Then he went, but for a grand total of 19 hours, arriving as the talks entered the final, intense two days. It was a trip that Gore had been insisting only two weeks earlier he would not make. Last week, Gore boarded a White House jet for the climate negotiations here, as representatives of 159 nations were trying to reach a consensus on how to reduce the air pollution that is contributing to the rise in the Earth's temperature. environmental and health groups on the other, may be the best demonstration of whether he has the necessary skills to lead the nation. For him, the issue is both boon and burden: His ability to balance the seemingly inconsistent demands of big labor and big business on the one hand, and those of the U.S. It may be an overstatement - but surely not much of one - to say that as goes global warming, so goes Gore's political future. Few relationships illustrate the truth of the old saying that "everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die" better than Vice President Al Gore's love-hate affair with the global warming issue.
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