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An Inconvenient Truth

The End of Poverty?

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Martin Sheen, Poverty, Philippe Diaz, An Inconvenient Truth, Documentaries, Global Poverty, Film, Movies, Global Warming, New York News
Wayne Trujillo

In anticipation of the film's premiere on Nov. 13 in New York, Director Philipe Diaz spoke with me to discuss the film's aspirations -- spurring a grassroots effort to banish poverty.

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Gore's New Book and Why the Choice for Clean Energy Is Ours to Make

Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Our Choice, Kerry-Boxer, An Inconvenient Truth, Clean Energy, Al Gore, Clean Energy Common Sense, Global Warming, Green News
Frances Beinecke

In this critical time, with this urgent choice before us, we need voices from every sector -- political, corporate, environmental, religious, public health -- to call for common sense solutions to climate change.

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Al Gore's Our Choice: Progressive Book Club Review

Progressive Book Club | Bill McKibben | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: Progressive Book Club, Al Gore, Book Reviews, An Inconvenient Truth, Green, Global Warming, Gore Solutions Summit, Pollution, Al Gore an Inconvenient Truth, Environment, Our Choice, Al Gore Book Review, Environmental, Environmental Problems, Fossil Fuels, Al Gore Book, Going Green, Books, Al Gore Our Choice, One Year Later, Books News

Bill McKibben Progressive Book Club Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis By Al Gore Rodale, 2009 There's been a certain amount of debate ...

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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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Laurie David, Will You Marry Me?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Environment, Sustainability, Laurie David, Global Warming, Climate Change, An Inconvenient Truth, Larry David, Green News
Kevin Grandia

I really don't know what to make of this video. At the least it's very entertaining, but I don't know if it will woo the likes of Inconvenient Truth producer Laurie David to the altar!

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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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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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Meat the Truth

Mikko Alanne | Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Prius, Meat the Truth, Marianne Thieme, Carbon Savings, Roads, An Inconvenient Truth, Toyota, Greenhouses Gasses, Vegetarianism, Meat, Los Angeles, Airlines, Ecorazzi, New York, Green News
Mikko Alanne

If people know about the massive global damage caused by meat production, why is making a change so difficult? Is it because people don't care? Is it because it's too difficult to give up meat? I'd argue it's neither.

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

Michael Parrish DuDell | Posted 09.19.2009 | 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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Movie review: It Might Get Loud

Marshall Fine | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jack White, Davis Guggenheim, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, U2, The Edge, Led Zeppelin, It Might Get Loud Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Jimmy Page, Film Industry, Oscar Winners, An Inconvenient Truth, Rock Music, Guitar, Music Industry, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

It's a kind of guitar summit, with the three guitarists sitting around in overstuffed chairs on a platform in the middle of an L.A. soundstage, talking about electric guitars and playing them.

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On The Streets: The Truth About 'Global Warming' (VIDEO)

Jonathan Kesselman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, Global Warming, Jonathan Kesselman, Global Cooling, Green News
Jonathan Kesselman

Don't believe 'Al Gore.' Here are the real facts...

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Flipper Agonists: Louie Psihoyos on The Cove

Dan Persons | Posted 08.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Oceanic Preservation Society, Aquariums, Sea Parks, Ric O'Barry, Flipper, An Inconvenient Truth, Mercury Poisoning, Whaling, Whales, Japan, Movies, Interview, Activism, Mercury, Louie Psihoyos, Sea World, Al Gore, Dolphins, The Cove, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In Taiji, Japan, dolphins are herded into an isolated cove. The best get sold to sea parks and aquariums, the rest are killed for their meat. The Cove exposes the atrocity to the world.

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Does Al Gore's House Use 20 Times More Electricity Than Average?

thedailygreen.com | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Environment, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, Green Living, Mansion, Vice President Al Gore, Green News

Is it true that Al Gore's mansion uses significantly more energy than the typical home? Daily Green investigates. ...

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

Ken Levine | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Dioxide, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, Obesity, 24, Global Warming, Green News
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.

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Glenn Beck Announces Comedy Tour...World Finally Gets It

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Comedy, Glenn Beck Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Glenn Beck Comedy Tour, Satire, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Stephen Colbert, An Inconvenient Truth, Humor, Comedy Central, Humor and Satire, Comedy News
Jilly Gagnon

"All this time I thought I was laughing at him, but I realize now that I was laughing with him," noted Michael Rhys, a student.

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The Earth (Movie) Will Blow Your Mind

Jake Brewer | Posted 05.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Earth Movie, Elephants, Polar Bears, An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore, Film, Disney, Whales, Disney Nature's Earth, Green News
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.

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Six Questions for Emerging New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Al Gore, Baby Boomers, Social Entrepreneurship, Values, Work, Climate Change, Careers, Skoll World Forum, New Radicals, An Inconvenient Truth, Skoll Foundation, Julia Moulden, Living News
Julia Moulden

If you're wondering what a "New Radical" is, it's someone who's found a way to put the skills acquired in their career to work on some of the world's greatest challenges.

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Al Gore Asks Scientists to Take Up Politics

Susan Cosier | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: An Inconvenient Truth, Climate Change, Al Gore, Clean Coal, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, Environmental Policy, Global Warming, Green News
Susan Cosier

"The solution to this crisis depends on the spread of science into the world of politics," said Al Gore. Now that we have new leadership, we have to make a decision as a species.

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"Inconvenient Truth" Opera's Director Quits

Variety | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: An Inconvenient Truth Opera, Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, William Friedkin, Entertainment News

William Friedkin has inconveniently pulled out of directing "An Inconvenient Truth" at Milan's La Scala opera house. Friedkin cited "irreconcilable c...

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The Cove: Truthful Filmmaking at Its Best

Laurie David and Kelly Meyer | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Laurie David, An Inconvenient Truth, Sundance Film Festival, The Cove, Green News
Laurie David and Kelly Meyer

The Cove -- part action film, part heist, part environmental justice battle cry -- accomplishes exactly what great documentaries are supposed to -- it moves you, engages you, thrills you, enrages you.

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From Nightmares to Dreams Come True

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hope and Change, The Grapes of Wrath, Pakistan, Deficits, Pursuit of Happiness, Blood Diamonds, Early to Bed..., Iraq, An Inconvenient Truth, Iran, Infrastructure, Starvation, Unemployment, Jr, American Dream, Fiscal Mismanagement, Homeless, Katrina, Bling-Bling, Green-Collar Jobs, Health Care, Real Housewives of Orange County, Safety Nets, Haves and Have Nots, Civil Rights Laws, The Great Gatsby, Home Foreclosures, Martin Luther King, Middle-Class, Incoming Administration, City Upon a Hill, Genocide, Deregulation, Mac Mansions, Sluggish Wages, Afghanistan, North Korea, Post-Bush-Alyptic, Living News
Michael DeJong

Long gone is the unique American social phenomenon that each new generation will "do better" than the last. Things are starting to feel more like "The Grapes of Wrath" than "The Great Gatsby."

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New Year's Resolutions I Won't Be Making

Lea Lane | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living

Read More: An Inconvenient Truth, The Housewives of Orange County, New Years Resolutions, Recessionista, Healthy Living, Recession Chic, Trash Television, Cat Owner, Weight Loss, Sarah Palin, Recession, New Years Resolution Weight Loss, Living News
Lea Lane

I will not resolve to lose 10 pounds. When I do, I don't. So if I don't, maybe I will.

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A Green Opposition to a Colorless Proposition

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.19.2008 | Green

Read More: Al Gore Global Warming, Green Jobs, Think Globally Act Locally, Proposition 8, Lesbian, Rachel Carson, Green, An Inconvenient Truth, Straight, Gay, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Eco-Toxins, Transgender, Greenwashing, Henry David Thoreau, Environment, Green News
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.

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Can a Novel Change the World?

Karen Dionne | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Poverty, Waterlife Foundation, Water, Contamination, Environment, An Inconvenient Truth, Freezing Point, Karen Dionne, Water Crisis, Green News
Karen Dionne

The novel, of course, is fiction. But the WaterLife Foundation is real. In my author's notes, I direct readers toward this worthy non-profit. I discovered the organization while researching the novel.

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One Man Will Win the Presidency, But Why Does He Want To?

Linda Kulman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hbo, Iran, Al Gore, Wall Street, Iraq War, Energy Crisis, An Inconvenient Truth, Mccain, Obama, Tina Fey, War and Peace, Sarah Palin, Presidential Debates, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Linda Kulman

God bless McCain and Obama -- those politicians with egos the size of California and Texas put together -- is all I have to say. Someone has to have K-P duty.

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