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Tweet storming @AlGore’s talk to @ARPAE’s #ARPA16

March 1st, 2016 · 1 Comment

As a respite from watching Republican Party debates and campaigning, I am spending three days at the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Energy Innovation Summit. In stark contrast to those @GOP science-denial soundbites, this Super Tuesday morning, Al Gore spent an hour on stage being interviewed by Steve Clemons from The Atlantic.  There are a […]

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Not even a rubber mallet? Do “Climate Change Leaders” know how to play hardball?

June 17th, 2009 · 4 Comments

When contemplating the path of climate legislation over the past several years, we must address a continual question and challenge for those (which should be all of us) concerned that our political system is proving unable to come up with a policy and regulatory framework that provides any real hope for putting us (the United […]

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Tags: Al Gore · analysis · climate change · climate delayers · climate legislation · Congress · democrats · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics

Revkin wanting attention: Science Reporter’s “Faux and Balanced” deception

February 25th, 2009 · 8 Comments

The New York Times Andy Revkin evidently was feeling a bit jealous of the attention that George Will and John Tierney were receiving for their deceptive disinformation when it comes to Global Warming issues. Other than that its a bit hard to explain his convoluted and, well, deceptive article in today’s New York Times on […]

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Tags: Energy · journalism

“This is Reality”: “Clean Coal” Vaporware

December 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today, Al Gore and a coalition of leading environmental organizations are launching This is REALITY.org. Simply put, despite all the glowing ads that you’ve seen and bipartisan romancing of clean coal, “clean coal” remains not much more than powerpoint slides and technological dreams that might (MIGHT) work in 20 years or so, at a very […]

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Tags: clean emissions · coal · Energy

Throw off complacency: 100% renewable electricity

July 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Throw off complacency: 100% renewable electricity

Al Gore has set a challenge: 100% clean electricity, 100%! Get us (the US, and eventually, all the globe) off coal. And, determine to do this within a decade. People are going to scream that this is impossible. They will be wrong.  This is possible, difficult to do in the timeline perhaps, but possible. They […]

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Tags: Al Gore · carbon dioxide · carbon neutral · Energy · environmental · government energy policy · green · politics · pollution · renewable electricity standards · renewable energy

Gore’s new venture … clean energy tech

November 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Well, Al Gore is taking on another venture.  As Fortune phrased it,  The recovering politician, environmental activist, and Nobel laureate is adding another title to his résumé: venture capitalist.

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Tags: Al Gore · business practice · carbon dioxide · climate change · emissions · Global Warming · investing

GoreOPhobia, the WashPost, and Howell’s pseudoApologia

June 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments

A week ago, the Washington Post Outlook section featured, under the banner “FACT CHECK”, a malicious attack on Al Gore starting off with flagrantly false information. The outrage floursished … As per Gorephobia Prominent in the Washington Post, Sometimes you can’t make things up. Under the title “Fact Check”, Andrew Ferguson starts his Sunday Washington […]

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GorePhobia and the Washpost: HEADS UP … the saga continues

June 15th, 2007 · Comments Off on GorePhobia and the Washpost: HEADS UP … the saga continues

Perhaps you missed this … but … sometimes you can’t make things up. Under the title “Fact Check”, Andrew Ferguson started his OPED in last Sunday’s Washington Post Outlook section: You can’t really blame Al Gore for not using footnotes in his new book, The Assault on Reason. True, but not truthful or honest. No […]

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Washington Post responds re Gorephobia Truthiness …

June 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Washington Post responds re Gorephobia Truthiness …

Follow-ups are sometimes merited. My last diary, Gorephobia Prominent in the Washington Post, began: Sometimes you can’t make things up. Under the title “Fact Check”, Andrew Ferguson starts his Sunday Washington Post OPED “You can’t really blame Al Gore for not using footnotes in his new book, The Assault on Reason.” Ferguson is absolutely right […]

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Gorephobia Prominent in the Washington Post — w/UPDATE

June 10th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Sometimes you can’t make things up. Under the title “Fact Check”, Andrew Ferguson starts his Sunday Washington Post OPED You can’t really blame Al Gore for not using footnotes in his new book, The Assault on Reason. Ferguson is absolutely right … and, amazingly arrogant in his disdain for common understanding of “truth” … Like […]

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