GORE CAMPAIGN ACTIVELY COURTING ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

Advisors to Vice President Al Gore have begun quietly meeting with environmental groups critical of his record in an effort to secure their formal endorsements for his presidential bid, sources close to the issue say. The effort is designed to shore up Gore's environmental support and avoid a situation where the groups, including the Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth, either withhold their support, or worse, endorse Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. But environmentalists say it is still far...