{"id":424352,"date":"2026-02-02T15:37:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=424352"},"modified":"2026-02-02T15:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T14:37:53","slug":"20-years-after-an-inconvenient-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=424352","title":{"rendered":"20 Years After \u2018An Inconvenient Truth\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"723\" data-attachment-id=\"424357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=424357\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AQN4n5Rlcqe77zG5PxfvMWt6IZgynJuU7y0aPJDfs3L7Q8OfeNpgP9qNIiD0J3k_P7Pf5Y6lWGLFk8al_ACqu7Jp1M0jwY5Fhsy_h3eyPXFfLDfP3Wmjv0N_WvuG3_YreQfmYd5N1zu9AbaJlqFL76Fpq3hrZw.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1280\" 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href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/02\/01\/opinion-20-years-after-an-inconvenient-truth-steve-milloy\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"50\" data-attachment-id=\"424353\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=424353\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-20.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"528,50\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-20.png?fit=528%2C50&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-20.png?resize=528%2C50&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Logo of the Daily Caller News Foundation featuring bold text and colored accents.\" class=\"wp-image-424353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-20.png?w=528&amp;ssl=1 528w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-20.png?resize=300%2C28&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/author\/smilloy\">Steve Milloy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Contributor<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"424358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=424358\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-Al-Gore.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"784,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0 Al Gore\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-Al-Gore.jpg?w=784&amp;ssl=1 784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Jan. 24 marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Al Gore\u2019s alarmist global warming movie \u201cAn Inconvenient Truth.\u201d Gore has surfed the movie and climate alarmism to a net worth&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/former-veep-al-gore-renting-133017274.html\">estimated<\/a>&nbsp;at $300 million and a Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">But the rest of us have been saddled with: (1) a hoax that has debased the field of science; (2) an energy scam that has cost the world more than $10-20 trillion dollars and threatens our national security; and (3) a political power grab that has reduced our freedoms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/01\/21\/howard-lutnick-al-gore-wef-davos\/?utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=related&amp;utm_source=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RELATED: Howard Lutnick Heckled By Al Gore At High-Profile Globalist Soir\u00e9e<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Gore\u2019s movie was junk from the get-go. I&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JunkScience\/status\/1995155716164698243\">attended<\/a>&nbsp;a meeting in early January 2006 where Gore presented the slide show that was the basis for the movie to a group of conservatives at a weekly meeting sponsored by Grover Norquist\u2019s Americans for Tax Reform. After the presentation, I approached Gore and asked if he was interested in participating in some sort of debate about his claims. Although he said he was interested, his staff later declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The movie premiered weeks later at the Sundance Film Festival, and the rest is history. And here\u2019s what that history is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cdocumentary\u201d was initially a hit, grossing $50 million in theaters. Problematically, though, the film soon became part of many secondary school curriculums. Its credibility took a major hit in 2007 when a British court ruled that the movie could not be shown to school children with a warning label about its factual errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">As I noted in a FOX news&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2007\/10\/hey-al-gore-we-want-a-refund\/\">column<\/a>&nbsp;at the time, the judge ruled that Gore\u2019s claims about global warming drying up Lake Chad, causing polar bears to drown while being forced to swim farther for food; and shutting down the Gulf Stream were false and\/or impossible. Based on the judge\u2019s ruling, I estimated that \u201cthe footage that ought to be excised adds up to about 25 minutes or so out of the 98-minute film. What\u2019s left is largely Gore personal drama and cinematic fluff that has nothing to do with the science of climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the embarrassing ruling, Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that December. His acceptance speech doubled down on the movie claims and added a few more.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2022\/11\/wrong-again-al-gore-nobel-lecture-edition\/\">None of his predictions<\/a>&nbsp;came true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">His most well-known prediction was that the Arctic might be ice-free during the summer of 2014. But at its 2025 summer minimum, the Arctic still had more than&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/osisaf-hl.met.no\/v2p3-sea-ice-index\">5 million square kilometers<\/a>&nbsp;of sea ice \u2014 about the same as in 2007. His lesser known but equally erroneous predictions relate to global temperature, drought and glaciers, agriculture, wildfires, hurricanes, deforestation, and species extinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Al Gore inspired former-Marxist-turned-normal-person film director Martin Durkin to produce a counter to \u201cAn Inconvenient Truth\u201d called \u201cThe Great Global Warming Swindle\u201d that I also r<a href=\"https:\/\/junkscience.com\/2007\/05\/must-see-global-warming-tv\/\">eviewed<\/a>&nbsp;in a FOX News column. Though Gore dodged my debate challenge, I was able to make him \u201cdebate\u201d by splicing together clips from Gore\u2019s movie with opposing experts from Durkin\u2019s film. Though now blocked for copyright claims, this \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XvJZGIbAWk4\">debate<\/a>\u201d can still be found on YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">After all these years, the one thing Gore has been partially correct about is this: At the beginning of the United Nation\u2019s COP-27 meeting in Egypt in 2022, Gore said \u201cWe have a credibility problem, all of us: We\u2019re talking and we\u2019re starting to act, but we\u2019re not doing enough.\u201d He\u2019s correct about his credibility problem. It\u2019s never gone away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Steve Milloy is a biostatistician and lawyer. He posts on X at @JunkScience.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"424359\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=424359\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0-Al-Gore-1.jpg?fit=784%2C1168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"784,1168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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