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Al Gore stories: 102 news summaries

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Bush Invites Gore, Nobel Winner

Political opponents never reconciled after bitter 2000 election

Nov 17, 07 6:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Bush recently invited US Nobel laureates to their annual White House photo op, but he personally called Peace Prize winner and bitter presidential loser Al Gore—and moved the event to November 26 to accommodate Gore's schedule. “It’s unusual, that’s for sure,” said one Gore advisor.... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Nobel Prize • Election 2000 • George W. Bush

Gore Joins VC to Invest in Green

Ex-VP will work with Kleiner Perkins to invest in clean technology

Nov 12, 07 3:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Al Gore is joining Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firm in an initiative to invest in green technology. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, traditionally focused on IT, recently moved into the area of environmentally friendly businesses. Gore will be an active partner with the firm, which has already invested $270... More »

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environment • Al Gore • investment firm • green energy • venture capital • green technology • Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers • Generation Investment Management • John Doerr

Pat's Nod Gives License to Pull Rudy Lever

But press overstates endorsement power, Salon scribe says

Nov 8, 07 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Pat Robertson’s endorsement will undoubtedly help Rudy Giuliani snag conservative votes, but the televangelist's nod can only do so much to help the pro-choice divorcé, writes Salon’s Walter Shapiro—and Rudy may be satisfied with that. The aging evangelical has granted permission for those already attracted to Rudy... More »

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gay rights • Rudy Giuliani • Antonin Scalia • Al Gore • Pat Robertson • abortion rights • Howard Dean • endorsement • televangelist

Sarko: France to Go Green

French leader is optimistic about a cleaner future

Oct 25, 07 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy called for a greener France today, including higher taxes on polluters, a 50% reduction of pesticide use, and the eradication of genetically modified crops. The French president spoke at the close of a national environment summit that counted Al Gore in attendance. But the conference failed to generate... More »

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Al Gore • greenhouse gases • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • fossil fuel • green energy • green technology • green transportation • pesticide

Oceans Are Absorbing Less CO2

Oct 21, 07 9:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oceans are absorbing half the CO2 they were in the mid-'90s, according to a study that collected more than 90,000 North Atlantic measurements over 10 years. Oceans typically absorb about a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, but the new data suggest they're becoming “saturated,” which... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • carbon dioxide • Atlantic Ocean • ocean • carbon sinks • carbon emissions

Gore Rules Out Presidential Run

Oct 17, 07 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel or not, Al Gore still isn’t running for president. “I’m involved in a different kind of campaign," Gore told Norwegian TV in an interview broadcast today. "It’s a global campaign to change the way people think about the climate crisis.” Many hoped... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Democratic presidential candidates • Nobel Prize • Democratic presidential primaries • Election 2008

Gore Inspires ‘Deranged’ Righty Hatred

Krugman speculates
about why he drives conservatives so batty

Oct 15, 07 6:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives are incensed over Al Gore’s Nobel prize, and the Times' Paul Krugman says he knows why: The former veep “keeps being right.” The reactions range from the Journal's refusal to mention his name while rattling off more worthwhile contenders to a National Review suggestion that climate-sensitive... More »

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Iraq • environment • Al Gore • Nobel Peace Prize • Paul Krugman • William Kristol

Bush v. Gore, Seven Years Later

Bush has the war, Gore has the peace prize--who's the real winner?

Oct 13, 07 9:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Gore camp couldn't resist gloating yesterday: "Bush earned the Iraq war, and Al Gore earned the Nobel Prize. Who knew Al Gore would one day thank the Supreme Court for their judgment?"  The day after the prize, the Washington Post takes a look at how the fortunes... More »

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Bush administration • Al Gore • Iraq war • George W. Bush

White House
by Way of Oslo?

Nobel sparks new round of speculation that Gore will take to the campaign trail

Oct 12, 07 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize will increase calls for the Oscar winner to run for president. The Politico says the laureate’s likely to stay out of the race—after this, a political campaign would be an awful downer, the Washington Post notes—but not until he’s drawn... More »

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climate change • Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2008

Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 12, 07 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore and the International Panel on Climate Change are the joint winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee lauded Gore and the United Nations organization for their pioneering environmental advocacy, and described Gore as "probably the single individual who has done the most" to raise... More »

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Al Gore • global warming • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • International Panel on Climate Change

Would He, Could He, With Nobel?

Groupies are hoping the Nobel
could rouse Gore to presidential run

Oct 11, 07 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Groups hoping for an Al Gore presidential run are crossing their fingers for the former VP to win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow. Supporters say the award might be more convincing than the Oscar and Emmy he has already racked up. "It's like waiting for Grateful Dead tickets to... More »

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Al Gore • Nobel Prize • Nobel Peace Prize • Election 2008

Clinton 2008 Looks Oddly
Like Gore 2000

Frontrunner forces warmth and seems too calculating, Rich says

Sep 30, 07 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is riding high in the polls now, but so was Al Gore around this time in 2000, Frank Rich warns. Worse, the New York Times columnist says, Clinton displays an alarming number of the ex-VP’s worst qualities as a campaigner. During TV appearances, she provides “... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democrats • Republican • Al Gore • Bill Clinton • filibuster • Frank Rich • presidential election

Do Carbon 'Offsets' Really Offset Anything?

Inconvenient Truth director says offsets have 'symbolic quality'

Sep 2, 07 4:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone from Al Gore to Coldplay has jumped on the carbon offset bandwagon, but the Los Angeles Times reports that their payments don’t actually make the air any cleaner. Here's how they work: "Offset” companies invest in existing clean energy and win the right to sell “reductions”... More »

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Al Gore • pollution • greenhouse gases • global warming • carbon offsets • fossil fuel • FTC • An Inconvenient Truth • methane digester • Native Energy • carbon emissions

New Hampshire Could Give McCain a Jolt

Vote-second state has rescued flailing frontrunners before

Aug 21, 07 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s candidacy may be getting dragged through the mud lately, but the presidential hopeful might have an ace up his electoral sleeve—New Hampshire. The Granite State has a history of rescuing listless frontrunners, the Boston Globe reports, and the straight talker understands the state’s importance better... More »

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John McCain • Al Gore • John Kerry • presidential campaign • New Hampshire • Howard Dean • Bill Bradley • Republican presidential primaries • Election 2008 • presidential election • George W. Bush

Al Gore III Pleads Guilty
in Drug Bust

Ex-VP's son picks rehab stint over prison after latest brush with law

Jul 30, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore III pleaded guilty to four drug charges today and elected to enter a rehab program to avoid prison time, People reports. The ex-VP's 24-year-old youngest child was busted with marijuana and prescription drugs—including Vicodin, Xanax and Valium—after being pulled over in southern California for speeding in... More »

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rehab • Al Gore • drugs • crime • Al Gore III • marijuana • driving • substance abuse

Rio Reverses Live Earth Ban

Environmental show will go ahead as planned

Jul 6, 07 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Rio incarnation of Live Earth, the ecofriendly concert extravaganza scheduled for tomorrow on all seven continents, is back on. Security concerns led a judge to put the kibosh on the event, which is expected to draw up to a million would-be environmentalists to Copacabana beach, but organizers have lined... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • Washington • live earth • Rio de Janeiro • National Mall • Antarctica

Al Gore III Returns to Rehab

Ex-VP asks for privacy after son's arrest
on drug charges

Jul 5, 07 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore III has posted bail and returned to rehab. A day after the ex-VP's son was busted for drugs, the 24-year-old magazine publisher "is getting treatment," his father said today. In his first public reaction, he appeared on the "Today" show and said, "We love... More »

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rehab • Adderall • Al Gore • Al Gore III • marijuana • prescription drugs • Xanax

Al Gore III Arrested on Drug Charges

Ex-VP's son nabbed
(in a Prius) with pot, prescription drugs

Jul 4, 07 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore III was arrested on drug charges early this morning after being pulled over for doing 100 mph on a California freeway. An Orange County deputy allegedly smelled marijuana, CBS 2 in LA reports, and a search turned up an ounce of pot as well as Valium, Xanax, Vicodin,... More »

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Al Gore • drugs • drug use • Al Gore III • marijuana • arrest

Bush Wants Global Plan
on Emissions

US still won't accepted Kyoto, but prez pushes for new agreement on caps

May 31, 07 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush offered a groundbreaking—if decidedly vague—call this morning for a global plan to combat climate change, continuing to reposition himself on the issue. Bush asked 15 nations, including the G8, China, and India, to create "long-term global goals” on emissions that will replace the Kyoto Protocol... More »

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climate change • environment • Tony Blair • Al Gore • greenhouse gases • global warming • vehicle emissions • National Environmental Trust • George W. Bush • carbon emissions

GOP Insiders Nuke Global Warming

87% of Republicans on the Hill don't believe in climate change. The rest have a solution: nuclear power

Mar 27, 07 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The more powerful the evidence for global warming becomes, the more skeptical hard-line Republicans appear to be. Resistance to the case against greenhouse gases is hardening into conservative dogma, Jonathan Chait writes.  Last year, 23 per cent of Congressional Republicans said they believed humanity’s contribution to global warming... More »

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climate change • energy • environment • Republican • Al Gore • nuclear power • greenhouse gases • global warming • energy industry

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