Katie Couric's Notebook: Gore's Prize
Former Vice President Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for his efforts to raise awareness about global warming.
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October 12, 2007 3:34 PM
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June 18, 2007 12:03 PM
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“The G8 have been meeting in Germany and the United States is throwing a monkey wrench in the efforts to get a consensus. The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton. We have to ask ourselves what is going on here?”
-- Global warming guru, and one-time Vice President, Al Gore, bemoaning the inconvenient truth that Paris Hilton is getting more attention than he is.
-- Global warming guru, and one-time Vice President, Al Gore, bemoaning the inconvenient truth that Paris Hilton is getting more attention than he is.
March 21, 2007 5:07 PM
The last time Al Gore came to Capitol Hill--six years ago--he was there to certify the electoral college results that made George Bush president.
But today it was a triumphant return, this time as a private citizen, to declare that the world faces a "planetary emergency" over climate change. And now, a lot of his skeptics agree that Gore makes a powerful point.
The scientific consensus is clear, and Gore urged Congress to listen to scientists, not special interests. He pushed for an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases, as well as cleaner power plants, more efficient cars, and stronger conservation efforts.
Gore said "a few years from now...the kinds of proposals we're talking about today are going to seem so small compared to the scale of the challenge."
Here's hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming.
That's a page from my notebook.
Katie Couric's Notebook: Gore And Global Warming
Hi everyone.
The last time Al Gore came to Capitol Hill--six years ago--he was there to certify the electoral college results that made George Bush president.
But today it was a triumphant return, this time as a private citizen, to declare that the world faces a "planetary emergency" over climate change. And now, a lot of his skeptics agree that Gore makes a powerful point.
The scientific consensus is clear, and Gore urged Congress to listen to scientists, not special interests. He pushed for an immediate freeze on greenhouse gases, as well as cleaner power plants, more efficient cars, and stronger conservation efforts.
Gore said "a few years from now...the kinds of proposals we're talking about today are going to seem so small compared to the scale of the challenge."
Here's hoping Congress puts partisanship aside, and comes together to act boldly on global warming.
That's a page from my notebook.
February 28, 2007 3:34 PM 
It’s been an interesting few days here on planet earth, where the climate keeps getting warmer, unless it’s not, and where the controversy about Al Gore’s lifestyle is generating much debate about how much energy – and cream-filled Munchkins -- he consumes on a daily basis.
Just the other day, Katie Couric weighed in, so to speak, on what seemed the heftiest Gore story of the day: his winning the Oscar.
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a conservative think tank, said the former Vice President was gobbling up energy like a Coney Island lifeguard at a hot dog eating contest. What people smelled wasn’t relish. It was hypocrisy...
An Inconvenient Hypocrisy
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Just the other day, Katie Couric weighed in, so to speak, on what seemed the heftiest Gore story of the day: his winning the Oscar.
As the throngs of celebrities greeted Al Gore as a secular saint, I wondered if this might usher in a backlash against environmentalists. It wasn’t too long ago, afterall, that environmentalists were decried as tree-huggers, and former President Bush railed against them — trying to say it was the spotted owl against logging interests and jobs in the West.No sooner had those words been posted than we received word that the man behind “An Inconvenient Truth” had some inconvenient truths of his own to explain.
Gore has repeatedly said the environment is not a Democratic or Republican issue; it’s a moral issue. But now that Hollywood has so completely embraced the former vice president, one wonders if this issue will be associated only with liberal causes. The Oscars may give Gore's critics ammunition to reject a school of thought that’s been validated by countless scientists worldwide. Some people I know latched on to a recent Gore global warming conference that was cancelled because of a snowstorm.
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a conservative think tank, said the former Vice President was gobbling up energy like a Coney Island lifeguard at a hot dog eating contest. What people smelled wasn’t relish. It was hypocrisy...
February 26, 2007 6:29 PM 
Along with millions of other people, I was watching the Oscars last night, checking out the dresses. (Personally, I found Penelope Cruz’s the most beautiful and tasteful of the night...)
But as the throngs of celebrities greeted Al Gore as a secular saint, I wondered if this might usher in a backlash against environmentalists. It wasn’t too long ago, afterall, that environmentalists were decried as tree-huggers, and former President Bush railed against them — trying to say it was the spotted owl against logging interests and jobs in the West.
Gore has repeatedly said the environment is not a Democratic or Republican issue; it’s a moral issue. But now that Hollywood has so completely embraced the former vice president, one wonders if this issue will be associated only with liberal causes. The Oscars may give Gore's critics ammunition to reject a school of thought that’s been validated by countless scientists worldwide. Some people I know latched on to a recent Gore global warming conference that was cancelled because of a snowstorm.
And yet, after a period of time of not conceding global warming even exists, President Bush used the term "climate change" for the first time and has talked about a way to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It seems like we’re reaching critical mass when it comes to this issue. And all the experts agree. Well, almost every expert. (There are a handful of scientists — many of them on the payroll of big oil companies — who wonder if global warming is a reality.)
But my fervent hope is that Hollywood’s embrace of Al Gore doesn’t give people an excuse to condemn and mock the effort — and oppose taking steps that we as a society need to take to deal with the issue of climate change. Some people find anything trendy repugnant, but this is a trend that’s really important.
Senator Barbara Boxer, the new chairman of the Environment Committee, told us that "global warming is not just a warm day in January, it is a threat to the delicate balance of the planet." And many conservatives, too, share this view. Conservatives like Brent Scowcroft, the former Bush national security adviser, Lee Thomas, Ronald Reagan’s EPA Administrator, and Theodore Roosevelt IV. All of them — and many others — would say exactly what Gore says.
Katie: Gore Warms Up Hollywood
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But as the throngs of celebrities greeted Al Gore as a secular saint, I wondered if this might usher in a backlash against environmentalists. It wasn’t too long ago, afterall, that environmentalists were decried as tree-huggers, and former President Bush railed against them — trying to say it was the spotted owl against logging interests and jobs in the West.
Gore has repeatedly said the environment is not a Democratic or Republican issue; it’s a moral issue. But now that Hollywood has so completely embraced the former vice president, one wonders if this issue will be associated only with liberal causes. The Oscars may give Gore's critics ammunition to reject a school of thought that’s been validated by countless scientists worldwide. Some people I know latched on to a recent Gore global warming conference that was cancelled because of a snowstorm.
And yet, after a period of time of not conceding global warming even exists, President Bush used the term "climate change" for the first time and has talked about a way to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It seems like we’re reaching critical mass when it comes to this issue. And all the experts agree. Well, almost every expert. (There are a handful of scientists — many of them on the payroll of big oil companies — who wonder if global warming is a reality.)
But my fervent hope is that Hollywood’s embrace of Al Gore doesn’t give people an excuse to condemn and mock the effort — and oppose taking steps that we as a society need to take to deal with the issue of climate change. Some people find anything trendy repugnant, but this is a trend that’s really important.
Senator Barbara Boxer, the new chairman of the Environment Committee, told us that "global warming is not just a warm day in January, it is a threat to the delicate balance of the planet." And many conservatives, too, share this view. Conservatives like Brent Scowcroft, the former Bush national security adviser, Lee Thomas, Ronald Reagan’s EPA Administrator, and Theodore Roosevelt IV. All of them — and many others — would say exactly what Gore says.
