HEADLINE:It's the end of the world as we know it.
Burning rivers, choking smog, miles of massacred animals left to rot in the sun these overt signs of the Apocalypse are quickly being supplanted by less obvious ones. Acid rain is quietly dissolving our cultural heritage and poisoning aquatic life. Greenhouse gases are silently trapping heat in the atmosphere, causing what almost every scientist believes
is global warming on a level never before seen. Unsustainable agricultural practices are decimating ancient, vital forests, stripping lands of their precious topsoil and polluting streams. But you've heard all that before, and so have your legislators. Many of them arewising up and advocating better protection of our planet. Others still need to be shown the light. Check out this site for tips on what you can do, what you can persuade your elected officials to do and what it all means in the end. You know the problems. Now be part of the answer. We want to get a million email signups of people who want to save the world. |
President Clinton's wooden sidekick for Commander-in- Chief himself, the political arena has not been entirely kind to Al Gore. But maybe he belonged on the other side of the continent the whole time. After unleashing his 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, to widespread approval, he won an Oscar and the Nobel Peace Prize. Sure, there are nitpicking critics who say it can't all be proven, but when they're complaining, isn't that when you know you've got'em by the balls? So here's to you, Al. While it's unlikely you created the Internet, you sure gave the environmental movement a much-needed kick in the ass. I'd drink to that. EMAIL US AT GORE@GREEN.ORG |