The carbon fuels industry-big oil and coal-have a 50-year lease on the Republican Party and they are drilling it for everything it's… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices. — Al Gore Copy Share Image
A majority of Trump's voters were in favor of staying in the Paris Agreement. And if you look at what's really happening… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as clean coal. It's non-existent. Theoretically, it might be possible, many years from now, to come up with… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Most people talk as if Miami and Bangladesh still have a chance of surviving: most of the scientists I spoke with assume… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Once the renewable infrastructure is built, the fuel is free forever. Unlike carbon-based fuels, the wind and the sun and the earth… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Global warming pollution, indeed all pollution, is now described by economists as an "externality." This absurd label means, in essence: we don't… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We are seeing every night on the television news now a nature hike through the Book of Revelation. These climate-related extreme weather… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Scientists with access to data from Navy submarines traversing underneath the North polar ice cap have warned that there is now a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
...2009 saw the eighth 'ten-year flood' of Fargo, North Dakota, since 1989. In Iowa, Cedar Rapids was hit last year by a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We need to put a price on carbon, and that's what cap-and-trade does and that's also what a CO2 tax does. As… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I'm not a psychologist, and I don't know how to play a more sophisticated role than the one that I have played… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Having worked on climate crisis for almost 40 years now, I've seen good days and bad days. And through all of that… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Some of the most intriguing new research is in the area of extreme weather events and rainfall. A recent study by German… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
There's such a wide variation in tax systems around the world, it's difficult to imagine a harmonized CO2 tax that every country… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Anyone who deals with the climate crisis has an internal dialogue between hope and despair, because the challenge is so huge and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We're still putting 110 million tons of man-made global pollution into the air every single day as if the sky is an… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The cost reductions for renewable energy continue downward in a very dramatic way. We're in the early stages of a sustainability revolution… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
If the people that believed the moon landing was staged on a movie lot had access to unlimited money from large carbon… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
What's at risk [in 100 years] if we do not take action, truly is the survival of civilization as we know it...… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The Himalayan Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau have been among the most affected by global warming. The Himalayas...provide more than half of… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Where solar energy is concerned - and wind energy and battery storage and electric vehicles and efficiency technologies - that is what… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The key.. will be a new public awareness of how serious is the threat to the global environment. Those who have a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The answer is to end our reliance on carbon-based fuels... If we succeed, we create booming new industries, wealth, clean secure energy… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Traditionally the United States has been the natural leader of the world. That's not just pride as an American speaking; it's just… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
If there is no cost to be paid for the indiscriminate dumping of pollution into the earth's atmosphere, then it should be… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The sooner we switch away from carbon-based fuel and start relying on renewable energy sources available in the United States, the sooner… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Eventually we'll use a CO2 tax offset by a reduction in taxes elsewhere alongside a cap-and-trade plan, but the degree of difficulty… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Humanity is sitting on a time bomb. If the vast majority of the world's scientists are right, we have just ten years… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
It took me a bit to realize how big the changes have been in the last decade. In so many places -… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The global warming deniers persist in this air of unreality. After all, the entire north polar icecap, which has been there for… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Unless we stop dumping 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours, which we are doing right… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
All of us can make changes, but the changes that are most needed are not light bulbs and windows but laws and… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We face a climate crisis now that is the most serious challenge our civilization has ever confronted. And the greatest country in… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Now we have things that are obviously false, leading us to war, leading us to deny people health care, leading us to… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Global warming is real and human activity is the main cause. The consequences are mainly negative and headed toward catastrophic, unless we… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by… — Al Gore Copy Share
The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest… — Al Gore Copy Share
I decided to pick the diet that I thought would maximize my chances of long-term survival. — Al Gore Copy Share
You know there's an old african proverb that i made up: "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go… — Al Gore Copy Share
One tragic example of the loss of forests and then water is found in Ethiopia. The amount of its forested land has decreased from… — Al Gore Copy Share
The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years. — Al Gore Copy Share
Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame. — Al Gore Copy Share
When you talk about President Trump, the cable networks turned over so many hours of prime time to him. Why? Because he was entertaining,… — Al Gore Copy Share
Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access… — Al Gore Copy Share
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters. — Al Gore Copy Share
Our civilization is experiencing unprecedented changes across many realms, largely due to the rapid advancement of information technology. The ability to code and understand… — Al Gore Copy Share
There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation. — Al Gore Copy Share
As many know, the Chinese expression for "crisis" consists of two characters side by side. The first is the symbol for "danger," the second… — Al Gore Copy Share
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. — Al Gore Copy Share
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