War of Words Erupts After Gore Pans Tory Green Plan

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The war of words erupted after [Gore] told an audience gathered to watch his documentary An Inconvenient Truth that the Conservatives' recently released plan to combat climate change was a "fraud" intended to "mislead" Canadians.

"In my opinion," Gore told the audience at the Green Living Show in Toronto, "it is a complete and total fraud."

Gore said he was surprised to see the Tory plan employs the concept of "intensity reduction," which he said is a poll-tested phrase developed in Houston by the so-called think-tanks financed by Exxon Mobil and some other large polluters.

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War of Words Erupts After Gore Pans Tory Green Plan

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Baird on Saturday blasted Al Gore, the former U.S. vice-president-turned-eco-guru, for openly panning the Tory green plan during a talk in Toront...

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