Al Gore – Then And Now February 23, 2016February 22, 2016 Here he was in 2006, sounding the alarm. And here he was last week, reporting hopeful progress. As the habitability of our planet is at stake — and his talk is pretty fascinating in any case — try to find time to watch? I had planned to present a giraffe aqua-ballet today, but have reluctantly bumped it to later in the week. This stuff is just that important.