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  • July 2008

    • Gore Pounds Pols on Energy Plan

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  Jul 20, 08 4:13 PM CDT

      Gore Pounds Pols on Energy Plan

      Al Gore made his first appearance on Meet the Press since he sought the presidency 8 years ago, Politico reports, this time pushing his agenda as the nation's self-appointed energy czar. "My own best role is to try to bring about a sea change in public opinion" on environmental issues, he said, following a Thursday speech in which he called for a switch to 100% renewable energy sources by 2018. "Incremental baby steps are no longer responsible proposals." More »

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      Al Gore  • Meet the Press  • fossil fuel  • green energy  • renewable energy  • oil companies

    • Gore Wows Bloggers at Austin Show

      newser  |  Austin American-Statesman  |  Jul 19, 08 6:54 PM CDT

      Gore Wows Bloggers at Austin Show

      Al Gore surprised a crowd of liberal bloggers today by showing up at the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas. He wowed the 3,000 progressives by emerging after Nancy Pelosi and giving a speech on the importance of grassroots organization for green issues. When asked about sharing a spot on the Obama ticket, he once again demurred, the Austin-American Statesman reports. More »

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      Nancy Pelosi  • Al Gore  • netroots  • Netroots Nation

    • Gore Challenge: 100% Clean Electricity by 2018

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 17, 08 10:20 AM CDT

      Gore Challenge: 100% Clean Electricity by 2018

      Al Gore is challenging the US to produce all its electricity through wind, sun, and other clean sources by 2018. Speaking to the AP ahead of a major address today, the Nobel laureate compared the goal to JFK’s 1961 pledge to make it to the moon—and said that both Barack Obama and John McCain are “way ahead” of most politicians on the climate change issue. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • climate change  • Al Gore  • nuclear power  • clean energy  • Nobel Prize

    • History Against McCain Winning Third Term for GOP

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jul 14, 08 4:10 PM CDT

      History Against McCain Winning Third Term for GOP

      In all six elections since 1928 in which one party had 8 consecutive years in the White House, the incumbent party lost popular vote ground; in four, Americans voted for change. That's bad news for John McCain, Robert David Sullivan writes in the Boston Globe , because George Bush only won 50.7% of the national popular vote in 2004. More »

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      John McCain  • George W. Bush  • Al Gore  • New Jersey  • Pennsylvania  • Delaware  • incumbents  • election history

  • June 2008

    • Gore: 'We Need Change'

      newser  |  Detroit Free Press  |  Jun 17, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Gore: 'We Need Change'

      Al Gore endorsed Barack Obama for president at a Detroit rally last night, saying the 2008 election “matters more than ever before,” the Detroit Free Press reports. “After 8 years of lost jobs, we need change,” the former Democratic nominee said. “After 8 years of the worst, most serious foreign policy mistakes, we need change.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Detroit  • endorsement  • Al Gore  • Jennifer Granholm  • campaign rally

    • Gore Endorses Obama

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jun 16, 08 4:43 PM CDT

      Gore Endorses Obama

      Al Gore will endorse Barack Obama for president tonight at a rally in Detroit, ABC News reports. "From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States," Gore said of Obama in an email to supporters. Obama has talked openly of inviting Gore to serve in an administration. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Al Gore  • political endorsement  • Cabinet

    • Carville Touts a Convenient VP

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 12, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Carville Touts a Convenient VP

      Democratic strategist James Carville thinks Barack Obama should consider someone with a little experience for the vice presidency: like, say, former VP Al Gore. Carville told CNN that choosing the Nobel Peace Prize-winner would drive home the message that America is serious about a new energy policy. A third term would make Gore the longest-serving veep in history, but he's said he'll only run for top spot. More »

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      energy  • vice president  • Al Gore  • vice presidential sweepstakes  • James Carville

  • May 2008

    • Global Warming, the Opera

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 30, 08 4:45 AM CDT

      Global Warming, the Opera

      It started out as a slide show, became an Oscar-winning documentary and best-selling book, and now Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is about to become a full-length opera, reports the AP. Milan's La Scala opera house has commissioned Italian composer  Giorgio Battistelli to set Gore's stark warning on global warming to music, for the 2011 season. More »

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      climate change  • global warming  • Al Gore  • opera  • composer  • An Inconvenient Truth  • La Scala

    • HBO's Recount Scathing But Fair

      newser  |  Salon  |  May 23, 08 10:11 AM CDT

      HBO's Recount Scathing But Fair

      "Recount," HBO’s “first-rate” docudrama about the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, takes the bold step of showing the harsh truth of the story, instead of “playing it safe,” writes Gary Kamiya for Salon. Leading players on both sides approved the script—surprising, Kamiya notes, “because 'Recount' shows just what an outrageous, profoundly anti-democratic coup” George W. Bush’s team achieved. More »

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      George W. Bush  • television  • film  • Al Gore  • HBO  • Election 2000

    • 6 Routes Off Into the Sunset

      newser  |  Politico  |  May 12, 08 1:50 PM CDT

      6 Routes Off Into the Sunset

      With Hillary Clinton’s chances of beating her rival all but shot, Ben Smith, on Politico, runs down the graceful and non-graceful ways to exit: Never say die: If Clinton can stomach shrinking coffers and departing supporters, she can bide time until the convention, ensuring that lightning hasn’t struck Barack Obama before she concedes. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • New York  • Nancy Pelosi  • Al Gore  • Harry Reid  • debt  • Chuck Schumer

    • Gore Pipes Up, Doesn't Endorse

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  May 6, 08 5:19 PM CDT

      Gore Pipes Up, Doesn't Endorse

      Al Gore dropped his silence on the Democratic race today, saying he may yet endorse a candidate and predicting that the race would end soon after primaries ended on June 3. “There will be a nominee before the convention,” he asserted. Gore laughed off a scenario that had him emerging as a compromise candidate in a split decision between Clinton and Obama, the Boston Globe reports. More »

    • Teamsters, Obama Deny Quid Pro Quo

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 5, 08 1:37 PM CDT

      Teamsters, Obama Deny Quid Pro Quo

      Before winning the Teamsters’ endorsement, Barack Obama said he’d support ending government oversight of the union, an unusual stance for a presidential candidate, reports the Wall Street Journal . An independent board has policed the historically organized-crime-influenced Teamsters since 1992; Bill Clinton, John Kerry, and Al Gore left the matter to the Justice Department. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • endorsement  • John Kerry  • Al Gore  • blue-collar vote  • oversight  • Teamsters  • James P. Hoffa

    • Gore Venture Fund Raises $1.2B for Green Tech Investment

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  May 2, 08 4:47 PM CDT

      Gore Venture Fund Raises $1.2B for Green Tech Investment

      A Silicon Valley venture-capital firm announced yesterday it's raised $1.2 billion to invest in green technology—with an assist from new partner Al Gore. One Kleiner Perkins fund will invest in established companies, while the other will back clean-tech startups, the San Jose Mercury News reports. “He is spending time with us," an exec says of the Nobel-winning ex-VP, "helping us think about global opportunities.” More »

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