Al Gore http://www.npr.org Al Gore en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:23:00 -0500 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Al Gore http://www.npr.org Al-Jazeera Buys Current TV The acquisition gives Al-Jazeera, which is financed by the Qatari government, access to an American TV audience. The new channel, Al-Jazeera America, will be based in New York. Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:23:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/02/168497696/al-jazeera-buys-current-tv?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/01/02/168497696/al-jazeera-buys-current-tv?ft=1&f=126937117 The acquisition gives Al-Jazeera, which is financed by the Qatari government, access to an American TV audience. The new channel, Al-Jazeera America, will be based in New York.

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]]> Al Gore: Most Americans Still Agree Climate Change Is Getting Worse Climate change and the environment were not major topics of the presidential campaign. But the former vice president tells NPR that he's convinced "more and more people in both political parties are taking a hard look at it and saying 'yes we really do need to do something about this.' " Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:44:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/17/165221945/al-gore-most-americans-still-agree-climate-change-is-getting-worse?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/11/17/165221945/al-gore-most-americans-still-agree-climate-change-is-getting-worse?ft=1&f=126937117 Climate change and the environment were not major topics of the presidential campaign. But the former vice president tells NPR that he's convinced "more and more people in both political parties are taking a hard look at it and saying 'yes we really do need to do something about this.' "

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]]> Road Map For Mitt Romney: Positive, And Negative, V.P. Picks Dating Back To 1964 We may be three weeks away from learning Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate. Until then, here is a historical look at all the VP picks in the last half century, and which ones were considered a plus — or a minus. Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:45:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2012/07/23/156944961/road-map-for-mitt-romney-positive-and-negative-v-p-picks-dating-back-to-1964?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2012/07/23/156944961/road-map-for-mitt-romney-positive-and-negative-v-p-picks-dating-back-to-1964?ft=1&f=126937117 We may be three weeks away from learning Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate. Until then, here is a historical look at all the VP picks in the last half century, and which ones were considered a plus — or a minus.

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]]> Al Gore Put In Internet Hall Of Fame For being "a key proponent of sponsoring legislation that funded the expansion of and greater public access to the Internet," the former vice president is among the first honorees. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:50:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/25/151366210/al-gore-put-in-internet-hall-of-fame?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/25/151366210/al-gore-put-in-internet-hall-of-fame?ft=1&f=126937117 For being "a key proponent of sponsoring legislation that funded the expansion of and greater public access to the Internet," the former vice president is among the first honorees.

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]]> Obama Campaign Releases 1st-Term Movie Trailer As It Hopes For Sequel The Obama campaign released the trailer for a 17-minute documentary called "The Road We've Traveled." It's obvious aim is to do something the Obama White House and campaign frequently do, that is, to remind voters of just how perilous a state the U.S. economy and financial markets were in when the president assumed office in January 2009. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:07:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/03/08/148228535/obama-campaign-releases-1st-term-trailer-as-it-hopes-for-sequel?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/03/08/148228535/obama-campaign-releases-1st-term-trailer-as-it-hopes-for-sequel?ft=1&f=126937117 The Obama campaign released the trailer for a 17-minute documentary called "The Road We've Traveled." It's obvious aim is to do something the Obama White House and campaign frequently do, that is, to remind voters of just how perilous a state the U.S. economy and financial markets were in when the president assumed office in January 2009.

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]]> Al Gore: It's An Honor To Be Attacked On Climate Change "There's a long tradition of people who don't like a particular message turning to attack the person delivering the message," he told NPR. "I view it as an honor, really." Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:55:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/14/140472519/al-gore-its-an-honor-to-be-attacked-on-climate-change?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/14/140472519/al-gore-its-an-honor-to-be-attacked-on-climate-change?ft=1&f=126937117 "There's a long tradition of people who don't like a particular message turning to attack the person delivering the message," he told NPR. "I view it as an honor, really."

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]]> September 14th: What's On Today's Show In the first hour of <em>Talk of the Nation</em>, the political junkie, and Al Gore talks about climate change. In the second hour, Michael Moore shares stories from his life and his new memoir, <em>Here Comes Trouble</em>, and baseball milestones. Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:57:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/09/14/140463373/september-14th-whats-on-todays-show?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2011/09/14/140463373/september-14th-whats-on-todays-show?ft=1&f=126937117 In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the political junkie, and Al Gore talks about climate change. In the second hour, Michael Moore shares stories from his life and his new memoir, Here Comes Trouble, and baseball milestones.

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]]> Al Gore Faults Obama, Media, Polluters And Ideologues On Climate Change Gore, the former Democratic vice president and global warming foe, criticizes Obama for allegedly going wobbly. The president failed to push hard enough for legislation that would curb greenhouse gas emissions by making polluters pay a price, Gore said. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:02:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/06/22/137341098/al-gore-faults-obama-media-polluters-and-ideologues-on-climate-change?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/06/22/137341098/al-gore-faults-obama-media-polluters-and-ideologues-on-climate-change?ft=1&f=126937117 Gore, the former Democratic vice president and global warming foe, criticizes Obama for allegedly going wobbly. The president failed to push hard enough for legislation that would curb greenhouse gas emissions by making polluters pay a price, Gore said.

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]]> Al Gore Praises Mitt Romney For Accepting Global Warming it was faint praise from the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee. But even that could get Romney, the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican White House nomination in trouble with many conservatives who reject the science that argues for anthropogenic global warming. Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:39:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/06/15/137207196/al-gore-praises-mitt-romney-for-accepting-global-warming?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/06/15/137207196/al-gore-praises-mitt-romney-for-accepting-global-warming?ft=1&f=126937117 it was faint praise from the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee. But even that could get Romney, the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican White House nomination in trouble with many conservatives who reject the science that argues for anthropogenic global warming.

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]]> Does A Concession Mean It's Over? Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded her primary battle with challenger Joe Miller.  But what if -- for argument's sake -- the remaining votes all went to Murkowski?  Would she win, even if she conceded? Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:06:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/09/02/129600434/?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/09/02/129600434/?ft=1&f=126937117 Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has conceded her primary battle with challenger Joe Miller.  But what if -- for argument's sake -- the remaining votes all went to Murkowski?  Would she win, even if she conceded?

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]]> I'm Gonna Punch You In Your Inconvenient Face Albert Gore, Jr. is fighting in a charity boxing match tonight. If you were fighting the son of Al Gore, what trash talk would you drop on him? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:41:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/07/20/128643473/i-m-gonna-punch-you-in-your-inconvenient-face?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/waitwait/2010/07/20/128643473/i-m-gonna-punch-you-in-your-inconvenient-face?ft=1&f=126937117 Albert Gore, Jr. is fighting in a charity boxing match tonight. If you were fighting the son of Al Gore, what trash talk would you drop on him?

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]]> Portland Police Say They Will Investigate Sex Assault Charge Against Al Gore The Portland Oregonian is reporting that city police have decided to re-open an investigation into a charge by a massage therapist that Al Gore sexually assaulted her in 2006. Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:27:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/06/30/128227475/portland-police-say-they-will-re-open-sex-assault-charge-against-al-gore?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/06/30/128227475/portland-police-say-they-will-re-open-sex-assault-charge-against-al-gore?ft=1&f=126937117 The Portland Oregonian is reporting that city police have decided to re-open an investigation into a charge by a massage therapist that Al Gore sexually assaulted her in 2006.

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]]> Al And Tipper Gore To Split Up After 40 Years Of Marriage Media reports, quoting an e-mail from Al and Tipper Gore, say that the former vice president and his wife have decided to separate after 40 years of marriage. Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:47:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/06/01/127347449/reports-al-tipper-gore-to-split-up-after-40-years-of-marriage?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/06/01/127347449/reports-al-tipper-gore-to-split-up-after-40-years-of-marriage?ft=1&f=126937117 Media reports, quoting an e-mail from Al and Tipper Gore, say that the former vice president and his wife have decided to separate after 40 years of marriage.

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]]> Gore's Challenge Al Gore has a challenge for all Americans... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:59:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/07/gores_challenge.html?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2008/07/gores_challenge.html?ft=1&f=126937117 Al Gore has a challenge for all Americans...

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]]> Emmy, Oscar, Nobel (?!) Do you think Former Vice President Al Gore deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:58:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/10/emmy_oscar_nobel_1.html?ft=1&f=126937117 http://www.npr.org/blogs/talk/2007/10/emmy_oscar_nobel_1.html?ft=1&f=126937117 Do you think Former Vice President Al Gore deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

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