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Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American environmental activist who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He is an author, businessperson, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and former journalist. Gore also starred in the 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which won an Academy Award in 2007 and wrote the book An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, which won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in February, 2009. Gore was involved in American politics for 24 years, serving first in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–85) and later in the U. S. Senate (1985–93) (representing Tennessee) before becoming vice president. Gore was the Democratic nominee for president in the 2000 presidential election. He won the popular vote by approximately 500,000 votes, but ultimately lost the electoral college to Republican candidate George W. Bush when the legal controversy over the Florida election recount was eventually settled in the U.S. Supreme Court by a 5-4 margin in favor of Bush. Gore is the recipient of a number of awards. He and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Gore received a Primetime Emmy Award for Current TV in 2007, and a Webby Award in 2005. Time named Gore as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year. He is currently the founder and chair of Alliance for Climate Protection, the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management, the co-founder and chair of Current TV, a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc., and a senior advisor to Google. He is also a partner in the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, heading that firm's climate change solutions group. In addition, Gore is on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University as a visiting professor, and was a visiting professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Fisk University, and the University of California, Los Angeles. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Why does Al Gore want us to buy carbon coupons from the company that he owns? Q. Does he want to save the planet with our helping him by sending money to his carbon coupon company that he founded and owns the majority of stock. Am I just not getting what a great man Al Gore is. What wrong with me not to get what all of you caring informed planet loving people seem to wake-up knowing, but small minds like mind simply can't grasp. Help me to understand. Asked by vicschiro - Mon Jun 9 13:26:48 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Al Gore is a hypocrite. Answered by jdkilp - Wed Jun 11 19:02:35 2008 Is Al Gore more important than other people? Why does he get to pollute the environment more than others? Q. Al Gore gets to fly in a private jet and gets carted around in big cars. He pollutes more than 100 "regular" people. Is this a case of Liberal Elitism (Rosie O Donnell is against gun ownership for 'regular' people, but her body guards are allowed to carry because she is important) or is this a case of the Al Gore 'Destroying the World in order to Save it'? Opinions? Asked by Norm DeGuere - Mon Feb 26 09:15:40 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Al should try to back up his global warming facts. Becouse scientists are disputing his claims. Answered by chuck h - Mon Feb 26 14:38:43 2007 What does Al Gore's global warming Science fiction movie have to do with world peace?
Q. In his movie Al Gore severely exagerates and distorts the effects of global warming. His prescriptions would reek much havok in world economies destroying impoverished peoples opportunity to climb the economic ladder. While at the same time doing hardly nothing in reversing the global warming trend. Asked by ace - Fri Oct 12 12:38:27 2007 - - 9 Answers - 0 Comments A. His film was a documentary, and had the basic science correct. "The nation's top climate scientists are giving An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy." Besides which, Gore has put a lot of effort into spreading information about global warming besides making "An Inconvenient Truth". He deserved to share the award with the IPCC scientists for his efforts. Answered by Dana1981, Master of Science - Fri Oct 12 13:20:16 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Al Gore" Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (born 31 March 1948) is an American politician and social activist. The son of Albert Gore and the husband of Tipper Gore, he was the 45th Vice President of the United States of America and winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. From Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License.  nytimes.com New York Times, United States (La Rocco) jennifer muller/The works (Tuesday through Thursday) Al Gore is having a definite moment in the sun. Not only is he the role model for the characters of a new television show, The Goode Family (they live by the rule WWAGD or what would ...  cbsnews.com CBS News, NY Former vice president and environmental activist Al Gore has been personally lobbying Democratic members of the committee for their support of the legislation, Politico reports. Not all Democrats are in favor of the bill, and no more than six can vote ... Hey, Al Gore : How will Waxman-Markey save the planet? Canada Free Press Waxman Puts Protections In His AGW Bill To Protect Us .. Stop the ACLU Morning Bell: The Costs and Benefits of Waxman-Markey Heritage.org New York Times - Huffington Post all 1,285 news articles  nypost.com New York Post, NY In 2005, Al Gore accepted his Webby with "Please don't recount this vote." In 2007, the Beastie Boys asked, "Can anyone fix my computer?" This year's Webbys, Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street, will include five-word antics from winners that include ... From Google News Search: "Al Gore"  monstersandcritics.com 294px x 500px | 85.90kB [source page] Former Vice President Al Gore has written to supporters saying he will endorse Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in a speech in Detroit tonight  charlesandhudson.com 273px x 402px | 29.30kB [source page] Regardless of what you think of Al Gore s environmental initiatives he has gone to great lengths to walk the walk while talking the talk He was widely criticized for living in a large From Yahoo Image Search: "Al Gore"  themysticalpen.com mewize 2009-06-14 03:01:52 which idea stands to raise the most money for pork barrel spending and political payoffs. They actually want to tax the air! Good grief give me a break! God is the weatherman of this planet, not . Al Gore. Technorati Tags: hoax ...  ted.com unknown 2009-05-07 11:24:33 At TED2009, Al Gore presents updated slides from around the globe to make the case that worrying climate trends are even worse than scientists predicted, and to make clear his stance on "clean coal."  rokdrop.com GI Korea 2009-06-05 13:45:56 This has been discussed before, but calls for . Al Gore. to travel to Pyongyang to lobby for the release of the two American reporters is growing: North Korea. From Google Blog Search: "Al Gore" |
