[ceejayoz]

> What the hell did he do for the environment when he was literally in the Oval Office, at the side of the President?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_activism_of_Al_G...

Guy tried.

[lapcat]

> Guy tried.

Give him a sticker.

[ceejayoz]

That's more perks than the job Constitutionally awards. It was created as a powerless placeholder role.

[lapcat]

You're missing the point, which is that by all accounts, Al Gore was a close advisor to Bill Clinton.

[ceejayoz]

And by all accounts, he pushed for action on climate change.

As it turns out, close advisors still don't get to set policy.

[lapcat]

Another interpretation is that Gore engaged primarily in symbolism.

The Kyoto Protocol itself was primarily symbolic, with little or no enforcement mechanism.