Ever since Al Gore's “An Inconvenient Truth” film (a science-y slideshow of the dangers of climate change) won an Oscar and earned Gore (half) a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, deniers have used him as a punching bag. But as South Park's begrudging apology episode demonstrated, the times, like the climate, have changed.
And so has Al Gore.
In a new TED Talk, Gore gives a "searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their climate commitments” and calls “for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance."
It's 25 minutes of recognition that, given the constant onslaught of fossil-funded disinformation, it's not enough to just present people with accurate information. If it were, Gore wouldn't still have to be out here giving a "blistering" talk on "what the fossil fuel industry doesn't want you to know."
Apparently fed up with being a punching bag, Gore's finally punching back. (Proverbially, of course, and still via slideshow.)