Al Gore Quotes

Global warming is socialism in drag.

Climate change may not be the most important issue to every American, but strong majorities do consider it a major problem, and they aren't likely to take seriously a candidate who denies the science and who is plainly in the pocket of the polluters.

There's some politicians who still seriously believe that we haven't got global warming.

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.

What’s been going on for years is political science, not good science in the environmental area.

The carbon lobby knew perfectly well that global warming posed real dangers, but it chose to deny those dangers and disparage anyone who sought to bring them to public attention. The lobby put its immediate economic interests ahead of humanity’s future well-being.

The science is clear. The economics is clear. As usual, the politics is the problem.

There is only one possible route of action, Greenhouse gases have to be radically reduced and it has to happen worldwide. Until now, the US has kept its eyes shut to this emergency. Americans make up a mere 4 percent of the population, but are responsible for close to a quarter of emissions.

Call me a converted skeptic. Prior estimates of the rate of warming were correct … humans are almost entirely the cause.

... We've laid the groundwork to protect our planet. But the resulting opportunities can be seized only if the next president follows the science, recognizes the dangers of doing nothing, and musters the political will to address the threat.

Government Enviornmental poisitions are tradeoffs. In that process, Democrats tend to worry more about the harm done to the enviornment and the health of the people; Republicans tend to worry more about harm to business and the economy.

The dirty secret is that climate change is not really a partisan issue in Congress.

The big polluters are confident in their grip on Congress. They have basically achieved control of the Republican Party, and as a result, they are basically able to block action in Congress that the public needs and the country deserves.

The power the fossil fuel industry exerts over Congress is polluting American democracy, the propaganda it emits through its front groups is polluting our public discourse, and, of course, its carbon emissions are polluting our atmosphere and oceans - it's a triple whammy and a disgrace.

The queue of activists, interest groups, and ordinary people wringing their hands over what a President Donald Trump might do in office is long, and environmentalists are at the front of the line.

Citizens and consumers are demanding that climate change and environmental issues be taken seriously.

It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican.

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big a political issue as health care is.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

The whole global warming thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability.

There's no shortage of Democrats who are at least as committed as Schwarzenegger to reducing greenhouse gases.

Well they do have a use, but we should never believe that any international conference is going to suddenly solve problems like the condition of the global environment.