow crowd for Al Gore's excellent call for carbon free electricity in 10 years -- a phenomenal call to service for a generation of Americans hungry for change.