Gore, Al
Democratic U. S. Representative and Senator from Tennessee, and Vice-president of the United States under President Bill Clinton.

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The concentration of carbon dioxide and other heat-absorbing molecules has increased by almost 25 percent since World War II, posing a worldwide threat to the earth's ability to regulate the amount of heat from the sun retained in the atmosphere. Earth in the Balance, 1992.

 

In the spirited Senate debate, it became clear that the issue was not just the spotted owl but the "old growth" forest itself. Ibid.

 

. . . the cutting down of many ancient forests might never take place without the massive taxpayer subsidies that allow the construction of logging roads into the heart of the areas with the oldest trees. Ibid.

 

For civilization as a whole, the faith that is so essential to restore the balance now missing in our relationship to the earth is the faith that we do have a future. Ibid.

 

The choice is ours; the earth is in the balance. Ibid.