Former Vice President Al Gore has launched an expanded global monitoring initiative that uses artificial intelligence and satellite technology to track pollution sources down to individual neighborhoods.
The system, unveiled Wednesday, is an extension of Climate TRACE, the coalition Gore founded to monitor methane emissions and other greenhouse gases.
According to the Associated Press, the new technology now maps soot and fine particle pollution across 2,500 cities worldwide.
The expansion enables users to identify not only broad regions but also individual houses and backyards where pollutants are being emitted.
The coalition employs a network of 300 satellites and 30,000 ground-based sensors to track more than 137,000 separate sources of particle pollution.
Of these, nearly 4,000 have been classified as “super emitters” due to the volume of pollutants they release into the atmosphere.
The announcement came just hours after President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly, where he described climate change as “the greatest con job” in the world.
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The President reiterated his skepticism toward international climate initiatives, saying they often operate on public funding without accountability.
.@POTUS: “Climate change is the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world…If you don’t get away from the green energy scam, your country is going to fail.” 👏 pic.twitter.com/vaPEpscAQz
— U.S. Department of Energy (@ENERGY) September 23, 2025
Gore said the new system will soon provide near real-time pollution tracking.
Currently, it allows users to view long-term trends, but within the next year the coalition intends to offer daily updates.
Gore expressed interest in integrating the data into weather applications, similar to how allergy reports are displayed.
In presenting the expanded capabilities, Gore emphasized that artificial intelligence now makes it possible to identify the precise origins of pollutants.
“It’s difficult, before AI, for people to really see precisely where this conventional air pollution is coming from,” Gore said.
“When it’s over in their homes and in their neighborhoods and when people have a very clear idea of this, then I think they’re empowered with the truth of their situation. My faith tradition has always taught me you will know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
The Climate TRACE platform allows public access to data that identifies specific emitters.
Gore described himself as “thrilled” that the coalition can now monitor emissions without the knowledge of those producing them.
As fossil fuel facilities continue to spew more and more heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the sky, they also spread massive amounts of disease-causing particulate co-pollution into the communities where they’re located — killing almost 9 million people every year. The… pic.twitter.com/mv2ohJNeYQ
— Al Gore (@algore) September 24, 2025
This latest effort follows Gore’s past comments on those who question mainstream climate science.
In 2015, he suggested that climate change “deniers” should face punishment, though he did not specify what form that punishment should take.
He also remarked that politicians who reject what he called “accepted science” should be held accountable.
More recently, Gore tied his climate activism to religious conviction, telling followers that fighting climate change is a command from God.
Al Gore : ” Trump isn’t going to stop us, God commands us to go forth and fight global warming” pic.twitter.com/6GSJ0voz8o
— JOSH DUNLAP (@JDunlap1974) November 15, 2024
The expansion of Climate TRACE highlights a growing reliance on artificial intelligence and satellite monitoring in global environmental efforts, even as political leaders remain divided over the role of international climate policy.
President Trump’s remarks at the United Nations underscored the sharp divide between skeptics of global agreements and advocates such as Gore who push for expanded surveillance and accountability in the name of combating climate change.