tagged w/ Nobel Peace Prize
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My friend suggested I stop focusing on the bad news and focus on the Good News - so Natalie and I created good news girls. It is just a synical parody of American steryotypes - this is our first one. Hope you enjoy - it's just to make you laugh. We don't necessarily support the opinions of our characters - or their habits. Cheers Much Love JONES My friend suggested I stop focusing on the bad news and focus on the Good News - so... more
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"Al Gore and the IPCC winning the Nobel Peace Prize symbolizes more than just a head-nod towards some eco-fad -- it shows that sustainability has finally moved from the outskirts of activism to the most central halls of authority.""Al Gore and the IPCC winning the Nobel Peace Prize symbolizes more than just a... more
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Al Gore speaks at the Alliance for Climate Protection
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I think John Edwards said it best!
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That's quite a list Al!
1906: Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.
1912: Elihu Root, Former Secretary of State.
1919: Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States.
1925: Charles Gates Dawes, Vice President of the United States.
1929: Frank Billings Kellogg, Former Secretary of State.
1931: Jane Adams, Sociologist.
1945: Cordell Hull, Former Secretary of State.
1946: Emily Greene Balch, Former Professor of History and Sociology; Honorary International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
1947: American Friends Service Committee (The Quakers). Washington, D.C. First official meeting 1672. (Shared with the Friends Service Council (The Quakers) in London, U.K. Founded in 1647.)
1950: Ralph Bunche, Professor at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1953: George Catlett Marshall, General President American Red Cross.
1962: Linus Carl Pauling, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
1964: Martin Luther King, Jr., Leader of Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
1965: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), New York, N.Y.
1970: Norman E. Borlaug, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico City.
1973: Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State, State Department. (Shared with Le Duc Tho, Democratic Republic of Vietnam.)
1985: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Boston, Mass.
1986: Elie Wiesel, Chairman, The President's Commission on the Holocaust.
1997: International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Launched in 1992. Jody Williams, Putney, Vermont.
2002: Jimmy Carter, Former President of the United States.
2007: Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., Former Vice President of the United States. For 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. (Shared with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Founded in 1988.)That's quite a list Al!
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Al Gore and The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change share the Nobel Peace Prize.
Oscar. Emmy. Nobel. What a year!
But now the question on everyone's mind... will he try to hit for the cycle?
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