Good News! In a google hangout that just occured, Vice President Al Gore said that there have been "VERY interesting" developments in cold fusion recently, and he used significant tonal inflection to emphasize his point.
He also explained that the term LENR was preferred now, indicating he is following matters, but overall categorized the new developments as "still speculative". He did refer in implicitly disparaging terms to plasma fusion's ever-receding 15-year targets, and called for new technology investments. Not a direct call for LENR research, but pretty close! Best wishes, Robert