I learned that Al Gore had won the 2007 Nobel Peace
Prize (together with the UN Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change) from an email from Al
Gore, that began "Dear Bill." One of the sometimes
silly, sometimes breathtaking features of the Internet.
(It was of course a bulk email, basically to say that the
prize money would be going in total to the Alliance for
Climate Protection.) The award confirms Gore's tenacity
and foresight on the Climate Crisis, and his status as
(according to the Washington Post) the most effective
advocate for addressing it. It also confirms the dangers
of the crisis, which the Nobel committee recognize,
could very well include war. As for Gore, he told journalists,
"I'm going back to work on this right now. This is just the beginning."
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