Gore's environmental planning efforts have failed. Activist are giving him one last chance. The San Francisco Examiner reports in a special feature.
"Probably no presidential candidate since Theodore Roosevelt has been more associated with environmental activism than Gore, author of "Earth in the Balance," chairman of the first congressional hearing on toxic waste cleanup, international crusader to reduce global warming. But now many environmentalists say Gore is palatable as their presidential choice only because the record of his Republican opponent, Texas Gov. George W. Bush, is far more lacking."
Thanks to Laura Krafft
FULL STORY: Activists question Gore's crusade
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