Photo: #Former Vice President Al Gore is also author of the book "The Assault on Reason." He travels the world to speak about global warming.
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Former Vice President Al Gore is also author of the book "The Assault on Reason." He travels the world to speak about global warming. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

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Aspen Ideas Festival

The 2007 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.

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Aspen Ideas Festival

Fighting global warming

Broadcast: Midday, 08/09/2007, 12:00 p.m.

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St. Paul, Minn. — Former Vice President Al Gore says global warming has become a "planetary emergency." He also says big energy companies are financing a campaign of misinformation to convince the public that scientists disagree about global warming. He discussed his concerns during a recent conversation with venture capitalist John Doerr at the Aspen Institute.

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