Bobbieo
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Wed Apr-18-07 11:32 AM
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Man Of Integrity, Al Gore, Dumps Barrick Gold Sponsorship |
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http://nativeunity.blogspot.com This man should have been our 43rd president!
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Thu Apr-19-07 05:18 AM
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Al Gore has dumped financial backing from controversial Canadian mining company Barrick Gold for his upcoming Santiago event "Global Warming and Climate Change: The Time Has Come to Act." The Academy Award-winning environmentalist distanced himself from any association with the mining company, which owns the controversial Pascua Lama gold mine.
"Unfortunately, we were never asked to approve Barrick Gold as a cosponsor and as soon as we became aware that they were co sponsors, we asked that they be removed," Gore's press spokesperson Kalee Kreider told The Santiago Times. "I was informed that they were removed yesterday."
A Barrick Gold spokesperson confirmed to The Santiago Times that they had withdrawn their funding for the event. The US$50,000 that they contributed will be directed towards "other environmental projects." It is still not known how event organizers will cover the cash shortfall presumed to exist now that Barrick has been banned from the event.
Go President Gore!
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Thu Apr-19-07 10:14 AM
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4. It's about fucking time |
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since Poppy is on the Board of Directors of Barrick.
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