NEWS: An energy company is offering to pay for thousands of schoolchildren to see Al Gore’s film about global warming.
A director at ScottishPower was so impressed with former US vice-president Gore’s book, The Inconvenient Truth, that he convinced the firm to spread the message about the dangers of climate change – the Scotsman reports.
ScottishPower’s Stephen Dunn said: “It’s actually quite a simple book, telling a simple story about the world and what we are doing to it and how we have the opportunity to improve it. That sort of very personal picture of what we are doing struck home with me. The film is equally powerful.”
The company, which runs windfarms as well as a coal-fired power station, is prepared to pay for cinemas to show the film and is negotiating with the Scottish Executive to get support so that Scottish schoolchildren can go to see the acclaimed documentary narrated by Gore (pictured).
Picture: www.algore.org
