Al Gore is a US politician and environmental activist. He is a former Vice President of the United States (1993-2001), Democratic presidential candidate 2000, and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has been involved with the environmental activist movement for decades, and has participated fully since he left the vice president in 2001.
Video Environmental activism of Al Gore
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Gore stated in an interview for The New York Times that his interest in environmentalism began when he was a teenager:
- When I entered high school, my mother was reading Silent Spring and dinner table talk was about pesticides and the environment [...] The year I graduated from college momentum was building for < i> Earth Day. After Vietnam, when I entered the divinity school, the Rome Club report came out and the growth limit was the main problem.
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Politics
Congress
Gore has been involved with the environment for decades. In 1976, at the age of 28, after joining the United States House of Representatives, Gore held "the first congressional hearing on climate change, and co-sponsored [ed] a hearing on toxic waste and global warming." He continued to talk about this topic throughout the 1980s and was known as one of Atari Democrats, later called "Democratic Democrats", politicians who looked at issues such as clean air, clean water and heating global as the key to a future victory for their party. "
In 1989, while still a Senator, Gore published an editorial at The Washington Post , where he argued
Humans suddenly enter into new relationships with the planet Earth. The world's forests are being destroyed; large open hole in the ozone layer. Life species die at an unprecedented rate.
In 1990, Senator Gore led a three-day conference with legislators from over 42 countries seeking to create a Marshall Global Plan, in which industrialized nations will help developing countries less economically growing while keep protecting the environment. "
Concord Monitor says that Gore "is one of the first politicians to understand the seriousness of climate change and called for reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.
Vice presidency: 1993-2001
As Vice President, Gore is involved in a number of environmental initiatives. He launched the GLOBE program on Earth Day 1994, an educational and science activity that, according to Forbes magazine, "makes extensive use of the Internet to raise students' awareness of their environment". In the late 1990s, Gore strongly pushed the passing of the Kyoto Protocol, which called for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. He was opposed by the Senate, who graduated unanimously (95-0) Byrd-Hagel Resolution (S. Res. 98), which states the Senate's sense is that the United States should not be a protocol signatory that does not include binding targets and schedules for develop as well as industrialized countries or "will cause serious damage to the United States economy". On November 12, 1998, Gore symbolically signed the protocol. Both Gore and Senator Joseph Lieberman show that the protocol will not be followed up in the Senate until there is participation by the developing countries. The Clinton Administration never surrendered the protocol to the Senate for ratification. In 1998, Gore began promoting a NASA satellite that would provide a constant view of the Earth, marking the first time such a picture would be made since the Blue Marble photograph of the Apollo 17 mission of 1972. The "Triana" satellite will be permanently installed in L 1 Lagrangian Point, 1.5 million km away. During this time, he also became associated with the Digital Earth.
2001-present
Generational Investment Management
In 2004, Gore launched the Generation of Investment Management, a company in which he served as Chairman. The company is a "new London fund management firm that plans to create an environmentally friendly portfolio that will manage the assets of institutional investors, such as pensions, foundations and endowments, as well as people from 'high net worth individuals' from offices in London and Washington, DC "
We Can Solve it
Gore and Alliance for Climate Protection created the We Can Solve It organization, a web-based program with many television commercials focused on spreading awareness for the climate crisis (global warming) and petitioning for more presses crisis, governments are doing more to help the environment, and their ultimate goal is to end global warming. Though largely focused on the United States, and America, it is a petition and an international effort. Already have more than one million signatures. [1]
Lectures and conferences
In recent years, Gore has been busy traveling around the world talking and participating in events primarily aimed at awareness and prevention of global warming. Her main presentation on global warming has received a standing ovation, and she has presented it at least 1,000 times according to her monologue in An Inconvenient Truth. His talk is $ 100,000. Gore's global warming presentation in some major cities is sometimes associated with severe cold weather, the juxtaposition since being dubbed "the Gore Effect." Gore is a vocal supporter of carbon neutrality, buying carbon offset every time he travels by plane. Gore and his family drive a hybrid vehicle. In An Inconvenient Truth Gore calls people to save energy.
In 2007, Al Gore was the principal non-official representative for the United States at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, which is a series of discussions that plan to continue where the Kyoto Protocol ceases when it ends in 2012. He uses a War poem The Famous World II written by Father Martin NiemÃÆ'¶ller to describe how the international community is terribly achieving nothing in the face of the greatest crisis in human history. He ended the speech using his famous tag line: "However, political will is a renewable resource."
During the Global Warming Awareness Month, on February 9, 2007, Al Gore and Richard Branson announced the Virgin Earth Challenge , a competition that offered a $ 25 million prize for the first person or organization to produce a viable design that results in removal of atmospheric greenhouse gases.
The general lecture at the University of Toronto on February 21, 2007, on the topic of global warming, led to the fall of the ticket sales site within minutes of opening.
In March 2008, Gore gave a lecture via video conferencing to promote this technology as a means, he said, against global warming.
On July 17, 2008, Gore gave a speech at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. in which he called for a move to replace dependence on "carbon-based fuels" with green energy by the United States in the next ten years. Gore stated: "When President John F. Kennedy challenges our nation to land a man on the moon and bring him back safely in 10 years, many people doubt we can achieve that goal, but 8 years and 2 months later, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface. "Some people criticized his plans. According to the BBC, "Robby Diamond, president of a bipartisan think tank called Securing America's Future Energy, says weaning the nation from fossil fuels can not be done within a decade." The country will not be able to go cold turkey [...] We have hundreds of years of infrastructure with trillions of investment dollars that will not become obsolete. '"
Repower America
On July 21, 2008, Al Gore used a speech to challenge the United States to commit to producing all electricity from renewable sources (AERS) such as solar and wind power in 10 years. Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection In this speech, Al Gore says that our over-reliance on carbon-based fuels is at the core of all three economic, environmental and national security crises. Our democracy has become sclerotic in times of crisis needing a courageous policy solution.
Resource Center Solutions supports the goals of Repower America Al Gore.
Civil disobedience to stop coal power plant
On September 24, 2008, Gore made the following remarks in a speech given at the Clinton Global Initiative:
"If you are a young person looking at the future of the planet and seeing what is being done now, and unfinished, I am sure we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent new coal development, plants that have no carbon sequestration and sequestration. "
This statement is similar to the one he made the previous year:
"I do not understand why there is not a circle of young people blocking bulldozers," Mr. Gore, "and prevent them from building coal-fired power plants."
Climate Reality Project
In March 2010, two non-profit organizations founded by Al Gore, the Alliance for Climate Protection and Climate Project , joined together, and in July 2011 the joint organization renamed Reality Climate. Project. In February 2012 the Climate Reality Project organized an expedition to Antarctica with civilian and business leaders, activists and concerned citizens from many countries.
Vegan
In 2013, Gore becomes vegan. He previously admitted that "it is true that the growing meat intensity of diets around the world is one of the problems associated with this global crisis - not just because [carbon dioxide] is involved, but also because of the water consumed in the process" and some speculate that the adoption of the new diet is linked to its environmental attitudes. In an interview in 2014, Gore said, "Over a year ago I changed my diet to a vegan diet, really just to experiment to see what it feels like... I feel better, so I keep doing it and I'm likely will continue for the rest of my life. "
Rampal power plant
In the plenary sessions of the 47th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland on January 18, 2017, Al Gore urged Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to halt the construction of the Rampal steam power plant close to the largest mangrove forests of the Sundarbans.
Climate and Health Summit
The "Climate and Health Summit" which was originally to be held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was canceled without warning at the end of January 2017. A few days later, Gore revived the summit, which he would hold without CDC.
Environmental criticism
Four major environmental critics have been leveled at Gore: (1) he has alleged a conflict of interest from his role as an investor in a green technology company and as a supporter of taxpayer funded education-educated subsidies; (2) he allegedly made false scientific claims, (3) ) he consumes excessive amounts of energy, and (4) he allegedly refuses to argue others about the problem of global warming.
In light of Gore's alleged conflict of interest, some critics have called Gore "the carbon billionaire". In response to this criticism, Gore stated that "definitely not true" that he is a "carbon billionaire" and that he "proudly puts my money where my mouth has been for the past 30 years, and even though it's not the majority of my business activities, believe in investing according to my beliefs and values. "Gore was challenged on this topic by Tennessee Congressman Marsha Blackburn who asked him:" The law we discussed here today, is that something you would personally use? " Gore responded by stating: "I believe that the transition to a green economy is good for our economy and good for all of us, and I have invested in it." Gore also added that all income from his investment has gone to the Climate Protection Alliance and that "If you believe the reason I have been working on this issue for 30 years is because of greed, you do not know me." Finally, Gore told Blackburn: "Do you think there is anything wrong with being active in the business in this country [...] I am proud of it, I am proud of it."
Critics of Gore's allegedly false scientific statement tend to focus on the UK High Court's ruling that Gore's Inconvenient Truth documentary is considered by the court to have nine significant errors.
Gore is also the subject of criticism for his personal energy use, including the use of private jets and the possession of some very large homes. The Tennessee Policy Research Center (TCPR) has twice criticized Gore for electricity consumption at his home in Tennessee. In February 2007, TCPR stated that its record analysis from Nashville Electric Service indicates that Gore households use "electricity 20 times more than the average national household." In reporting TCPR claims MSNBC Countdoes With Keith Olbermann notes that homes have twenty rooms and home offices and that a "green power switch" installed raises their electricity bill while reducing overall carbon pollution. Philosopher A. C. Grayling also defended Al Gore, arguing that Gore's personal lifestyle did nothing to impose his message and that Gore's critics had made the ad hominem mistake.
A few months later, the Associated Press reported on December 13, 2007, that Gore "has completed a number of improvements to make homes more energy efficient, and the industry-building group praised the home as one of the most environmentally friendly in the country. [...] No need to tear it down and start a new one, I do not know how it could be rated higher, 'said Kim Shinn of the US Nonprofit Green Building Council, which provides the second-highest ranked home for sustainable design.
Gore was criticized by TCPR again in June 2008, after the group obtained its public utility bill from Nashville Electric Service and compared "electricity consumption between 12 months before June 2007, when it said it installed its new technology, and years later." According to their analysis, Scratch consumes 10% more energy in a year since their home receives environmentally friendly modifications. TCPR also argues that, while "the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in a full year," Gore's residence "uses an average of 17,768 kWh per month -1,638 kWh more energy per month than before renovation." Gore spokesman Kalee Kreider replied to the claim by stating that the "utility bill" has dropped 40 percent since the green retrofit. "and that" the three-year renovation at home has not been completed until November, so it's a bit early to try comparison before and after. "He also noted that TCPR did not include Gore gas bills in their analysis (which they had done the year before) and that the bill gas has fallen 90 percent [...] And when Scratches do power ups, they pay for renewable resources, such as wind and solar power or methane gas. "Media Matters for America also discussed the fact that" 100 the percentage of electricity in his home comes from green power "and cites the Tennessee Valley Authority as stating that" [a] lthough no energy-efficient, renewable resource, renewable resources create less waste and pollution. "
In August 2017, it was reported that over the past year, Gore used enough electrical energy to propel American households for more than 21 years, according to a report released by the National Center for Public Policy Research. Reportedly, Gore consumes 230,889 kilowatt hours (kWh) at his residence in Nashville alone. In addition, Gore has two other residences - a penthouse in San Francisco and a farmhouse in Carthage, Tennessee - making his carbon footprint even greater than what was reported. Gore has claimed on the "TODAY Show" that his home uses 100 percent of renewable energy, but it is actually a lie. The Gore House in Nashville is actually classified as a 'energy pig' below the standards developed by Energy Vanguard
Some argue that Gore refused to debate the topic of global warming. BjÃÆ'¸rn Lomborg asked him to debate the topic at a conference in California. Gore replied that he would not, stating that "The scientific community has gone through this chapter and verse.We have long passed the time when we have to pretend this is 'on the one hand, on the other hand' a problem," he said. "This is not a matter of theory or conjecture, for the good."
Books, movies, television and live performances
Inconvenient Truth
Gore starred in the documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, released on May 24, 2006. The film documents the evidence of anthropogenic global warming and warns of the consequences of people not immediately making changes to their behavior. This is the fourth best-selling documentary in US history.
After An Inconvenient Truth was nominated for an Academy Award, Donna Brazile (head of Gore's campaign of the 2000 campaign) speculated that Gore might announce the possibility of a presidential nomination for the 2008 election. In his speech on January 31, 2007, at Moravian College, Brazer stated, "Wait until Oscar night, I tell people: 'I'm dating I have not fallen in love On the night of Oscar, if Al Gore has slim down 25 or 30 pounds, God knows.'" During the awards ceremony, Gore and actor Leonardo DiCaprio shared the stage to talk about "greening" of the ceremony itself. Gore started giving a speech that seemed to lead to the announcement that he would run for president. However, background music drowned him and he was escorted offstage, implying that it was a joke read out, which he later admitted.
After winning the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Features. Oscar was given to director Davis Guggenheim, who asked Gore to join him and the rest of the crew on stage. Gore then gave a short speech, saying, "American colleagues, people around the world, we need to resolve the climate crisis.This is not a political issue, it is a moral issue.We have everything we need to get started, with the possibility of exclusion to act.It's a renewable resource.Let's update. "
This official documentary film site is meaningfully called climatecrisis.net
At the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Gore released the Unpleasant Sequel: Truth to Power, a sequel to his 2006 film, An Inconvenient Truth, which documents his ongoing efforts for climate change battles.
Books
Gore wrote Earth in the Balance (published in 1992) while his six-year-old son, Albert, recovered from a serious accident. It became the first book written by Senators who sat down to list the New York Times bestsellers since Profile John F. Kennedy in Courage .
Gore also publishes The Unflattering Truth: Global Warming Emergency and What We Can Do About It , which became a bestseller. Regarding the use of nuclear power to reduce global warming, Gore has stated, "Nuclear energy is not a panacea to overcome global warming."
In July 2017, Gore publishes the Unbeatable Sequel: The Truth for Power: Handbook of Your Actions to Study Science, Find Your Voice, and Help Solve Climate Crisis, along with his film Unpleasant Sequel: Truth to Power.
Futurama
Gore appears in Matt Groening's Futurama as himself and his own head in an urn in an episode relating to environmentalism. Gore also took a role in the 2007 film, Futurama: Bender's Big Score. In 2000 Gore had offered to appear in the final season of 2000 Futurama , "Anthology of Interest I". In this episode, Gore leads his team "Vice President of Action Rangers" in their goal to protect the space-time continuum. In 2002, Gore appeared in the episode "Crimes of the Hot". In addition, Gore uses short clips from Futurama to explain how global warming works in his presentation as well as in An Inconvenient Truth . An internet promo for An Inconvenient Truth titled Terrible Messages From Al Gore is also produced by Groening and David X. Cohen, creator of Futurama , starring Gore and Bender (John DiMaggio).
Earth Live
On July 7, 2007, Live Earth awareness concerts are held worldwide in an effort to raise awareness about climate change. This event is the idea of ​​Gore and Kevin Wall from Save Our Selves. On July 21, 2007, Gore announced he teamed up with actress Cameron Diaz for the TV climate contest, 60 Seconds to Save the Earth, to get popular support in solving the climate crisis.
2007 Nobel Peace Prize and India
Gore was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, shared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, led by Rajendra K. Pachauri (Delhi, India). The award is given "for their efforts to build and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and lay the groundwork for the steps needed to combat such changes" on October 12, 2007.
Gore made the following statement after receiving the prize:
I am honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor to share it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - the world's leading scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis - a group whose members have worked tirelessly and unconditionally. many years. We are facing an actual planetary emergency. Climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge for all humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to raise global consciousness to a higher level.
My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the award to the Climate Protection Alliance, a bipartisan nonprofit organization devoted to changing public opinion in the US and around the world on the urgency of resolving the climate crisis.
Gore and Pachauri received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 in Oslo, Norway on December 10, 2007.
In the Lecture he delivered on December 10, 2007, in Oslo, to the high officials of the Kingdom of Norway, to members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and to other attendees, attending the Nobel prize ceremony, he made this astonishing statement:
September 21st, when the Northern Hemisphere tilted from the sun, the scientists reported with unprecedented pressure that Arctic ice "fell from a cliff." One study estimates that it could be completely lost during the summer in less than 22 years. Another new study, to be presented by US Navy researchers this weekend, warned it could happen in just 7 years.
In a lecture given during March 2008 in Delhi, Gore argued that India, as a leader in information technology, is in a very strong position to also lead in climate change. This talk coincides with the release of two children's books by Gore published together with the Habitat Center of India.
Selected awards and awards
- 2008 Dan David Prize: "Social Responsibility with Special Emphasis on the Environment."
- 2008 Gore Resolution (HJR712) was passed by the Tennessee House of Representatives honoring "Gore's efforts to curb global warming."
- 2007 Gothenburg Prize for Sustainable Development
- The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (environment)
- The 2007 International Television Art Academy and Science: Founder Award for Current TV and to work in the field of global warming
- The 2007 Prince of Asturias Award in Spain (neighborhood)
- 2007 Sir David Attenborough Award for Excellence in Natural Filmmaking (environment)
- Quill 2006 Awards: Latest history/events/politics, Inconvenient Truth
Preferred publication
Glossary
Al Gore uses the term:
- Climate crisis (global warming/climate change).
- Climate refugees
- Tsunami energy (loss of access to foreign oil).
- Megafire
Further reading
- Kirk, Andrew G. Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism . Lawrence: Univ. Kansas Press, 2007.
See also
- Climate Reality Project
- List of environmental philosophers
- World Resources Institute Biosketch Board of Directors for Al Gore
Note
External links
- WASHINGTON TALK; Democratic Reforestation: A Blend of Idealism and Intelligent Politics The New York Times , June 14, 1989
- Global warming is a planetary emergency: Al Gore - India Today interview with Gore
- Al Gore Speech Receives Nobel Peace Prize 2007
- Video: Gore Speaks at TED Conference - 15 ways to prevent climate crisis
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