Al Gore to publish book on global warming in April

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore’s
second book about global warming will be published in April
with the title “An Inconvenient Truth,” his publisher Rodale
Books said on Tuesday.

Gore, the Democrat who lost to George W. Bush in the
disputed 2000 presidential election, has been a long-standing
campaigner on environmental issues.

The book is tied to a documentary of the same title about
Gore’s environmental campaigning which was shown at the
Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday. It follows up on Gore’s
successful 1992 book “Earth in The Balance.”

Many scientists say global warming is melting glaciers,
raising sea levels and will cause more intense storms, droughts
and floods. Current levels of carbon dioxide and methane in the
atmosphere are higher now than at any time in the past 650,000
years, research from Antarctic ice cores shows.

However some have questioned whether climate change is the
result of human activity and the United States has refused to
sign the Kyoto protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions,
claiming its mandatory cuts would threaten economic growth.

“In the film, Mr. Gore guides audiences through
indisputable evidence of the environmental impact of global
warming,” Rodale said in a statement.

“In the book, the former U.S. Vice President writes about
global warming and shares his personal story about how the
issue became of urgent importance to him.”

Gore served two terms as vice president under President
Bill Clinton before losing to Bush in the 2000 election despite
winning the popular vote.