ANOTHER GLOBAL WARMING PROTEST MEETS BITTER COLD

The group calls themselves the “Religious Witness for the Earth.” (Boston Globe) Meanwhile, this on Gore: Al Gore has profited from zinc mining that has released millions of pounds of potentially toxic substances near his farmstead, but there is no evidence the mine has caused serious damage to the environment in the area or threatened the health of his neighbors. Massive white mountains of leftover rock waste are evidence of three decades of mining that earned Gore $570,000 in royalty payments for the mineral rights to his property. (USA Today) More are challenging Gore’s claims. (CNS News) Richard Cohen jumps to Gore’s defense with this: … he won the popular vote, after all -- who accepted defeat graciously and tried to unite the nation, who returned to the consuming passion of his earlier days, the environment, and spoke endlessly on the topic, almost always for free, who starred in a documentary based on his speech and who Sunday night, before a billion or so people, won an Academy Award for his effort. This may or may not be a stepping stone to the presidency, but Gore gives us all a lesson on how to live one's life. (Washington Post)