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> What the hell did he do for the environment when he was literally in the Oval Office, at the side of the President? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment
by ceejayoz 8mo ago
> What the hell did he do for the environment when he was literally in the Oval Office, at the side of the President?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_activism_of_Al_Gore#Vice_presidency:_1993%E2%80%932001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_activism_of_Al_G...
Guy tried.
- lapcat 8mo ago> Guy tried. Give him a sticker.
- ceejayoz 8mo agoThat's more perks than the job Constitutionally awards. It was created as a powerless placeholder role.
- lapcat 8mo agoYou're missing the point, which is that by all accounts, Al Gore was a close advisor to Bill Clinton.
- ceejayoz 8mo agoAnd by all accounts, he pushed for action on climate change. As it turns out, close advisors still don't get to set policy.
- lapcat 8mo agoAnother interpretation is that Gore engaged primarily in symbolism. The Kyoto Protocol itself was primarily symbolic, with little or no enforcement mechanism.