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Al Gore Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

-- Katie -- 02/01/2007

This has been quite a month for Al Gore. Last week, "An Inconvenient Truth" was nominated for two Academy Awards. Today Al Gore was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.  What award will he be nominated for next?!

Al Gore deserves considerable applause for his efforts to tell the story of global warming in theaters, auditoriums and living rooms across the country and around the world. He spent many lonely days in airports around the country spreading the gospel on why global warming is a problem and what we can do about it.

Thanks in no small part to Al Gore's work, the public now understands that global warming is one of the biggest challenges we'll face in the future. He also helped to elevate the issue and jumpstart the conversation in Congress on global warming solutions. It's so refreshing to see debates about action to combat global warming, rather than debating whether or not it even exists.

From evangelicals to CEO's to scientists, the debate has changed to what plan of action is needed to stop global warming pollution. And for the first time, the majority of 2008 presidential candidates are regularly talking about this important, global problem.