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NEWS ABOUT: An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth stories: 7 news summaries
pop culture


 100 Defining 
 Moments 
 of the '00s 

The iPod, Guitar Hero, Twitter—and some serious moments, too

Oct 30, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far:
  • April 2000: Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster.
  • October 2001: The iPod is released.
  • February
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Barack Obama • Hurricane Katrina • James Cameron • YouTube • Academy Awards • Al Gore • World Trade Center • iPod • September 11 • An Inconvenient Truth • Michael Moore • Michael Jackson • Napster • Metallica • Guitar Hero • Sacha Baron Cohen • Dreams From My Father • George W. Bush • Twitter • 9/11 attacks • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • PlayStation 2 • Stephen Fry • tweet • Jay-ZTV • Avatar (film)

 Global Warming, the Opera 

La Scala plans operatic version of Al Gore's climate change documentary

May 30, 08 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Gore's New Hard
 Truth: Nothing
 Is Changing 

Climate change too low on priority list: Gore

Apr 21, 08 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite the impact of his movie, An Inconvenient Truth, the success of Live Earth concerts and news stories about melting ice caps, little has changed and action is needed more urgently than ever to stem global warming, Al Gore tells the Sun. The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president believes it's... More »

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climate change • recycling • Al Gore • global warming • Kyoto Protocol • An Inconvenient Truth • polar ice caps • Live Earth • Nobel Peace Prize • low-energy light bulbs • Oscars


 Gore Launches
 $300M Climate
 Campaign 

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

Mar 31, 08 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... More »

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climate change • Nancy Pelosi • Newt Gingrich • Al Gore • global warming • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson • An Inconvenient Truth • advertising campaign

EcoMoms Talk and Shop for Green Cause

9,000-strong alliance boosts 'local lifestyle activism'

Feb 16, 08 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - A gathering of women may look like a book club, sewing circle, or Tupperware party these days—but is just as likely to be part of the 9,000-strong EcoMom Alliance, where mothers talk fluorescent lightbulbs, waste-free school lunches, and local produce. Long essential to America's green movement, young women... More »

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environment • global warming • women • mothers • An Inconvenient Truth • green • lifestyle activism

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

Larry and
Laurie Curb Their Marriage

Enthusiasm star, environmental activist split after 14 years

Jun 6, 07 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crotchety Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David has split with wife Laurie, a global warming activist, after 14 years of marriage. The divorce was "very amicable," a spokeswoman said today. More »

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climate change • television • divorce • HBO • Larry David • Curb Your Enthusiasm • Seinfeld • Laurie David • An Inconvenient Truth

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