Al Gore in the Philippines "Earth Is Now At Risk, Let's Save It"

[Uncle Joe]

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WARNING that the world will reach the "tipping point" toward an ecological catastrophe within the next 10 years, former US Vice President Al Gore urged international and local leaders to focus their efforts toward halting the phenomenon of global warming.
Gore flew to Manila yesterday to address a group of several hundred political and business leaders as well as members of the diplomatic corps at the RCBC Plaza on Ayala Avenue in Makati City on the dangers of neglecting the environment.

"We should be worried about threats like terrorism, but we should also be worried about other more important threats like the destruction of the environment," he told the group which included former President Fidel V. Ramos and several senators and congressmen.

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The standing-room only audience at the Carlos P. Romulo auditorium listened in rapt attention as Gore gave a science lecture on global warming complete with graphs, slides, video clips and satellite photos obtained from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) showing the extent of the environmental damage around the world.
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Gore's impassioned presentation was received with deafening applause and a standing ovation from the audience.
"I wish all our politicians were like him," former Education Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad said when interviewed after the presentation. "Then this would be a much, much better country."