Environmental Leader: The Alliance for Climate Protection will spend $300 million over the next three years on a global warming marketing campaign, USA Today reports. As a point of reference, U.S. automakers and industry trade associations spent $62.6 million on lobbying in 2007 to counter energy bills and efforts to craft new fuel rules. The Alliance, founded by Al Gore, will buy ads and partner with grass-roots groups to spread the word on how to cut greenhouse gases, according to the article. …