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On the contrary, Mr. Gore, it's much more than a little 'gloom and doom fun.' Your quote here...bla bla bla...'oil sands,' bla bla...'threatens the future of human civilization.'�
On the contrary, Mr. Gore, it's much more than a little 'gloom and doom fun.' Your quote here...bla bla bla...'oil sands,' bla bla...'threatens the future of human civilization.'�
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On the contrary, Mr. Gore, it's much more than a little 'gloom and doom fun.' Your quote here...bla bla bla...'oil sands,' bla bla...'threatens the future of human civilization.'�

Vance Rodewalt was the political cartoonist for the Calgary Herald newspaper. Issue: Provincial politics and environmental policy in Alberta; climate change and the oil sands. The Grim Reaper speaks to climate change activist Al Gore. 
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Date 2009-11-27 
Creator Rodewalt, Vance
Person(s) or Group(s) Gore, Albert Arnold
Genre Photographs
Place Alberta
Subject Alberta--Politics and government, Caricatures and cartoons, Environmental policy--Alberta, Environmentalism, Environmentalists, Global warming, Green movement, Oil sands, Petroleum industry and trade--Environmental aspects, Political satire
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Repository Glenbow Archives
Fonds/Collection Vance Rodewalt fonds
Reference code CA ACU GBA F3016 
Link to Finding Aid https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/vance-rodewalt-fonds
Unique identifier CU234810 
Legacy Identifier m-9457-1613 
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Attribution "On the contrary, Mr. Gore, it's much more than a little 'gloom and doom fun.' Your quote here...bla bla bla...'oil sands,' bla bla...'threatens the future of human civilization.'�", 2009-11-27, (CU234810) by Rodewalt, Vance. Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.