It was early November when tensions between Keith Olbermann and Al Gore escalated into a crisis at Current TV. There had been a short honeymoon after Gore, the channel’s co-owner, had handed the notoriously temperamental anchor a reported $10 million salary and equity stake in February of last year, but the relationship soured quickly. Now, just five months after Olbermann’s show Countdown had resurfaced on Current, it looked as if he might walk away. (more)
A conservative think tank that holds shares in Apple is asking the company to investigate whether board member Al Gore violated the company’s business policies by advocating for actions that would be benefit him personally, but not necessarily benefit the company. (more)
The broadcaster Keith Olbermann is famous for estranging himself from his bosses, be it at ESPN, Fox or MSNBC. (more)
The Iowa caucuses were discussed Tuesday evening on Current TV by network founder and former Vice President Al Gore, host Cenk Uygur and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm. (more)
Describing an event where he was paired up next to the monotone-talking ex-vice president, Woodward said, “Now, sitting next to Gore is taxing.” (more)
Lord Christopher Monckton, former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, has a challenge for former Vice President Al Gore: debate me. (more)
When former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney supposedly invaded Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s personal space Tuesday night, it conjured up a memory of one past debate for MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews. (more)
Watts’s complete and detailed analysis of Gore’s “Climate 101” video is available here. (more)
He’s baaack! This week former Vice President Al Gore will be the face of a 24 hour campaign to convert global warming skeptics and spur people to action for the environment. (more)
In a video released Tuesday, Rep. Ron Paul takes aim at Republican presidential frontrunner — and fellow Texan — Gov. Rick Perry. (more)
One day climate change skeptics will be seen in the same negative light as racists, or so says former Vice President Al Gore. (more)
With Newsweek apparently unable, for some reason, to convince Rick Perry to sit for a photo shoot, Politico came up with an idea to knock him off stride. Specifically, this headline: “Rick Perry backed an already-climate-crusading Al Gore in ’88.” You see, like Tim Pawlenty — whose campaign was doomed by his past advocacy of the “climate agenda” — Perry, Politico implies, harbors a dark past as a “global warming” sympathizer. Or maybe he’s just something of a liar. (more)
Ever since CNBC’s Rick Santelli inspired the Tea Party movement’s creation in early 2009, the left has been looking for a similar spark on their own side. The earliest liberal alternative, the so-called Coffee Party, was a flop. But former Vice President Al Gore insists such a movement still needs to be invented. (more)
On his Monday program, Keith Olbermann offered his Current TV platform to his network’s chairman, former Vice President Al Gore. According to Gore, both sides of the aisle finally hammering out a debt ceiling agreement is a signal that the American system of government is “in real trouble.” (more)
“Revenge is a dish best served cold” is an old French expression. Maybe American politicos ought to pay attention to the wisdom of our overseas friends. We’ve had almost 11 years to contemplate the 2000 election. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore resolved that election some 43 days after Election Day. It was a wrenching experience for millions. Still, we can take pardonable pride in the fact that the mail went out every day, no tanks rumbled through our nation’s capital and we didn’t have any fistfights in Congress over the result. (more)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ leading environmental messenger, Al Gore, is declaring that President Barack Obama has failed to lead on the issue of global warming. (more)
The global warming debate has always been a touchy one for both sides, and when the world’s top global warming activist is talking about the size of population and how that contributes to the choices societies make, it might be worth taking note. (more)
This isn’t the endorsement Mitt Romney needs right now. (more)
“Electricity prices in America are low,” stated Richard Caperton of the Center for American Progress. What he really means is that electricity prices are too low for our own good and need to be further taxed. (more)
Friday, April 22, is the 41st anniversary of Earth Day. The theme this year is “A Billion Acts of Green” and we’re asked, like recovering sinners, to reform our ways: take our baths with less water, turn off the lights, spend less time on the computer, watch less TV, reduce our toilet paper consumption, and make a donation. (more)
