"The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more — if more should be required — the future of human civilization is at stake."

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Source: Al Gore's Speech on On Renewable Energy at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., www.npr.org. July 17, 2008.

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Al Gore

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Al Gore is an American politician and environmentalist known for his advocacy on climate change and his influential work, 'An Inconvenient Truth.'

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