Gore in the News - June 15, 2007
Today's talk . . .http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L14317004.htmG8 agreement on climate change a "disgrace" -Al Gore Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore denounced a deal by world leaders on curbing greenhouse gases as "a disgrace disguised as an achievement", saying on Thursday the agreement struck last week was insufficient.
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?ma...722&service=100Al Gore brings 'Inconvenient Truth' to Athens The lecture was held in two packed auditoriums at the Megaron Mousikis in Athens, one live and the other on video relay, and embellished with references to Thermopylae and Archimedes, as well as the most recent compelling evidence of global warming that has emerged since the release of the Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" that was based on the original slide show - including fears of what he called a "tipping point" created by the release of CO2 currently frozen in the Siberian tundra and Alaska.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/140098.htmlGore speaks on environment in Italy Al Gore said Thursday that he hoped to push the environmental agenda to the forefront of the 2008 U.S. presidential election - but probably not as a candidate."I don't plan to be a candidate again. I haven't completely ruled out that possibility, but I don't expect to be a candidate," Gore told several hundred people, including scientists and university students, at a Benetton-sponsored event organized around an environmental exhibit.
http://dsadevil.blogspot.com/2007/06/right...right-time.htmlThe Right Man at the Right Time I've said before that Al Gore has the distinct quality among modern politicians of being right on nearly every major issue, years before they become popular. It was true on the environment. It was true on terrorism. And it was true on Iraq, where Al Gore holds the rarefied position of being correct about both Gulf War I and II.
Tonight's short read . . .http://www.psr.org/site/PageServer?pagenam...ower_fact_sheetDirty, Dangerous and Expensive: The Truth About Nuclear Power . . . despite the claims of the administration and industry proponents, a thorough examination of the full life-cycle of nuclear power generation reveals nuclear power to be a dirty, dangerous and expensive form of energy that poses a number of serious risks to human health and national security.