Gore launches climate change ad campaign

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0409/p17s01-sten.html

Gore launches climate change ad campaign

Too few people are changing their lifestyles, environmentalists say, and too few politicians are acting.

By Brad Knickerbocker

from the April 9, 2008 edition

Two words, more than any others, are apt to set climate-change skeptics' teeth a-grinding: "Al Gore."

The former vice president has been the front man on global warming – winning both an Academy Award and the Nobel Peace Prize last year in the process. The former vice president also refuses to publicly debate the issue with leading skeptics face to face.

Last week, Mr. Gore launched a three-year, $300 million ad campaign to raise public awareness about climate change. As Reuters reported:

" 'We can solve the climate crisis, but it will require a major shift in public opinion and engagement,' Gore said in a statement. 'The technologies exist, but our elected leaders don't yet have the political will to take the bold actions required. When politicians hear the American people calling loud and clear for change, they'll listen,' he said.

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