Video/Transcript: The O’Reilly Factor features Climate Depot on Gore’s path to become the first ‘Carbon Billionaire’

Watch the video of Climate Depot’s Executive Editor/Chief Correspondent Marc Morano’s May 1, 2009 appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News Channel here or here:

Key Morano Excerpt: “Al Gore wants to become the first carbon billionaire. And he is poised to do it. […] As much as Gore’s made now, it is going to be piker league compared to what he is going to make in five years if all these new carbon trading mandates go through. […] He who controls carbon controls life. It is a bureaucrat’s dream to control carbon dioxide and Washington is a field of dreams right now.”

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[Editor’s Note: Media Matters for America is claiming that Fox News edited the video clip of Gore’s Congressional testimony “to remove his statements that he donates the money he makes from his climate-related work to a non-profit organization.” But Fox News did air the clip of Gore claiming that “every penny” he earns goes to his non-profit. See this video clip of ‘The O’Reily Factor’s’ show intro featuring Gore making the “every penny” statement. (Gore clip begins at 30 sec. mark – See: Fox News Did Air Gore’s ‘Every Penny’ Non-Profit Claim – Video Challenges Media Matters Claim) But as one report on Gore’s finances noted: “So what if [Gore’s] giving all his money to the [non-profit] Alliance for Climate Protection. He’s the chair! He gets a tax write-off for donating that money, and then directs where the money goes.” See Background/Related Links section below for more details.]

Transcript: “The O’Reilly Factor” – Fox News Channel – May 1, 2009

Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” Video of Morano: “Gore’s Cash Cow”

LAURA INGRAHAM, GUEST HOST: “The O’Reilly Factor” is on. Tonight.

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INGRAHAM: In the “Personal Story” segment tonight, it seems that being green does pay big time. Just ask Al Gore. Mr. Global Warming was worth about $2 million or so when he left office in 2001. But after eight years of tirelessly working to save the world, the planet, he is reportedly worth, get this, a whopping $100 million. His financial windfall came up at last week’s Capitol Hill hearing.

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REP. MARSHA BLACKBURN, (R-Tenn.): Is the legislation that we are discussing here today — is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?

AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT: If

Flashback: Dem. Senator calls cap-and-trade ‘the most significant revenue-generating proposal of our time’

The Washington Post – April 3, 2009

Article Excerpt: Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) called cap-and-trade “the most significant revenue-generating proposal of our time,” and said it would be difficult to pass without reconciliation because Democrats would be forced to accommodate a handful of Republicans as they did in the debate over the president’s stimulus package. Although winning use of the maneuver is unlikely, Cardin said, “a lot of us don’t want to give up without a fight.”

Full article here: