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| | Speaking of his Senate career, in Gore's own words, | | Speaking of his Senate career, in Gore's own words, |
| − | {{cquote|I took the initiative in creating the Internet.<ref>Blitzer, Wolf. Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'. <u>CNN</u>. 9 March 1999. 2 June 2007 <http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/></ref>}} | + | {{cquote|I took the initiative in creating the Internet.<ref>Blitzer, Wolf. Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'. <u>CNN</u>. 9 March 1999. 2 June 2007 <[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/ http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000 /transcript.gore/]></ref>}} |
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| | Gore is the author of ''[[Assault on Reason]]''. He also starred in the 2006 documentary about [[global warming]] entitled, ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]],'' which won an [[Academy Award]] despite its blatant scientific inaccuracies. In 2007, British Court warned schools which show the film to school children that: | | Gore is the author of ''[[Assault on Reason]]''. He also starred in the 2006 documentary about [[global warming]] entitled, ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]],'' which won an [[Academy Award]] despite its blatant scientific inaccuracies. In 2007, British Court warned schools which show the film to school children that: |
| | #The Film is a political work and promotes only one side of the argument. | | #The Film is a political work and promotes only one side of the argument. |
| | #If teachers present the Film without making this plain they may be in breach of ... the Education Act 1996 and guilty of political [[indoctrination]]. | | #If teachers present the Film without making this plain they may be in breach of ... the Education Act 1996 and guilty of political [[indoctrination]]. |
| − | #Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children. <ref>Sheppard, Noel. "Court Identifies Eleven Inaccuracies in Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’." [Weblog NewsBusters] 08 Oct 2007. Newsbusters. 9 Oct 2007 <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/09/court-identifies-eleven-inaccuracies-al-gore-s-inconvenient-truth>.</ref> | + | #Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children. <ref>Sheppard, Noel. "Court Identifies Eleven Inaccuracies in Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’." [Weblog NewsBusters] 08 Oct 2007. Newsbusters. 9 Oct 2007 <[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/09/court-identifies-eleven-inaccuracies-al-gore-s-inconvenient-truth http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/09/court-identifies -eleven-inaccuracies-al-gore-s-inconvenient-truth]>.</ref> |
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| | In 2007, his efforts regarding global warming won a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] shared with the [[IPCC]].<ref>"The Nobel Peace Prize 2007." Nobelprize.org. 2008. Nobel Foundation. 12 Oct. 2007 <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/>.</ref> | | In 2007, his efforts regarding global warming won a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] shared with the [[IPCC]].<ref>"The Nobel Peace Prize 2007." Nobelprize.org. 2008. Nobel Foundation. 12 Oct. 2007 <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/>.</ref> |