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United States Vice president Albert Gore contributes a vital role when it comes to raising public awareness on environmental issues such as global warming. Throughout his career he has launched and sponsored a series of programs and organizations to educate students and the general public about the importance of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and how it effects earth’s atmosphere. On May 14, 1989, Gore published an editorial in the Washington Post which argued that, "Humankind has suddenly entered into a brand new relationship with the planet Earth. The world's forests are being destroyed; an enormous hole is opening in the ozone layer. Living species are dying at an unprecedented rate."[66] Al Gore has done just about everything in his power to raise awareness about climate change. He announced several competitions such as the Virgin Earth Challenge which offered a $25 million prize for the first organization to present an efficient design that results in the removal of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and a TV climate contest called 60 Seconds to Save the Earth in which he teamed with actress Cameron Diaz. He also organized several events including the July 7, 2007, Live Earth benefit concerts, along with Kevin Wall of Save Our Selves. Gore launched the Globe program, an education and science program that “seeks to teach young students experimental skills using real experiments and equipment and collaboration with students in a global network of over a hundred other participating nations.” (GLOBE program)

Al Gore starred in the documentary film An Inconvinient Truth, which won the 2007 Academy Award for Documentary Feature, and is the fourth-highest-grossing documentary film to date in the United States. (an inconvenient truth) The film, released on May 24, 2006, “discusses the politics and economics of global warming, and describes the consequences he believes global climate change will produce if the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases are not significantly reduced in the very near future.” (an inconvenient truth)