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October 2007
- Gore Inspires ‘Deranged’ Righty Hatred
  
  New York Times | Oct 15, 07 6:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Conservatives are incensed over Al Gore’s Nobel prize, and the Times' Paul Krugman says he knows why: The former veep “keeps being right.” The reactions range from the Journal's refusal to mention his name while rattling off more worthwhile contenders to a National Review suggestion that climate-sensitive Osama should have shared the honor. More »
- Bush v. Gore, Seven Years Later
  
  Washington Post | Oct 13, 07 9:01 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Gore camp couldn't resist gloating yesterday: "Bush earned the Iraq war, and Al Gore earned the Nobel Prize. Who knew Al Gore would one day thank the Supreme Court for their judgment?" The day after the prize, the Washington Post takes a look at how the fortunes of Gore and the man who defeated him have reversed since the 2000 election. More »
- White House by Way of Oslo?
  
  Politico | Oct 12, 07 12:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize will increase calls for the Oscar winner to run for president. The Politico says the laureate’s likely to stay out of the race—after this, a political campaign would be an awful downer, the Washington Post notes—but not until he’s drawn out speculation first. And the most prestigious award in the world will make Gore's endorsement, which was deeply discounted in 2004, much more valuable. More »
- Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize
  
  Associated Press | Oct 12, 07 4:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore and the International Panel on Climate Change are the joint winners of this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel committee lauded Gore and the United Nations organization for their pioneering environmental advocacy, and described Gore as "probably the single individual who has done the most" to raise worldwide awareness of global warming, AP reports. More »
- Would He, Could He, With Nobel?
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Oct 11, 07 2:15 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Groups hoping for an Al Gore presidential run are crossing their fingers for the former VP to win the Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow. Supporters say the award might be more convincing than the Oscar and Emmy he has already racked up. "It's like waiting for Grateful Dead tickets to go on sale, back in the day," says one Gore-head. More »
September 2007
- Clinton 2008 Looks Oddly Like Gore 2000
  
  New York Times | Sep 30, 07 10:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton is riding high in the polls now, but so was Al Gore around this time in 2000, Frank Rich warns. Worse, the New York Times columnist says, Clinton displays an alarming number of the ex-VP’s worst qualities as a campaigner. During TV appearances, she provides “rambling and often tedious Gore-like filibuster,” coming off as a “pontificator and an automaton.” More »
- Do Carbon 'Offsets' Really Offset Anything?
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 2, 07 4:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Everyone from Al Gore to Coldplay has jumped on the carbon offset bandwagon, but the Los Angeles Times reports that their payments don’t actually make the air any cleaner. Here's how they work: "Offset” companies invest in existing clean energy and win the right to sell “reductions” in their name. When greenies pay up, they're only buying emission-less energy that would have been running anyway. More »
July 2007
- Live Earth Fights Warming, Skepticism
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jul 7, 07 8:29 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Today's concert in Sydney kicks off the 24-hour Live Earth series, which puts over 100 acts on stages on seven continents to fight climate change. Along with raising awareness, the concerts are raising eyebrows at the hypocrisy of using jet-setting rockers as role models for reducing greenhouse gases, and questions about how much environmental harm the shows themselves will create. More »
- Rio Reverses Live Earth Ban
  
  Reuters | Jul 6, 07 8:56 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Rio incarnation of Live Earth, the ecofriendly concert extravaganza scheduled for tomorrow on all seven continents, is back on. Security concerns led a judge to put the kibosh on the event, which is expected to draw up to a million would-be environmentalists to Copacabana beach, but organizers have lined up enough security to allay her worries, Reuters reports. More »
March 2007
- Playwright Finds Times Arrogant on Al Gore
  
  Huffington Post | Mar 26, 07 10:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore is having an astonishing political second act, leading the charge to save the planet, but the supercilious writers at the New York Times can't resist condescending to him, observes playwright Jon Robin Baitz, doing a little reverse reviewing in his blog. The Times , he argues, displays its "allergy to earnestness" in snide references to Gore's girth and Hollywood gloss. More »