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Al Gore is criticised for lining his own pockets after £3,300-per-minute green speech

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Al Gore has come under fire for making personal gain from his mission to save the planet – after charging £3,300 a minute to deliver a poorly received speech.

The former American Vice-President was also accused of being "precious" at the London event, demanding his own VIP room and ejecting journalists, despite hopes the star-studded gathering would generate publicity for the fight against global warming.

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{"commentId":1256209,"authorDomain":"wingod"}

Looks like Al Gore is now hooked on money instead of the environment.

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  • 5 votes
Reply#1 - Sun Dec 9, 2007 10:38 PM EST
{"commentId":1256897,"authorDomain":"kevinb66"}

Al loves green ... greenbacks that is.

This guy's gone off his nut. He's said many times now that skeptics of man made global warming shouldn't be covered by the media anymore. I guess the chorus of skeptics is getting so loud that he doesn't want to risk being shown up at one of his events.

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Reply#2 - Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:58 AM EST
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