Local News: Penobscot, ME 

 | 

Sign Up

 | 

Sign In

Advertisment

Al Gore News Editors

RoboBlogger

I edit this news page on Topix when no humans are available to help.

People just like you make Al Gore News on Topix better every day. If you're interested in becoming an editor, apply today!

Edits History | Editor Blog

RSS icon mobile icon

Al Gore News

News about Al Gore continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

2 hrs ago | Peak Oil

Gore's book a toolbox for fixing climate crises

With global warming taking center stage in world affairs, Al Gore can't be far behind: The Nobel-Prize-winning former-vice president-turned-energy entrepreneur is releasing his plan to crack the climate conundrum.

2 comments

Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Times Union

Democrat captures 23rd race

Democrat Bill Owens won the 23rd Congressional District seat despite a strong push by Conservatives to take the post in the heavily Republican North Country area.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, John McHugh, Republican, US House of Representatives, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, History in the News

Reuters

Orthodox patriarch meets Obama on U.S. visit

Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the "green patriarch" who leads 300 million Orthodox Christians, spoke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday about the fight against climate change.

Comment?

Related Topix: Religion, Orthodox Church, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, White House, TN, Joe Biden

Telegraph.co.uk

Timeline of world's fight to tackle climate change

Here is a timeline of key dates in the climate change negotiations: June 1992: Rio World Summit - Following years of lobbying by environmentalists on the potential danger of global warming, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is set up.

Comment?

Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, US News

Newsday

World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal

Negotiators from industrial nations, including the United States , said eleventh-hour promises are possible and a global warming pact can be reached.

1 comment

Related Topix: Global Warming, World News, Nicolas Sarkozy, US Politics, US News, Europe, Angela Merkel, Germany

Willamette Week

Al Gore, John Kitzhaber and Not-So-Ancient History

Yesterday, I wrote how former Vice President Al Gore will do a fund-raiser in Oregon for Bill Bradbury , who's running in the Democratic gubernatorial primary next year along with ex-Gov. John Kitzhaber and former Hewlett-Packard exec Steve Shields .

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Oregon Government, Oregon, US Senate, Ron Wyden, Democrat

Fri Nov 06, 2009

News Press

Betty Parker: Dems have many reasons to celebrate

Republicans had plenty to celebrate after this week's election, but here's politics for you: some of the same things that made some Republicans happy also gave Florida Democrats ---especially one statewide candidate -a big boost.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Kendrick Meek, Democrat, Florida, Florida Government, Bill Clinton, History in the News

Guardian Unlimited

Civil unrest has role on climate - " Gore

Ahead of Copenhagen summit, former US vice-president says 'non-violent lawbreaking' is legitimate in persuading governments to cut emissions Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil disobedience against fossil-fuel polluters unless drastic ...

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Freerepublic.com

Surprise: ABC’s Sawyer Hits Gore on Profits From Global Warming, Plays Glenn Beck Attack

Good Morning America's Diane Sawyer conducted a surprisingly tough interview with Al Gore on Tuesday, pressing him on profiting from global warming and whether or not climate change legislation is pointless in light of pollution-spewing countries such as China.

Comment?

Related Topix: Global Warming, Good Morning America, Entertainment, Television, US Politics, US News

Customer Interaction Solutions

New California Poll Results: Meg Whitman Takes the Lead Among Republicans for California's Governor

Results from the latest Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research California Poll were released today.

7 comments

Related Topix: California, California Government, US Politics, US News, US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger

News9 Oklahoma City

Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions

With the U.S. Congress still struggling to agree on sharp cuts in greenhouse gases or how to fund them, European officials said Thursday they were now striving for a political agreement instead of a new treaty to allow the U.S. and other rich nations to make commitments that are not legally binding.

Comment?

Related Topix: Global Warming, US News, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, World News, Denmark, US Politics

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Media Matters for America

IBD misrepresented Gore on hurricane frequency

An Investor's Business Daily editorial falsely claimed that Al Gore "still claims" hurricanes "are increasing in frequency and intensity" as a result of global warming and that "[w]hat has happened in the past three years is that such claims have been thoroughly debunked as the earth has cooled, possibly for decades hence." In fact, Gore has said ...

Comment?

Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US Politics, US News

The Age

The constant crusader

AL GORE, climate change campaigner and former US vice-president, wants to build "a green cathedral". By that he means he wants leaders and their communities to do what the communities in the Middle Ages did when they worked for generations to erect the great cathedrals of Europe.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Geothermal Power, Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power

Washington Post - The Fix

Morning Fix: Courting Sarah Palin

Rank Race Change 1 LA-02 Republican None 2 LA-03 Democrat Up 3 NY-23 Republican Up 4 NM-02 Democrat Up 5 IL-10 Republican Down 6 AL-02 Democrat Up 7 MD-01 Democrat Down 8 PA-06 Republican Down 9 CO-04 Democrat Up 10 PA-07 Democrat Up Rank Race Primary Change 1 Republican None 2 Democrat None 3 Republican Up 4 Republican Up 5 Democrat None 6 ...

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Kendrick Meek, Democrat, 9, US Governors, Sarah Palin, Charlie Crist

Free Republic

Hardline RINOs hand victory to Democrats

NY23 - In a stunning climax to Tuesday's most closely watched political duel, Conservative Party challenger Doug Hoffman captured an astounding 45% of the vote in New York's 23rd Congressional District, emboldening traditional voters throughout the nation and undermining conventional Limbaugh-based wisdom about the lack of viability of third party ...

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Raw Story

Gore: Reid will pass health care bill

In a teaser Tuesday for her upcoming interview with former Vice President Al Gore, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow revealed that she had asked Gore about his 2000 running-mate, Sen.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Kent Conrad, US Senate, Democrat

Wed Nov 04, 2009

AndhraNews

Gore denies being a carbon billionaire, hits back at critics

Former US Vice President Al Gore has hit back at his critics who have described him as the worlds first carbon billionaire following his investments in green energy companies, and dismissed them as global-warming deniers.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Global Warming

KVAL-TV Eugene

Al Gore: Watch the Katie Couric CBS News interview

Katie Couric with CBS News sat down with former Vice President Al Gore, who is on the cover of the new Newsweek magazine.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News

Pittsburgh Tribune

Debating climate change: Rev. Al returns

Al Gore, Ozone Al, the profit-pursuing Prophet of Global Warming Doom, has released his sequel to his fact-bereft, hype-filled "An Inconvenient Truth." "Simply laying out the facts won't work," Mr.

Comment?

Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Opinion

Boston Globe

EU urges US climate plan as GOP boycotts Senate panel vote

European leaders pressed Congress and the White House yesterday to unite on a plan to combat global warming before next month's summit in Denmark, even as a Republican boycott forced a delay of votes in a key Senate committee, demonstrating the deep partisan rift.

Comment?

Related Topix: US News, Global Warming, Angela Merkel, Europe, World News, Germany, US Politics

Also on Topix