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Watch: Al Gore hits Comedy Central

Al Gore has the radical idea that more of our decisions should be made based on facts and reason.



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Al Gore's new '30 Rock' cameo

Video: The former VP returned to '30 Rock' in honor of NBC's Green Week -- delivering an unexpectedly funny performance as the light bulb-changing janitor.



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Al Gore's plan B: Act crazy

Al Gore hit NBC last week for Green Week and told Saturday Night Live all about his backup plan for solving global warming-to act completely nuts.



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Al Gore's 'Saturday Night Live' cameo

Video: Former vice president tells Weekend Update he's just going to start acting crazy from now on.



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Green teens honor Al Gore

Green teens present Former Vice President Al Gore with an "inspiration award" for his work in motivating the next generation of environmentalists.




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Al Gore flies commercial

In an interview with the Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove, Gore unloads on the fear and doubt mongers trying to delay taking action on global warming.



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Palin, Gore battle over climate change

Video: As climate talks continue in Copenhagen, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin finds herself in a war of words with Al Gore. NBC's Andrea Mitche



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Al Gore's Copenhagen climate summit speech

Video: Former vice president and environmental icon rallies the troops and turns up the pressure on Obama to pass climate change law.



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Al Gore's post-Copenhagen plan

Al Gore is pushing for a deal in Mexico this summer. But to get there we need a Senate bill by Earth Day.



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Climate rap battle: Gore vs. Monckton

The Juice News brilliantly raps a commentary on climate change, Copenhagen, and how to save the world from ourselves.



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Greenbuild 2009 wrap up

The U.S. Green Building Council released the final statistics for Greenbuild 2009, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona.




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Ice sculpture Al Gore belches exhaust

An Alaska liquor store is making an icy statement about former Vice President Al Gore's stance on environmental issues. NBC's Chris LeClere reports.




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Quick hits: Consuming consumers and all we consume

Can over-consumption actually save the planet? Are we finally on the downslope of the bottled water craze? And should Al Gore be talking about meat?



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Bill O'Reilly producer ambushes Al Gore

Video: Bill O'Reilly doesn't take no for an answer. Al Gore learned this the hard way, as a Fox News producer ambushed the former vice president during a lunch



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Inconvenient Youth is the new one-stop shop for teens fighting climate change

The Climate Project, founded by Al Gore, is launching a new website designed for teens who want to live greener and fight climate change. You're even required t




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Weekend links: Spiders, pollution, Al Gore and Earth Day

The EPA needs better pollution monitoring equipment, President Obama trashed hundreds of bikes, and someone designed a super box.



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Al Gore gets his own comic book

Bluewater Productions cranks out new bio-comic on the former Veep.



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Al Gore to separate from wife, Tipper

Former Vice President and wife parting ways after 40 years of marriage.



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Al Gore pickup lines begin flooding the Internet

In light of separation from wife Tipper, jokes about the former Vice-President begin appearing. Some funny, most awful.



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PETA to Al Gore: Go vegan to get dates

Proving that nothing is truly sacred, PETA sends a letter urging the former VP to drop the meat to pickup ladies.



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Al Gore breaks his silence on the oil spill

Invited to speak at the Panetta Lecture, the former vice president reveals his fury at BP and talks of a 'cover-up'.




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Al Gore and Laurie David deny affair rumors

After Star Magazine's "exclusive" allegations, both camps denounce any infidelity.



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Analysis: Why police are re-opening Molly Hagerty's sex-assault case against Gore

Video: Police are reinvestigating allegations from a masseuse that she was sexually assaulted by former Vice President Al Gore. A legal scholar weighs in.



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Al Gore sex scandal animation gets even more bizarre

Clip features hilarious group of headband-wearing treehuggers in a VW bus.



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Snoop Dogg has a message for Al Gore

Rapper urges environmental crusader to focus on a different type of green.



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L.A. school named after Al Gore sits on polluted ground

$75.5-million Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences to open amidst controversy of site's toxic past.



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Infographic: Celebrities' fans, fees and followers

Our data crunchers take a look at how the eco-stars stack up.



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'The Climate War: True Believers, Power Brokers, and the Fight to Save the Earth'

Bloomberg Businessweek's Eric Pooley gives an insider’s view of the American campaign to cut carbon emissions and halt global warming.



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Documentary offers alternative to Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth'

Danish environmentalist Bjorn Lomborg discusses his new book "Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits'" as well as the film "Cool It," w



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Lieberman's environmental legacy

Often criticized by members of both parties, Sen. Joseph Lieberman has been a staunch supporter of the environment throughout his career.




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How the 2011 Oscars went green

The biggest awards show in Hollywood continues efforts to reduce its environmental impact.



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Despite scientific evidence, Upton presses on

The decisions of Fred Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, may not make sense, but the man has the power to make big decisions.




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New Gore book coming in 2012

Former VP to focus on globalization, technology, and climate change.



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Gore: Climate deniers are like birthers

Former vice president says that in today's political environment, there is a tendency to ignore facts.




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Al Gore praises Mitt Romney's climate change stance

The former vice president praised Romney for not being consumed by the 'anti science wing' of the Republican party.




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Al Gore slams President Obama on climate change issues

The former vice president did not hold back in his 7,000-word essay in Rolling Stone about the climate change debate.




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Al Gore announces 24 Hours of Reality to counter misinformation

The former vice president has a new video project that he hopes can be a response to attacks from the fossil fuel industry.



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Is Al Gore's Climate Reality Project a new direction or more of the same?

This week, Al Gore announced a new venture — the Climate Reality Project — which he claims will push public interest past the tipping point toward serious a



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Al Gore compares climate deniers to racists

The former V.P. says global warming doubters will one day be seen similarly to racists, and urges people who support emissions cuts to 'win the conversation.'




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Al Gore on 'The Colbert Report'

Al Gore talks about his work on the Climate Reality Project and marvels at the sophistication of Stephen's global warming metaphor.



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Watch: Casting doubt on climate change

An excerpt from the Climate Reality Project compares today's argument about climate change to the '60s argument over cigarettes.



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As Greenpeace turns 40, the eco-movement aches for another wave of innovation

In 1971, a ragtag gang of committed activists unleashed its first "mind bomb," and it set the environmental agenda for decades to come. Today, with campaigns by




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Al Gore spills the beans on new iPhone

Al Gore apparently let slip that Apple Computer plans to release new "iPhones" next month. Gore spilled the beans thusly: "Not to mention the new iPhones coming



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Battle of the climate-change billboards rages on

After the Heartland Institute compared global warming to the Unabomber, two climate activism groups decided to strike back.




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What if climate-change doubters held a debate and nobody came?

Al Gore's 24-hour Climate Reality broadcast has attracted millions of online viewers. A competing broadcast by climate doubters had just thousands.



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Al Gore kicks off book tour for 'The Future'

Former vice president's new book addresses 6 areas of rapid global change, from global warming to the Internet to runaway population growth.



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Al Gore reportedly now worth more than $200 million, called 'Romney-Rich' by Bloomberg

The former vice president has benefited from sustainable investments, Silicon Valley leadership and the sale of Current TV.



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Al Gore Video: 'We're going to make it'

In an impromptu talk to a small crowd on the set of '24 Hours of Reality' with Al Gore.



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Al Gore finally drops meat, goes vegan

Former vice president reportedly made the healthy shift several months ago.



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Al Gore says he'll likely stay vegan 'for life'

Former vice president reveals in a new interview why he made the switch to a plant-based diet.



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