Al Gore, the so-called "warming guru," a man who has refused nearly 600 invitations to debate his claims on global warming and will not appear on the same stage with an anti-warming scientist, has gone on the attack against Barack Obama and Obama's failure (thank gawd) in dealing with global warming. Anyone remember Copenhagen and the world conference on climate change? It wound up being one of the most forgettable conferences of all time. A "meeting of the minds" with less consequences than the Cairo speech. When you stop to think about it, Obama has done next to nothing in pushing forward the liberal agenda. Good for him.
The Democrats' leading environmental messenger, Al Gore, is declaring that President Barack Obama has failed to lead on the issue of global warming.
In a 7,000-word essay posted online Wednesday by Rolling Stone magazine, Gore says the president hasn't stood up for "bold action" on the problem and has done little to move the country forward since he replaced Republican President George W. Bush.
Bush infuriated environmentalists by resisting mandatory controls on the pollution blamed for climate change, despite overwhelming scientific evidence that the burning of fossil fuels is responsible. The scientific case has only gotten stronger since, Gore argues, but Obama has not used it to force significant change.
"Obama has never presented to the American people the magnitude of the climate crisis," Gore says. "He has not defended the science against the ongoing withering and dishonest attacks. Nor has he provided a presidential venue for the scientific community ... to bring the reality of the science before the public." (link)
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