Guest Thinkers — August 16, 2010

Inconvenient Truth II? Gore Plans Sequel…

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Few details are provided, but in a buzz-generating interview, here is what The Sun (UK) reports:

“The former US Vice President said: ‘I will make a sequel to the 2006 documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and despite earths ‘rising fever’, I am hopeful for a happy ending”.

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