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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
AL GORE
Talk about pulling a disappearing act. With Climate change getting more attention I thought he would be more visible. Man, to have to young guns like Bill and AL on the trail agian. Sleeves rolled up, kissing babies and youthful optimism
If I were to vote in a presidential
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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AL GORE (Original Post)
evertonfc
Aug 2019
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Our grassroots movement to help solve the climate crisis is growing by the day
Uncle Joe
Aug 2019
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sandensea
(21,626 posts)1. Perhaps he has health problems
At 71, he's not that old - but he put on so much weight after what the Midland Idiot did to him in 2000, you gotta figure that's taken its toll.
Or this could be a strategic retreat on his part, waiting until Democrats retake the White House (knock wood) to get out more.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)2. Our grassroots movement to help solve the climate crisis is growing by the day
Link to tweet
Al Gore admits US poverty 'shocking' but warns climate crisis will make things worse
Al Gore continued an environmental justice tour with a visit to poor areas of Alabama and warned that already dire conditions are set to worsen because of climate change.
The former vice-president met people in Hayneville, near Montgomery, and heard them describe dire sanitary conditions as open pools of sewage pockmarked their lawns after a night of heavy rain.
Later Gore told a town hall gathering that he found the conditions shocking and tragic. Its all connected to the climate crisis, he told the 100-plus crowd crowd, referencing rain bombs from the ever-growing number of annual hurricanes hitting the south-east.
Gore visited with civil rights campaigner the Rev William Barber, and Catherine Flowers, the director and founder of Alabama Center for Rural Enterprise. Gore drew connections between poverty, ecological devastation and systemic social inequality.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/22/al-gore-alabama-environmental-justice-climate-worse
Climate crisis: Al Gore says global economy needs major upgrade, fast
Ex-US vice-president says only big solutions can offset impact of systemic shifts and avert disaster
Al Gore has said the global economy requires a fundamental upgrade to become more sustainable in order for the world to survive an environmental crisis and widening social divides.
The environmentalist and former US vice-president said the world was in the early stages of a sustainability revolution that had the magnitude of the Industrial Revolution and the speed of the digital revolution.
The urgent need to address the worlds sustainability crisis is laid bare in the latest annual report from Generation Investment Management, which was co-founded by Gore and David Blood, a veteran Goldman Sachs investor, in 2004.
The fund has more than $22bn worth of assets under its management, which it invests in technologies that can improve food production, healthcare and energy provision.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/25/climate-crisis-al-gore-global-economy-needs-major-upgrade-fast
Thanks for the thread evertonfc.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)3. Bernie Sanders and Al Gore discuss climate change.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
blm
(113,047 posts)4. He's been active. Media ignores his efforts.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)5. thanks guys
I must really be out of the loop. Thanks for the posts...
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden