20 Years After ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore Grapples With the (Big) Wrinkle of Artificial Intelligence
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- May 13, 2026 Share This Article Republish Former Vice President Al Gore sits for an interview in Nashville on May 1.
- But that’s not the whole story, he said.
- To meet the challenge presented by a rapidly warming world, Gore said it will take more than cheap talk.
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May 13, 2026 Share This Article Republish Former Vice President Al Gore sits for an interview in Nashville on May 1. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/ Inside Climate News Related Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories California Will Soon Have More Than 300 Data Centers. Where Will They Get Their Water? Data Center Boom Reaches West Georgia, Raising Questions Amid Mounting Opposition Share This Article Republish Most Popular Plugging Away at the Millions of Derelict Oil and Gas Wells in the US As El Niño Approaches, Scientists Predict Fierce Heatwaves, Wildfires and Floods $370 Million Payout NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Former Vice President Al Gore is knocking on wood.
Seated in front of portraits of Johnny Cash and Prince inside The Pinnacle, a Nashville music venue, Gore told Inside Climate News that despite the current state of both national and global politics, he believes humanity can and will surmount the challenge of human-induced climate change.
But that’s not the whole story, he said.