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Al Gore: Public Conditioned to Accept Pollution

Season 2013 Episode 310 | 8m 35s

Former Vice President Al Gore expressed concern over the power of special interest on the issue of climate change. The public is lulled into an acceptance of going along with this policy of using the atmosphere as an open sewer, Gore told the PBS NewsHours Jeffrey Brown. Gore also said that the United States must lead the world's efforts in curbing climate change.

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