Al Gore's Nobel prize is one for the globe Alice Ritchie Oslo and Brendan Nicholson October 13, 2007 Former US vice-president Al Gore, co-winner of this year's Nobel peace prize, has pledged to donate all his prizemoney to an organisation dedicated to tackling climate change. The Nobel peace prize committee last night gave the 2007 award jointly to Mr Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a UN body of about 3000 experts that has pointed to the connection between human activities and global warming. Mr Gore, 59, has reinvented himself as a climate warrior since failing in his bid to become US president in 2000. He said he was "deeply honoured" to win the $1.5 million prize and would give his share to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit group he founded last year. "We face a true planetary emergency," Mr Gore said. "The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level." The Norwegian Nobel committee said Mr Gore was "probably the single individual who has done most" to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted to tackle climate change. more...
What a joke. But not unexpected considering the liberal bias of the Nobel committee. I am amazed they did not give it to Chavez.
Al may not have won it after all. I just heard that some of the votes in Florida may not have been counted. Bush may have won it after all.
