Al Gore has turned the corner: The former vice president is no longer using his charts to explain why the climate crisis is real. He's using them to explain why the fossil fuel industry can't be trust (heated.world)

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[-] Arotrios@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Better late than never, but I stopped considering him a leader on anything after he caved to Bush. I do appreciate that he's tried to make up for his and his father's choices in the past, but the time for him to make a stand was 23 years ago - he could have single-handedly changed the course of history had he been resolute in pursuing the Presidency.

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