“Al Gore won a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for his film, An Inconvenient Truth. But in the last three months, as global warming has gone from a scientific near-certitude to the subject of satire, Gore — the public face of global warming — has been silent on the topic,” Koprowski reports. “The former vice president apparently finds it inconvenient even to answer calls to testify before the U.S. Senate. You can call him Al… but he won’t call back.”
“On Tuesday, Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe — a prominent skeptic of global warming theory and the Republican leader of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee — issued a request for Gore to come testify on global warming,” Koprowski reports. “In an interview with FoxNews.com, Inhofe said he wants Gore to appear because ‘it will be interesting to ask him on what science he based his movie,’ a film the senator considers ‘science fiction.'”
“Gore has yet to respond, but that didn’t prevent him from causing a stir at Apple’s shareholder meeting Thursday. According to CNET, Gore was seated in the first row while several stockholders bashed his high-profile views on climate change. One reportedly said Gore ‘has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted,'” Koprowski reports. “Gore did not reply, and he has not commented on his blog or Twitter feed.”
“Since his appearance at the Copenhagen climate summit in December, Gore has been reluctant to talk to the media, making only a handful of public appearances,” Koprowski reports. “On Jan. 16, he spoke at the American Library Association conference at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, and he signed copies of his newest book, Our Choice: How We Can Solve the Climate Crisis. On Feb. 22, at the IBM Pulse Conference in Las Vegas, Gore commented on how the environment was a fantastic business opportunity.”
“The media, meanwhile, have started to ask why the world’s most famous advocate of all things green remains mute on the growing chorus of opposition,” Koprowski reports. “‘The godfather of climate hysteria is in hiding as another of his wild claims unravels — this one about global warming causing seas to swallow us up,’ the editors of Investors Business Daily wrote on Tuesday. ‘We’ve not seen or heard much of the former vice president, Oscar winner and Nobel Prize recipient recently as the case for disastrous man-made climate change collapses.'”
Full article here.
Erica Ogg reports for CNET, ” Apple’s attitude on environmental and sustainability issues was one of the main concerns of the stockholders present Thursday, followed closely by the company’s immense pile of cash. But early harsh comments about former Vice President Al Gore’s record set the tone.”
“Gore was seated in the first row, along with his six fellow board members, in Apple’s Town Hall auditorium as several stockholders took turns either bashing or praising his high-profile views on climate change,” Ogg reports. “At the first opportunity for audience participation just several minutes into the proceeding, a longtime and well-known Apple shareholder–some would say gadfly–who introduced himself as Shelton Ehrlich, stood at the microphone and urged against Gore’s re-election to the board. Gore ‘has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted,’ Ehrlich said, referring to Gore’s views on global warming. ‘If his advice he gives to Apple is as faulty as his views on the environment then he doesn’t need to be re-elected.'”
“Another shareholder immediately got up to defend Gore and endorse his presence as an Apple director. And that wasn’t the end of it. Two different proposals from shareholders were presented in regard to Apple’s environmental impact,” Ogg reports. “Both proposals were ultimately rejected by shareholders.”
“Despite his apparently polarizing nature, Gore was re-elected with the rest of the slate in preliminary results. Proposals regarding changes to an employee stock plan, directors’ stock options, an advisory vote on executive compensation, and selection of Ernst & Young as Apple’s public accounting firm were all passed to complete the official business portion of the event,” Ogg reports. “One shareholder asked if Apple might consider investing in electric-car maker Tesla. To that, Jobs replied he was planning on throwing ‘a toga party’ with the money instead.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The results of a poll regarding Al Gore that we ran January 12-17, 2010 are below. We’ve put it up again fresh (top left column of the “big” (non-mobile) site) to see if there’s any appreciable difference now, six weeks later.
He’s dying a slow death.
Like Microsoft and Palm.
Fun to watch…especially from the record snow falls.
“the editors of Investors Business Daily”… yes, THE experts in climate science.
Why won’t Al Gore face his skeptics if he’s so confident in the data he used? Hiding like a coward only reinforces the view that you’re a scam artist who helped deceive the world into believing the myth of global warming for financial gain.
The record snow falls ARE due to global warming. More water evaporates from the oceans, leading to more clouds, leading to more snowfall. This is also the reason for more and more destructive tropical storms.
Steve Picked him, he was re approved, he brings a lot to the board. – He staying – deal with it.
Coulda been a contendah.. Coulda been Prssident Algore. Shucks
@Me in LA
“especially from the record snow falls.”
Once again, those ignorant on climate science and their inability to read long term trends cling on tiny short-term analysis fed by those who want you to remain stupid. “Oh look, today was the coldest day ever, there is no climate change!” Idiots.
@Breeze – is that hot breeze or cool breeze? Let us know, ’cause you obviously drank the Kool-Aid™
Gore’s a joke… No idea why he’s still on Apple’s board.
@ George: Oh boy. More “it has to get cold before it gets hot” guys.
What you and the other followers lack friend is the SCIENCE that goes back 1000’s of years to read CO2 levels and heat levels.
Your single-point data charts have fallen faster than Kirstie Alley’s diet.
Al’s hiding because the “science” is junk.
Idiots indeed.
Dump that clown and his Nobel sidekick Hussein.
They are both total dumbasses.
Just switched my home page to 9to5mac.com. MDFN is gone from my Macs and gone from my iPhone. It’s the Apple news I need with out this unnecessary right wing slant.
Dudes, just get it over with and change your name to MacDailyFoxNews.
Looking to Gore, of all things a politician for crying out loud, for explanation of such a complex matter as planetary climate change as a result of human activity, is inappropriate.
I suggest that you read Scientific American or some other scientific magazine or paper and look for answers there. You will find that scientist’s consensus is there, and the strong winter we are currently experiencing in Northern hemisphere is actually well explained by the global warming theory. Surprised? Then stop listening to celebrities, start reading what REAL experts in this matter have to say.
I’m in Toronto and we’ve basically had no snow this year. Only substantial snow was this past week. We usually get hit hard from Dec-Feb. Laugh all you want but the photos of glaciers disappearing do not lie.
I’m amazed at the level of scorn directed at Al Gore. You don’t have to believe him but he has contributed much to your country.
I just have to laugh at all the DC politicians who say global warming is a myth because of the snow on the east coast. Meanwhile there is no snow out west and we’re having one of the warmest winters on record. Even if one year could be a valid measure, globally, these arguments are ridiculous. Oh, I forgot, “global” refers to DC to our national politicians.
LMFAO @ phredcat!
You pinko-commie libtards are all about free speech until someone disagrees with your bullshit.
This is here for fun.
Get over yourself already!
Me In LA:
I made the cool aid
You ever seen that kind of Holywood Movie where nobody will believe that something terrible is going to happen soon. The whole town is against the idea and the people holding power stir up the ante………
Then it happens…….
What’s really funny is that there’s this monkey species that needs the threat of world-wide disaster to stop crapping all over its own back yard. Take only pictures and leave only footprints, people.
And to add one more thing. You folks have high praise for Jobs yet you keep putting Gore down. Do you think Gore would be on the board if Jobs didn’t think he was a valuable member?
@Me In LA: “What you and the other followers lack friend is the SCIENCE”
I’m a scientist – degree in Molecular Biology. I have many friends who are climate and geology scientists and who contribute regularly to peer review scientific journals.
Care to tell me what SCIENCE we are lacking in? Feel free to be as SCIENTIFIC as you like. The long term climate charts give a precise picture – the globe is warming.
Hey, Flat-Earthers, check out NASA’s recent article:
‘2009: ‘Second Warmest Year on Record; End of Warmest Decade.’
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/temp-analysis-2009.html
@Me In LA
It’s nice to be all high an mighty about global warming in the winter. But the summer heat/humidity here in DC was bat $hit insane!! I’m calling Spectre, Dr. Claw and Cobra together to build a giant doomsday fan.
Thank goodness Apple doesn’t listen to silly poll results, or any polls, I’d say. There aren’t many corporations I have much confidence in, and in fact, Apple is about the only one for which I do.
It’s too bad they named it global warming, since that short name to make it memorable also made it vulnerable to kooks in the pay of energy companies and fox news con artists to fool as many as possible.
And really, anyone who sources a report on something from Fox news is just asking to be treated like a rube. People watch that channel with the purpose of being misinformed, even if they’re not conscious of it.
As I am not American, I was never so interested in Al Gore as a person. Haven’t seen his movie either, and I am not sure about global warming – I just see the ice in the mountains here in Switzerland is melting quickly, for whatever reason. We had a strong winter this year, but there is a difference between “weather” and “climate” of course. In the end, I can say: I don’t know…
But the other thing is, we shouldn’t stay with oil driven cars, we should always look for a better solution. If it is for political reasons (supporting governements that hate our style of life by buying oil from them), or clima or whatever – to stay with a bad system when there are alternatives out there is like the IT-doofus staying with windows instead moving to something better. The same ignorance… I hope for you Americans that the big car companies will invest in R&D;, because if they don’t, other countries will. I wait for Steve Jobs’ iCar…