http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7041573.stm<snip>
DR JEREMY LEGGETT, OXFORD UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE INSTITUTE
Power station in Scotland
The Nobel committee spoke of the conflict threat posed by climate change
I can't think of a better combination for this award - the previously unsung and much-falsely maligned legion of scientific whistleblowers, and their tireless chief advocate.
Perhaps now the shrivelling band of fossil-fuel-funded contrarians and car-enthusiast media stars will finally have the good grace to shut up with the ignorance they pedal about the threat we face. ----
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :rofl:
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http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/007407.html<snip>
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. Concern for the planetary future is now as credible as it is possible to get. The beginning of the struggle to save ourselves from ecological catastrophe has come to an end and we can begin to see the outlines of the next stage of the struggle.
Those of us who've spent our careers advocating a saner approach to the future can be forgiven a few moments of smugness, for these are sweet days. There is no longer any reasonable debate about whether or not we need to move with all possible speed towards a different way of living on this planet. To argue the contrary is now to prove oneself morally bankrupt.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/13/stories/2007101362280300.htm<snip>
Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri
NEW DELHI: “Humbled” by the honour bestowed on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the former American Vice-President Al Gore, IPCC chairperson R.K. Pachauri on Friday said it was an honour that went to all the scientists and authors who had contributed to the work of the IPCC.
“I am only symbolic of the hundreds of scientists and authors who have worked extremely hard that alone has resulted in enormous prestige for this organisation and the remarkable effectiveness of the message that it contains,” he said at a press conference here soon after the Nobel Prize was announced. Dr. Pachauri said the award for the IPCC and Mr. Gore highlighted the importance of climate change and the need for action to meet the challenge that it presented.
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and from Counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/farago10122007.html<snip>
For his work to highlight global warming-ridiculed by George W. Bush leading up to the 2000 election-Al Gore just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Well done, citizen Gore.
Candidate Gore still lost Florida.
It was an historic blunder of proportions one inadequately grasps for tools to measure. Still--notwithstanding the Nobel Peace Prize--it is important to remember history.
Leading up to the stolen election, Gore had plenty of advice from his campaign manager, Donna Brazile, and Florida fund raisers like real estate attorney Mitchell Berger and lobbyist/developer Chris Korge that sublimating the environment was the right choice in a tight political campaign.
But it was Bill Clinton, beginning in 1992 and his two terms as president, who promoted the drift by Democrats toward the right -especially in respect to the environment.
During the Clinton years federal authority for the environment-encapsulated in the nation's most powerful environmental laws like the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and National Environmental Policy Act-began to crumble.
In the 2008 presidential election, we may see if American politics can break through what stupidity holds Florida in its grip. But then again, Americans may just wait until all the ice has disappeared to elect a candidate like the new Al Gore.
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