Washington: Former US Vice President Al
Gore, who has campaigned relentlessly on green issues, is on
track to become the world’s first "carbon billionaire" amid
claims of profiting from the climate change agenda.
Since he abandoned mainstream politics following his
defeat in the 2000 presidential polls against George W Bush,
Gore’s personal fortune has risen from 1.2 million pounds to
an estimated 60 million pounds, according to a report in the
Daily Telegraph newspaper.
It is claimed that the Nobel peace laureate is on
course to become the world’s first "carbon billionaire" after
significant investments in environmentally friendly projects
like carbon trading markets, solar power, biofuels, electric
vehicles, sustainable fish farming and waterless lavatories.
Global warming sceptics are not convinced about his
"altruistic" climate change agenda. "Al Gore wants to become
the first carbon billionaire and he is poised to do it," Marc
Morano of climatedepot.com was quoted as saying by the Daily
Telegraph newspaper.
"As much as Gore’s made now, it is going to be a piker
league compared to what he is going to make in five years if
all these new carbon trading mandates go through," Morano
claimed.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, November 05, 2009, 15:51