Al Gore: Trump Administration Is the Most Corrupt in History

About this episode

Al Gore discusses climate change, the Trump administration's policies, and the state of democracy in America.

More To The Story : Few political figures occupy the sort of space in American history that Al Gore does. A longtime member of Congress before becoming vice president, Gore lost the presidency in 2000 to George W. Bush after a highly controversial decision by the Supreme Court. But in the years that followed, Gore didn’t slink into history. Instead, he worked to sound the growing alarm on climate change, most notably with his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth , which came out 20 years ago. A year later, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Today, he’s still at it and in many ways more adamant than ever that now is the time to act on global warming, especially as the Trump administration rolls back environmental protections and condemns climate science. But he also has more on his mind than the state of the planet, namely the state of democracy and the direction of the country under President Donald Trump. On this week’s More To The Story , the former vice president admonishes the White House for making an “astonishing mistake” in its attack on Iran, looks back at his groundbreaking climate change documentary, and talks about why he believes political will in America is still a…

People in this episode

Host: Al Letson

Guest: Al Gore

Topics covered

• climate change
• politics
• environmental protection
• democracy
• Trump administration
• Nobel Peace Prize
• Iran

Keywords

• Al Gore
• Trump administration
• climate change
• environmental protections
• democracy
• Nobel Peace Prize
• An Inconvenient Truth

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Center for Investigative Reporting, PRX

Books & works: An Inconvenient Truth

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