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Gore Launches $300M Climate Campaign

Celebrity 'odd couples' come together to raise global warming awareness

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 31, 2008 6:22 AM CDT

(Newser) – Al Gore is putting his money where his Inconvenient Truth is and pairing celebrity odd couples to push his global warming message in a $300-million ad campaign that launches Wednesday, reports CBS. "Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, two people who don't agree on very much at all," Gore says, will be among unlikely pairings who come together over climate change.

Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson will appear together in another TV spot. Gore will help fund the campaign with his personal fortune and income from his Nobel Peace Prize and documentary. As for those who doubt climate change, he says: "They’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the Earth is flat."

Former US-Vice President, Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore, at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan 24, 2008. Gore is behind a $300 million climate change campaign.
Former US-Vice President, Nobel Peace laureate Al Gore, at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan 24, 2008. Gore is behind a $300 million climate change campaign.   (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in Atlanta. Gingrich will take part in Al Gore's climate change campaign April 2, 2007.
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks at the Cobb Galleria Centre, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in Atlanta. Gingrich will take part in Al Gore's climate change campaign April 2, 2007.   (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)
Al Gore is launching a $300 million campaign for climate change on April 2, 2008.
Al Gore is launching a $300 million campaign for climate change on April 2, 2008.   (NASA)
Former Vice President Al Gore smiles after speaking at a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif. in this Oct. 12, 2007 file photo.
Former Vice President Al Gore smiles after speaking at a news conference in Palo Alto, Calif. in this Oct. 12, 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)
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