The congratulations are pouring in for Al Gore and IPCC in the wake of the announcement this morning that they were “jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for their work educating the world about global warming and pressing for political action to control it.” In a brief public appearance today in California, Gore “vowed to use the [...]
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Congratulations Al Gore! It’s official:
Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday for their efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it.
“I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize,” Gore said. “We face a [...]
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Adding fuel to the fire over the speculation of whether or not Al Gore will win the Nobel Peace Prize, Carla Marinucci reports on the San Francisco Gate’s Politics Blog:
Sen. Barbara Boxer’s office just contacted us to say former Vice President Al Gore has been called “overseas” for a trip related to his work on [...]
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With the announcement due tomorrow of who will win the Nobel Peace Prize, the speculation is rampant on whether Al Gore will be the winner and whether he will jump into the ‘08 presidential race if he is.
CNN asks, “Will Al Gore add a Nobel Peace Prize to his Oscar and Emmy honors?”
On Friday, Gore [...]
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Barack Obama laid out his new energy plan today. David Roberts of Grist did some pre-speech musing on Obama’s proposal on Grist this morning saying that it appears to be ”a fairly bold proposal, worth cheering.”
Key points of Obama’s plan “to combat global warming and achieve energy security” include:
Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse [...]
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