Gore, IPCC win Nobel Peace Prize

This morning former vice president Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) were awarded the linkurl:2007 Nobel Prize;http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/ "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." According to a linkurl:statement;http://blog.algore.com/2007/10/i_am_deeply_honored.html posted on his Web site, Go

Alla Katsnelson

Oct 11, 2007 | 1 min read

This morning former vice president Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) were awarded the linkurl:2007 Nobel Prize;http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/ "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." According to a linkurl:statement;http://blog.algore.com/2007/10/i_am_deeply_honored.html posted on his Web site, Gore plans to donate his share of the 10 million kronor ($1.56 million) prize to the linkurl:Alliance for Climate Protection.;http://www.climateprotect.org/

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