Al Gore plans to start a grass-roots political movement to seek a “freeze” on carbon emissions that scientists say are to blame for global warming.
“I think we need a ‘carbon freeze,’” the former vice president told a two-day closed meeting in Berkeley organized by the Greentech Innovation Network, a group led by Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
John Denniston, a Kleiner Perkins partner, told reporters that his firm, which has pledged to invest $200 million to fund green technology start-ups, is prepared to help finance Gore’s political efforts — at least, that’s what Reuters reports. Hmm, that sounds odd. Wonder what Kleiner’s own investors — many of them conservative — would say about this? We’re checking with Kleiner whether this is accurate.
(Update: Denniston clarifies for VentureBeat: “I did not tell Reuters KP is providing funding. What I said was I believe KP will collaborate with Al Gore’s efforts.”)
Gore said he’ll enlist groups ranging from entrepreneurs and activists to political leaders to push for stronger policies to limit the growth of greenhouse gases.
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Chris Zaharias said:
I propose a “hot air” freeze, into which all of Gore’s politically-motivated, half-baked, high school climate science projects should go.
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rob roberts said:
I propose you step outside of your self serving political views and look at the scientific facts.
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Linda Lancaster said:
Anyone who does not believe that climate change is impacting the world now is not reading the daily papers. Almost every day there is an article describing some impact of climate change — one day an article on the lack of snow in Europe’s ski areas this year; the next day on the salinization of rice paddies in Sri Lanka (not sure where) caused by rising sea levels. Another day, a report on the precipitous drop in bird population in New England — also noted by a friend who is a birder, who asked, where have the birds gone? Depending on where you live, look around you. In New England, it’s December 13 and we have not had a hard freeze yet, but we had a 100 degree day last summer - also virtually unheard of. In the past, a hard frost almost always occurred by the end of October, November at the latest. I suppose skeptics attribute this to “natural cycles”. We really don’t have time to argue over what is causing these global changes. We need to take immediate individual, local, state, national, and international action to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. I admire Al Gore for his commitment to this cause.
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Brooke Lowry said:
Politic initiatives or not, Gore is spending an awful lot of time and effort creating a documentary, traveling around the world, appearing on shows, and educating people for YEARS. To discount the validity of his efforts on saving the environment is absurd.
