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Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States speaks at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Alastair Grant/AP
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The War in Gaza is Fracturing Al Gore’s Nonprofit

Roughly a quarter of the staff has turned over in the past year, and current and former employees told NOTUS there’s been a feeling of “intentional suppression” regarding the war in Gaza.

Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States speaks at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Alastair Grant/AP

Noah Kirsch
Noah Kirsch
October 21, 2024 05:00 AM | Updated: October 21, 2024 05:00 AM

When employees at Al Gore’s nonprofit, The Climate Reality Project, opened their emails on Dec. 15, 2023, they were greeted with a new edict: Do not discuss the war in Gaza at work, on email or on Slack.

“On behalf of the Executive Leadership team, I wanted to reach out about the memo emailed to us on Tuesday and then also shared with both staff and external partners on Slack,” Climate Reality Project CEO Phyllis Cuttino wrote to staff.

At the time, 15 employees had requested that leadership call for a cease-fire in Gaza, arguing that the Palestinian territories were among the most “climate-vulnerable in the world” and that the organization had “a duty to call out injustice.”