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Top Moments in Tech/Politics of the Decade (PHOTOS)

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.29.2009 | Technology

Read More: Slidepoll, John McCain, Sunlight Foundation, Jav on Tech, Markos Moulitsas, Howard Dean, Chris Hughes, Barack Obama, George Allen and Macaca, Joe Trippi, Sarah Palin, Al Gore, Technology News

Irrevocably, politics changed in the past 10 years because of technology in general and the Internet in particular. So here, in no particular order, are the decade's top moments in tech and politics.

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Holocaust Deniers, Global Warming Deniers, Chris Wallace: Any Difference?

David Fiderer | Posted 12.21.2009 | Media

Global warming "doesn't seem proven" to charlatans like Wallace, who artfully twist the concepts of science and religion. Last Sunday, he said science usually welcomes opposing views. Not quite.

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Finding Hope Amid Despair in Copenhagen

David Kroodsma | Posted 12.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Copenhagen, Hopenhagen, Hope, cop15, Global Warming, Cliamte Change, Green News

Al Gore reminded us today of how far we've come. He recalled that in Kyoto, only one head of state was in attendance. Now over 160 arrived to negotiate.

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Report From Copenhagen

Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 12.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: India, House of Representatives, Congress, Developing Countries, Copenhagen 2009, Carbon Emissions, Greenhouse Gases, Obama Copenhagen, Hillary Clinton, Climate Change, Al Gore, Global Warming, Denver News

We told a delegation from India that no agreement can occur without transparency in reporting progress by the developing world. Without the ability to verify, what good is an agreement?

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Rick Perry Says Al Gore Has 'Gone To Hell'

Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Perry Gore Hell, Perry Gore Gone to Hell, Perry Gore, Perry Al Gore Hell, Rick Perry Al Gore, Al Gore, Rick Perry, Politics News

Texas Governor Rick Perry joked on Wednesday that Al Gore has "gone to hell." While speaking to a builders group in Dallas, Perry was asked about his...

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Clinton to the Rescue?

Carl Pope | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Copenhagen, Al Gore, John Kerry, Climate Change, Green News

In Copenhagen, Hillary Clinton used the magic number -- $100 billion -- precisely the figure that prominent leaders in the South like India's Jairam Ramesh had said would signal real seriousness.

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Climategate Is a Smokescreen

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Global Warming, Global Warming Hoax, Global Warming Deniers, Junk Science, Al Gore, Americans for Prosperity, Kyoto Protocol, Christopher Monckton, Climategate, cop15, Copenhagen, Lancet, Green News

Amidst the stolen email hoopla, one thing remains resoundingly clear: the manufactured scandal is part of a decades-long effort by special interests to discredit the work of climate scientists.

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What Gore Really Said in Copenhagen

Blaise Zerega | Posted 12.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, fora.tv, Rush Limbaugh, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Al Gore Climate Change, Blaise Zerega, Al Gore, Green News

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.

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Firestorm in the Arctic: Al Gore Vindicated on Comments in Copenhagen

Jeff Goldstein | Posted 12.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen Climate Talks, Al Gore, Arctic, Copenhagen Climate Conference, Al Gore Climate Change, Arctic Ice Melt, Green News

If Gore is caught twisting the truth -- even lying -- is it good for sales and readership? Does it matter whether he did or not, because perception is reality today, not truth?

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Gore: Polar Ice May Vanish In 5 Years

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen Talks, Al Gore, Copenhagen 2009, Al Gore Climate Change, Al Gore Copenhagen, Green News

COPENHAGEN — New computer modeling suggests the Arctic Ocean may be nearly ice-free in the summertime as early as 2014, Al Gore said Monday at t...

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The Goracle -- Al Gore, the Internet and the Future of American Politics

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.15.2009 | Technology

Read More: Al Gore, Twitter, Jav on Tech, Social Networks, Copenhagen 2009, Innovation-Online-Politics, Sarah Palin, Current TV, Technology, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Technology News

Is there another American political figure who's been so right, so prescient, about so many things -- and, in turn, so loathed by a consistent vocal opposition? No, there's only one Al Gore.

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TRANSCRIPT: Q&A with Al Gore

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.15.2009 | Technology

Read More: Al Gore, Jav on Tech, Copenhagen 2009, Innovation-Online-Politics, Technology, Republican Party, Global Warming, David Plouffe, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Obama for America, Technology News

This is an excerpt of a wide-ranging, three-hour interview with Al Gore, touching on the impact of technology and the Internet in politics; the state of the mainstream media and the left and right blogosphere; the role of the Web in his crusade on climate change, among others topics.

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Gore's Climate Change Poem Muddles The Debate

John Lundberg | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Our Choice, Climate Change, Al Gore, Al Gore Our Choice, Copenhagen 2009, Global Warming, Living News

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.

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Tiger Woods and the Human Condition

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 12.11.2009 | Sports

Read More: Peace Prize, Public Option, Climate Change, Sarah Palin, President Obama, Tiger Woods, Al Gore, Health Care, Recession, Sports News

A sitting president returns with a Nobel Peace Prize, health care advancing quickly, climate change, as escalation in U.S. treasure abroad. Yet on the radio, it was all Tiger, all the time.

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Sarah Palin Hedges On Agreeing To A Debate With Al Gore

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Environmental Policy, Al Gore, Debates, Copenhagen, cop15, Climate Change, Sarah Palin, Media News

Against the backdrop of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, former Vice President Al Gore and former sometime Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin hav...

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Global Warming: An Inspiring Opportunity

Jurriaan Kamp | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Paul Hawken, Copenhagen Climate Council, Al Gore, Ode Magazine, Copenhagen 2009, Amory Lovins, Hermann Scheer, Jay Harman, Gunter Pauli, Global Climate Change, Climate Change, Lester Brown, The Solutions We Need Now, Global Warming, Green News

The well-timed news is out: the 2000-2009 decade is likely to become the warmest since records began in 1850. Our special issue of Ode Magazine presents breakthrough solutions to delegates in Copenhagen.

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Gore Tackles Palin, Fights Back On ClimateGate: 'What In The Hell Do They Think Is Causing It?' (VIDEO)

Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore New Book, Copenhagen Gore, Climate Crisis, Climategate, Palin Climate Op-Ed, Gore Climate Crisis, Gore, Gore Our Choice, Al Gore Copehagen, Climate Change, Al Gore Climategate, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Green News

As world leaders convene in Copenhagen for the global climate conference, Former Vice President Al Gore has been making the interview rounds pushing b...

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Eco Etiquette: Help! My Dad Doesn't Believe In Global Warming

Jennifer Grayson | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Skeptics, Global Warming Deniers, Al Gore, Climate Science, Climategate, Global Warming, Climate Change, Green Advice, Green News

My father is an extremely intelligent man, and I respect his advice about a lot of things. I'm embarrassed to admit, however, that he's a global warmi...

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The Ice Storm, One Year Later

Albert Imperato | Posted 12.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Ice Storm, Thomas Hampson, Al Gore, Walt Whitman, Global Warming, Hudson Valley, New York News

It was almost exactly a year ago that Mother Nature gave us a very different gift: the worst ice storm that this area of the Hudson Valley had seen in the past quarter century.

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

Al Gore | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Copenhagen 2009, Hopenhagen, Al Gore Climate Change, Climate Change, Al Gore, China, Global Warming, Green News

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.

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Why Science Needs To Bring Sexy Back

Jason Silva | Posted 12.07.2009 | Technology

Read More: Newsweek, John Maeda, SpaceCollective.Org, Science, Transcendental Media, Current TV, Al Gore, Jeremy McCarter, Richard Holmes, Jason Silva, Technology News

I have found that there is very little excitement about the scientific breakthroughs that are occurring every day. Science seems to have lost its "art direction," and it needs to bring sexy back.

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Water Is The New Oil

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Hydroelectric, Natural Resources, Books, Running Water, New Books, Water Scarcity, Barack Obama, Water Crisis, Fresh Water, Water, Environment, Oil, Row for Water, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Stephen Solomon, Books News

With the impending freshwater scarcity crisis, world politics and human civilization is undergoing another turbulent sea change. Alarmingly societies are bifurcating into those with enough water and those without.

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Take Back Al Gore's Oscar, Two Academy Members Demand In Light Of Climategate

Los Angeles Times | Posted 12.04.2009 | Los Angeles

Read More: Al-Gore-Oscar, Al Gore, Climategate, Los Angeles News

No, it wouldn't do anything for the environment. But two Hollywood conservatives (yes, there are some) have called on the Academy of Motion Picture...

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Gore Cancels Climate Lecture In Copenhagen

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Cancels Copenhagen, Gore in Copenhagen, Climate Change, Al Gore Copenhagen, Gore, Copenhaged Climate Conference, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Green News

COPENHAGEN — Climate campaigner Al Gore has canceled a lecture he was supposed to deliver in Copenhagen. The former vice president and Nobel Pe...

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In the Name of Rosa Parks: Arrest of 81-Year-Old on Fast, Mourning Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Appalachia, Dirty Coal, Human Rights, White House, Green Jobs, Civil Rights, President Obama, Mountaintop Removal, cop15, Rosa Park, Coal, Christmas Tree, Al Gore, Green News

On the anniversary of Rosa Parks' historic act of civil disobedience, an 81-year-old veteran and anti-mountaintop removal activist was arrested by law enforcement authorities.

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