Al Gore to Connect dots on Extreme Weather, Climate Change

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/170871-gore-launches-climate-reality-campaign

Former Vice President Al Gore launched a new campaign Tuesday aimed at exposing the “full truth, scope, scale and impact of the climate crisis.”

The campaign, the Climate Reality Project, is organizing a Sept. 14 event and presentation focused on extreme weather and climate change.
http://climaterealityproject.org/

In the event, Gore will unveil a new presentation modeled after the one he gave in his film “An Inconvenient Truth.” Twenty-four different people will deliver the presentation in 24 time zones around the world.

“Each hour people living with the reality of climate change will connect the dots between recent extreme weather events — including floods, droughts and storms — and the manmade pollution that is changing our climate,” the campaign’s website says. “We will offer a round-the- clock, round-the-globe snapshot of the climate crisis in real time.”

[InvisibleTouch]

1. Good! I hope it reaches lots of people! n/t

[kestrel91316]

2. But, but, I hear all the time right here on DU that weather and climate have

nothing to do with each other!!!1!!11!!!

[OKIsItJustMe]

4. Well, they're related, and yet different…

I like the Robert Heinlein/Lazarus Long explanation from http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein#Time_Enough_for_Love_.281973.29">Time Enough for Love “Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”

As the climate changes, we can expect to get different weather.

[kestrel91316]

5. You know that. I know that. I was mocking the DUers who are in denial about how that works.

[OKIsItJustMe]

6. I know you know that

I just really like the quote! ;-)

[rosesaylavee]

3. thank you for posting!

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7. Al Gore launches Climate Reality

(I got in my email today)

On September 14, Reality needs you.

Every day, millions of dollars are spent trying to convince you that climate change isn't real. Or that humans don't cause it. Or that the biggest polluters are trying to solve the problem.

But climate change is a reality. And big polluters -- drawing from the playbook used by the big tobacco companies years ago -- are trying to fool citizens and consumers around the globe by denying proven science. So how can we get the world to embrace reality? How can we share the truth about the climate crisis?

Meet The Climate Reality Project. On September 14, in a 24-hour event spanning the globe, we're introducing a brand-new organization with one clear goal: to bring the facts about the climate crisis into the mainstream by engaging everyone -- especially leaders like you -- in a conversation about how to solve it.

But enough talk for now. Former Vice President Al Gore helped create this video to explain where we are going. Watch it:

http://climaterealityproject.org/#step-1

“24 Hours of Reality will focus the world’s attention on the full truth, scope, scale and impact of the climate crisis. To remove the doubt. Reveal the deniers. And catalyze urgency around an issue that affects every one of us.”

Leading up to September 14, we will need our most ardent supporters with us to help promote the event and start the conversation. That means we need you.

We're building this new project on the foundation of the remarkable work we've done together as the Alliance for Climate Protection. We are joining together with The Climate Project -- a group of volunteer climate Presenters trained by Al Gore. So when you hear from us moving forward, it will be as The Climate Reality Project.

Thank you for your continued support.

To get started, watch the video

Thanks,

Maggie L. Fox
President and CEO
The Climate Reality Project