The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.
Al GoreYou know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.
Al GoreConsider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.
Al GoreThe climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign oil. As long as we need to spend billions of dollars each year to buy foreign oil from state-run oil companies in the Persian Gulf, our problems of a trade deficit, a budget deficit and a climate crisis will persist.
Al Gore