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One Prize Fits Al
Al Gore and IPCC awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
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10 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 7:51 AM on 10 Dec 2007 Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change received their Nobel Peace Prizes this morning in Oslo, Norway. In his acceptance speech, Gore emphasized humanity's role in the climate crisis, saying, "We are what is wrong, and we must make it right ... We never intended to cause all this destruction, just as Alfred Nobel never intended that dynamite be used for waging war. He had hoped ... |
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