“The city of Georgetown, Texas, announced that it’s going to switch to 100 percent renewables. “There were 11 Republican members of the House of Representatives who joined in a very powerful statement last fall,” he said. In his Wired interview, he also said he believes that Republican resistance against government regulation to deal with climate change is starting to thaw.Īlso Read: 'SNL' Opening Sketch Slams Hillary Clinton: 'I Don't Really Like People' (Video)

In February, he gave a TED talk (shown above) in which he emphasized the good news on the climate change front, including the recent COP21 climate agreements made by world governments in Paris and the new investments in alternative energy made by the private sector. An NOAA report shows that April 2016 was the 12th consecutive month to break global heat records.ĭespite the grim news, Gore remains optimistic. In the decade since “An Inconvenient Truth” came out, the annual rate of carbon dioxide released by humans into the atmosphere has increased from 8.3 billion tons to 10 billion tons, according to a University of California, Riverside study. “I thought back to my days in school, when I tried to take a shortcut studying Shakespeare by watching filmed versions of the plays, where they just set up a camera and filmed the stage. I didn’t think a slideshow could translate into a movie,” he said. In an interview with Wired commemorating the anniversary, Gore admitted that he didn’t think the documentary would be successful and needed convincing before he agreed to do it. He also put forth worst-case scenarios that showed how widespread ecosystem destruction and loss of homes for hundreds of millions could occur if major ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica melt.Īlso Read: Bernie Sanders Sparks 'Hysteria' Among Hollywood Democrats Seeking His Surrender

vice president and failed presidential candidate to one of the most well-known advocates for environmental regulation and climate change awareness in the world.ĭirector’s Davis Guggenheim film showed Gore making a presentation about the dangers of global warming through detailed infographics and scientific research. I used to be the next President of the United States.” With those words, Al Gore began his transition from former U.S. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth,” online movie service Vudu is making the Oscar-winning documentary available to own for free today.

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