Friday, October 12, 2007

Is a 'peace' prize the right award for Gore's work?

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com

Today's news that Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize is being met with some of the usual political and scientific debating. But here's another question: What does global warming have to do with world peace?

The Nobel committee said in its announcement that it was "seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind."

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