Gore implores ETSU audience to help battle global warming - Kingsport Times-News Online

Aside from these, Gore said warmer temperatures cause disease-spreading parasites, such as ticks and mosquitoes, to be more widespread. He also said humans have four advantages over germs — colder winters, colder nights, stable climates and rich biodiversity — all of which are hindered by global warming.

Gore said climate changes have led to more deaths from heat waves, shellfish poisoning, and an increase in cholera and kidney stones.

“At present, the world is not equipped now, either in developed or developing countries, for the emergence or re-emergence of these diseases that are spreading because of the new conditions global warming have put into play,” he said.

Gore said the United States must take the lead in addressing the climate crisis and commended President Barack Obama’s environmental efforts, but stated the environmental crisis is not a partisan issue.

“I don’t understand why bipartisanship gets into it,” he said. “I don’t get that.”

Do You Agree With Gore?

The environment is in peril, the former Vice President told a big crowd at ETSU Thursday night. He calls it an undisputable fact.

Still, I hear from lots of people who unapologetically DO dispute Gore’s claims. A friend who recycles, loves the outdoors, and calls himself an environmentalist says he has more faith in the earth’s God-given ability to “defend itself” than other envionmentalists who “cry doom and gloom.“ Still others flatly challenge the science and say claims have been made that can’t be backed by data. If you don’t believe me, just listen to talk radio.

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