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Think Al Gore is Too Soft? Join This Climate Change Cult!

Michael A. Weber — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:46:35 +0000

Despite the overwhelming scientific evidence, a handful of deniers manage to keep arguing about the existence, causes, and likely outcomes of global warming. Not to be outdone by this conventional irrationality, we have a few oddballs on the ‘believing’ side of the fence too.

Ramtha’s School of Enlightenment, a new-age religious cult based out of Yelm, Washington, makes exaggerated, doomsday predictions about global warming to instill fear in its followers and convince them to build underground shelters to protect from the “Days to Come.“

According to the prophesies made by the spiritual school, the human population at the end of 2012 will be two-thirds what it is now, and those who survive in the long term will do so by stocking up on food, water, and medical supplies and by having an underground shelter to protect them from the dangers of a rapidly changing earth.

Live Blogging Al Gore’s Webcast On Clean Energy

Jerry James Stone — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:43:43 +0000

Nobel Laureate And Former Vice President Al Gore Calls On Youth To Vote, And Hold Leaders Accountable For Campaign Promises On Clean Energy

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The webcast which was organized by Power Vote — spear headers of the Energy Action Coalition — and seeks to emphasize the issue of climate change in the current election. The webcast is co-sponsored by Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection: the Alliance’s We Campaign has enlisted some 1.6 million individuals committed to solving our climate crisis.

Along with this webcast, Power Vote will be kicking off six days of Get Out the (Power) Vote campaigning on October 29, leading up to Election Day. They’re asking young people to gather on campuses and in communities across the country to watch the webcast together.

WHO: Energy Action Coalition and We Campaign
WHAT: Power Vote live webcast featuring Al Gore
WHEN: Wednesday, October 29, 5:30 p.m. PST / 6:30 p.m. MST / 7:30 p.m. CST / 8:30 p.m. EST

To RSVP for the webcast, visit http://events.powervote.org

>>Live Blog

Al Gore opens up to Buffalo Springfield’s Somethings Happening Here

Now JFK’s Man-On-The-Moon speech

Power Vote speaking about the 300,000 young people signing the Power Vote pledge

These Power Vote people like Al Gore - duh!

Al notes campuses Univ Maryland, Portland State, and Univ of Georgia did an awesome job!

Gore says Obama and McCain need to be accountable for the climate crisis

Gore says we went to Iraq for oil!

He links the climate crisis to every other crisis we have …

He says we need to be fuel independent in 10 years

More references to JFK. He is a big part of this election, i.e. Obama

Talking about the 700 Bilion bailout and its connection to the climate and the economy

Gore demands we change our infrastructure from carbon fuels to renewables

Says we need to get out and vote!

Says we need to solve the economic crisis with green jobs and enviromental change

Must build a renewable energy infrastructure

His iPhone just started ringing…

He is takign audience questions

He notes that people dont quite have the right amount of urgency for the climate crisis - we need to step up! there is a Bill McKibben joke there somewhere.

Gore is equating civil rights to climate action.

Talks about how the truth will save us with respect to the climate - Did he borrow one of Obama’s writers?

Al says he got in to this climate-stuff when he was in college - that was a long time ago!

Gore says efficiency and conservation are nubmer one!

Renewable energy is number 2

Says we also need a smart grid to accomadate the renewables

Wait, was the smart grid number 3?? I need Al’s iPhone number.

American biz loses 120 Bil/year due to grid failures…eeks!

Al quotes “Dont ever doubt that a small group of people can change the world, that is the only way the world has changed”

Gore says this election is critical in climate change policy due to record turnout in voting

Al thanks everyone for their effort at Power Vote

Power Vote is taking a 6 day initiative to get the vote out!

TV Guide: ABC Airs Oil Ads While Refusing Solar Power Advert

Jerry James Stone — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:47:35 +0000

In a bit of TV Mis-Guided, the ABC Network is refusing adverts by Al Gore’s We Campaign all the while running ads on oil for Chevron.

The campaign is working to get the ad aired on the next 20/20. The ad details how massive ad dollars spent by oil and coal companies is the key reason America hasn’t switched to cleaner renewable energy sources. Help the We Campaign get this advertisement aired!

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Video source: We Campaign