Al Gore presents new trailer for An Inconvenient Sequel

LOS ANGELES — The former vice president of the United States, Al Gore, presented a new trailer for An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power during CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Tuesday (March 28), a decade after he promoted the original An Inconvenient Truth.

Reminiscent of the original, An Inconvenient Sequel depicted the dire consequences of a warming earth: Flooding in Miami and the Philippines, the worst drought on record in Syria — bringing human suffering there that predated the ongoing civil war; and air pollution so bad in some parts of China that life expectancy has declined by six years.

The documentary, produced by Participant Media, had kicked off this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews.

The trailer starts with then-candidate Donald Trump joking about global warming. Later in the trailer, a hopeful Gore says there are positive developments, such as solar panels and other renewable energy sources.

It also documents his trip to 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

His message is in direct opposition to that of President Trump, who called to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency and cancel billions of dollars in climate change spending.

The trailer couldn’t be more timely: President Trump issued a sweeping executive order on Tuesday rescinding many of the climate change regulations introduced by President Barack Obama, including reducing carbon emissions and lifting the moratorium of mining coal on federal lands. REUTERS/VARIETY