An Inconvenient Truth is the First Carbon-neutral Documentary

This is pretty interesting. Carbon credits have been in the news frequently lately, and most leftists have likely heard of them, but if this offsetting catches on in fantastically wasteful Hollywood, maybe it will help it spread around the country.

Paramount Classics, Participant Productions, and NativeEnergy have joined forces to offset 100% of the carbon dioxide emissions from air and ground transportation and hotels for production and promotional activities associated with the documentary “AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH” making the film the first carbon-neutral documentary ever. The announcement was made today by John Lesher, President of Paramount Vantage and Paramount Classics.

“AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH,” is a riveting documentary that weaves the science of global warming with former Vice President Al Gore’s personal history and longtime commitment to communicating the need to reverse the effects of global climate change. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, “AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH” was produced by Laurie David, Lawrence Bender and Scott Z. Burns. Jeff Skoll, Davis Guggenheim, Diane Weyermann, Ricky Strauss and Jeff Ivers are the executive producers and the co-producer is Lesley Chilcott. The film opened on May 24, to rave reviews and record-breaking per screen grosses in New York and Los Angeles and will expand to every major market across the country.

”We are so excited by the opening weekend response to ‘AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH’ in New York and Los Angeles,” said Division President, John Lesher. “We think that the promotional activities were essential to getting people to…

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