Al Gore: Shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. panel
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Marjorie20032
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October, 12 2007
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 Al Gore: Shares Nobel Peace Prize with U.N. panel
For their contribution of peace to the society: to raise awareness about global warming, Al Gore, the former Vice President, and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on October 12, Friday.
Al Gore said in a statement that, he was "deeply honored," adding that "the climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."
The former vice president said, he would donate his half of the $1.5 million prize to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a U.S. organization he founded that aims to persuade people to cut emissions and reduce global warming.
The White House offered an initial reaction to the Nobel win by President Bush's 2000 opponent. "Of course, we're happy that Vice President Al Gore and the IPCC are receiving this recognition," said deputy press secretary Tony Fratto.
During announcement, the Nobel committee cited the winners "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". |
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poliet21 says @ Saturday - October 13,2007
Al Gore's film on Global Warming "An Inconvenient Truth" won an Academic Award in the year 2007. He also won an Oscar and an Emmy this year. | | | | Reply | | |
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