The Alliance in the News
San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 2007
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"The alliance is a kind of think tank-in-action whose major goals include publicizing the effects of global warming and turning citizens into climate change activists. Through this summer's Live Earth concerts and a follow-up campaign, the alliance has persuaded tens of thousands of Americans to pledge to lobby Washington on global warming.
The alliance is distinguished by its pop-culture approach (one of its campaigns features the voice of actor Tommy Lee Jones), connections to big names from the corporate world, and a staunch bipartisanship. The board of directors is led by Gore but also includes prominent Republicans such as Theodore Roosevelt IV, the managing director of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, and Brent Scowcroft, the businessman who was once national security adviser to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. " Read more
Gore glams up global warming fight -- again
CNN Money. Oct 11,2007
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"It's about communicating the urgency and solvability of the climate crises," said Brian Hardwick, a spokesman for the Alliance for Climate Change, an environmental group founded and chaired by the former vice president. "So [people] will demand the kind of change we need."
The campaign won't focus solely on energy - it will also address other factors, from deforestation to methane from cows, that contribute to global warming. " Read more
Gore, in Palo Alto, spreads thanks for Nobel Peace Prize win
San Jose Mercury News. Oct 12, 2007
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"Gore called the climate crisis "the most dangerous challenge we face but it is also the greatest opportunity we have ever had to make change." He called the award "a chance to raise global consciousness."
Then he went back to work, taking scheduled meetings to help plan a massive climate-change awareness media campaign expected to debut early next year.
The Alliance is a bipartisan, non-profit organization Gore co-founded as a vehicle for raising money to encourage Americans to find ways to address global warming. Gore plans to give his half of the $1.5 million prize to the group, which he chairs." Read more
After Nobel, what's next for Gore?
Mercury News. 10/13/2007
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Gore's big day was also a big win for the Bay Area. His international publicity whirlwind kicked off in Palo Alto, where he told friends, supporters and more than 70 reporters that he was deeply honored and would use the recognition "to raise global consciousness."
Standing with wife Tipper and four Stanford University faculty members involved in the U.N. panel, Gore called the climate crisis "the most dangerous challenge we face - but it is also the greatest opportunity we have ever had to make changes that we should be making."
Gore delivered his brief comments at the downtown Palo Alto offices of the Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit climate-change advocacy group he co-founded last year and chairs. He will be donating his half of the $1.5 million prize to the alliance.
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