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The truth is that we're at a critical juncture in the history of our species and if we don't act soon, we could inhabit a world we don't recognize anymore.

Al Gore

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Al Gore
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 31
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Feb. 9, 1999 Dear Friend, Without your previous support, Bill Clinton and I would not have won our victories for the American people in 1992 and 1996. ... And to win in 2000, I need you by my side.
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The crisis is a concrete threatening reality today. It stands to get catastrophically worse unless we take action before the accumulation [of] this global warming pollution reaches such toxic levels that the problem becomes bigger than we can solve.
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In a time of darkness, you don't curse the darkness, you light a candle.
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The debate's over. The people who dispute the international consensus on global warming are in the same category now with the people who think the moon landing was staged on a movie lot in Arizona.
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I think it's harder for people than it should be. But as more and more of us become carbon neutral and change the patterns in our lives to be part of the solution instead of part of the problem, we are now beginning to see the changes in policy that are needed.
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Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.
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Of all the works of civilization that interfere with the natural water distribution system, irrigation has been by far the most pervasive and powerful.
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I think that asserting that former President Obama wasn't born in the United States was just the height of irresponsibility, of course. And Donald Trump corrected that one. There are others that have yet to be corrected.
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I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.
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We are running out of time, we must have a planetary solution to a planetary crisis.
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At some point, a false belief collides with physical reality.
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There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.
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The interior of the earth is extremely hot – several million degrees.
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In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.
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The Founders of the U.S. gave the senators a term of office three times longer than that of a representative precisely to encourage a reflective frame of mind, a distance from the passions of the voters, and a capacity for deliberative consideration.
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There's no such thing as clean coal. It's non-existent. Theoretically, it might be possible, many years from now, to come up with a way to clean it as it's burnt. But there's not a single demonstration project in the United States. [...] Clean coal doesn't exist.
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The key.. will be a new public awareness of how serious is the threat to the global environment. Those who have a vested interest in the status quo will probably continue to be able to stifle any meaningful change until enough citizens.. are willing to speak out.
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It's an important point, and every little bit helps not least because those who make those kinds of changes are more likely to make their voices heard as citizens. But the ultimate solutions are going to come through policies.
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As important as it is to change the light bulbs, its more important to change the laws
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When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.
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