What The Press Is Saying
Opinions
What About Gore's Challenge to Drop Oil Altogether?
Joseph A. Davis, Commentary, Nieman Watchdog (Jul 23, 2008)
"The key question is not whether getting 100 percent carbon-free by an exact date is doable. It's whether the current system can be sustained for another 10 years without crashing and burning. And whether we find the wisdom to think outside the assumptions we are currently boxed in by."
Fueling Al Gore
Editorial, The Anniston Star (Jul 25, 2008)
"The United States built the Panama Canal, won World War II, and put a man on the moon. America also can do what Gore is urging it to do."
Al Gore: Carbon-free Juice
Editorial, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Jul 24, 2008)
"Can it be done? Yes. A carbon-free future can become reality -- if the nation is willing to invest money, creativity and national spirit. This type of impossible goal is exactly the sort of dream that's made America, well, America."
Oil Shortage Presents Challenges, Opportunities
Editorial, Tomah Journal (Jul 24, 2008)
"Our new energy future isn’t austerity; it represents a major step forward in the American quality of life."
Al Gore, T. Boone Pickens Are Unlikely Allies
Marianne Means, Seattler Post-Intelligencer (Jul 23, 2008)
“Former Vice President Al Gore has navigated his crusade on behalf of environmental change into heavy waters, getting lots of attention but no credible non-partisan denial of what he is saying. We have to listen up.”
Gore’s Challenge
Editorial, Winston-Salem Journal (Jul 23, 2008)
“What matters is that the United States take on Gore's challenge, that we shoot for this kind of energy independence over the next 10 years.” -–or—“if we head in the direction toward which Gore and Pickens point, we arrive on the other end financially, politically and environmentally sounder.”
Full Speed Ahead On New Energy
Editorial, Christian Science Monitor (Jul 22, 2008)
"So the debate now is not whether there is a need to drastically reduce the burning of fossil fuels, which is given. It's about the speed and means of change, The questions are 'Which way?' and 'How fast?'"
Editorial, Burlington Free Press (Jul 22, 2008)
"By linking the need to slow climate change with the pocketbook issue of higher gas prices, Gore makes a strong case for doing something quickly to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels that also happen to spew greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere."
Are We Able And Ready?
Editorial, Las Vegas Sun (Jul 22, 2008)
"No leader has really set a major challenge for our country since President Kennedy, and even that challenge mostly involved the space industry. Gore has offered a challenge that needs everyone's participation, in ways large and small. Let's take him up on it."
Hello, World Leader
Editorial, The Trenton Times (Jul 22, 2008)
"Curbing our consumption of foreign oil through long-range innovations such as those proposed by Mr. Gore is the answer.”
Al Gore’s Challenge
Editorial, Milford Daily News (Jul 22, 2008)
“Al Gore…took crises ranging in energy, foreign policy and climate change and wrapped them into a challenge that is as big as the circumstances demand.”
Think Big On Energy
Opinion, The Wichita Eagle (Jul 21, 2008)
“Former Vice President Al Gore and legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens are worlds apart on politics, but both are right on energy…. With so much at stake, why aim low?”
Gore’s Green Challenge
Editorial, Waco-Tribune Herald (Jul 21, 2008)
“America’s leaders have long recognized the economic and national security need for a program to move toward energy independence. Now is the time to start acting on it.”
9/11 and 4/11
Thomas Friedman, New York Times (Jul 20, 2008)
“When a person is addicted to crack cocaine, his problem is not that the price of crack is going up. His problem is what that crack addiction is doing to his whole body. The cure is not cheaper crack, which would only perpetuate the addiction. The cure is to break the addiction. Ditto for us. Our cure is not cheaper gasoline, but a clean energy system.”
Gore's Challenge And Pickens' Plan Worthy Of Action
Editorial, Tuscalossa News (Jul 20, 2008)
“There is no doubt that the nation can move a long way in that direction over the next decade. There also is no doubt that it's the right direction.”
Yes We Can
Bob Herbert, New York Times (Jul 19, 2008)
"The correct response to Mr. Gore's proposal would be a rush to figure out ways to make it happen. Don't hold your breath. When exactly was it that the U.S. became a can't-do society?"
BED Ready for Gore's Challenge
Barbara L. Grimes, Burlington Free Press (August 12, 2008)
"Burlington Electric Department believes that this is an achievable goal, provided we put our minds to it."
Realizing His Vision
Teryn Norris & Jesse Jenkins, The Baltimore Sun (July 30, 2008)
"Today, we face a new Sputnik moment as we confront the defining challenge of our time: energy."
Gore's Challenge Puts the Heat On
Janet Redman, Asheville Citizen-Times (August 16, 2008)
"Nothing short of an energy revolution is needed if we are to stave off the worst effects of a climate crisis."
News Articles
Appealing to Bloggers’ Influence, Gore Asks for Help in Promoting Energy Challenge
Katharine Q. Seelye, New York Times (July 20, 2008)
"Al Gore made a surprise visit to Netroots Nation to answer questions and ask the bloggers for their support in meeting his bold energy challenge."
Gore Urges Change To Dodge An Energy Crisis
John Broder, New York Times (July, 18 2008)
“Like a modern Jeremiah, Mr. Gore called down thunder…”
Al Gore Lays Down Green Challenge to America
Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle (July 18, 2008)
"The goal is the most ambitious energy plan by a major U.S. political figure. Gore insists the only real obstacle is the reluctance of America's leaders to seek bold solutions to high energy prices and global warming."
Gore to Set Climate Change Goal
Ron Fournier, Time/Associated Press (July 17, 2008)
"Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years."
Energy Crisis Threatens U.S. Survival, Gore Says
CNN (July 18, 2008)
"‘The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk.'"
Gore Urges Lawmakers to Resist Lifting Offshore Drilling Ban
Brad Haynes, The Wall Street Journal (July 18, 2008)
"His comments come at a pivotal time, with some Democratic lawmakers saying publicly that they could support a relaxation of the offshore drilling ban as a response to soaring oil prices."
Gore Appearances Boost Climate Protection Group
Ted McKenna, PR Week (July 18, 2008)
"The new proposal will provide the basis for communications by the group going forward, including media relations, advertising, local events, and additional major announcements by Gore."
Gore Issues Challenge on Energy
Foon Rhee, Boston Globe (July 17, 2008)
"Al Gore, one of the leaders of the Democratic Party, was noticeably nonpartisan in challenging the nation to wean itself entirely from fossil fuels and move to alternative energy."
Al Gore Calls for all US Energy to be Made Renewable within 10 Years
Tom Leonard, Telegraph (July 21, 2008)
"Al Gore has challenged America to make a ‘man on the moon' effort."
Green Group Touts Al Gore's Clean Energy Goal
Jasmin Melvin, Reuters (July 31, 2008)
"‘Many Americans have a hard time thinking about our energy future, largely because their energy present is so challenging.'"