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Al Gore

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg participates in a youth climate change protest in front of the United Nations Headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, New York, US, on Aug. 30, 2019.

A Nobel for Sweden’s Greta Thunberg? A tough decision for the prize committee.

Greta Thunberg, one of few people whose nomination has become known before the awards ceremony, is the bookmakers’ favorite to win the prize Friday.

The World

Ten Years After Bush v. Gore, Imagining a Different Outcome

Global Politics

Red meat at the RNC

Global Politics

Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?

How Obama’s Campaign Video Stacks Up, Politically and Cinematically

The World

Gore Hits the Global Warming Campaign Trail

A thousand Al Gore clones descend on communities across America-the plot of a political/horror flick? No, but it’s shaping up as the grassroots sequel to the global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” Gore wants to leverage the success of his fil

AN INCONVENIENT CONTROVERSY

An offer of 50,000 free DVD’s of the global warming documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” has put the National Science Teachers Association in the hot seat. Laurie David, executive producer of the film, charges the world’s largest science education organiza

Climate Economics

Will cutting CO2 emissions hurt the economy? A Harvard economist tells Living on Earth the answer isn’t clear-cut.

Presidential Politics and the Environment

Announcements of candidacy have come from both presidential frontrunners in the past week. But when it comes to the environment, neither candidate has a clear platform. Steve talks with Living On Earth’s political observer Mark Hertsgaard about what’s at stake as Vice President Gore and Governor Bush jockey for the environmental vote.

The World

Gore Walks a Fine Line

Next week, 3,000 people will descend on Detroit, Michigan, for the “environmental equivalent of the Super Bowl”: a National Town Meeting for a Sustainable America. Hosted by Vice President Gore, the meeting is being criticized by those who call it nothing more than industry “greenwash.” Steve talks with Detroit Free Press reporter Emilia Askari [a-SKAR-ee].