Environmental Justice

I am deeply honored October 12, 2007 : 8:32 AM

I am deeply honored to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. This award is even more meaningful because I have the honor of sharing it with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- the world's pre-eminent scientific body devoted to improving our understanding of the climate crisis -- a group whose members have worked tirelessly and selflessly for many years. We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
My wife, Tipper, and I will donate 100 percent of the proceeds of the award to the Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan non-profit organization that is devoted to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world about the urgency of solving the climate crisis.

Who knew big Al had a blog? Would that make him the first President blogger ... or would that be John Edwards' honor?

This one is going to make the right wing nutosphere go absolutely bat shit --along with a few liberals and progressive. Last night during the Latino Netroots podcast Nic mentioned Al Gore's imminent departure to Europe. I said it was to go pick up his Noble Peace prize.

Boy, you would have thought I said he was going out there to skin some puppies.

La Bloguera brought up the excellent point that Mr. Gore was vice-president when Clinton bombed Sudan but also when the Clinton administration passed the horrid anti-immigration laws that we are now contending with. Check out her rant at about 41 minutes into podcast.

BTW : I am listening to the podcast right now and it's really, really fun.

Check out the committee's press release : The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007; and another naysayer at What has Al Gore done for world peace?

NOT VANISHED, JUST OVER-LOOKED

"Viewing Native Americans as a people of the past is the most accessible, convenient perception for Americans.  While I believe it is important to create images that are historically, culturally correct and support the preservation of culture, I also believe it is imperative that a modern, contemporary representation of Native culture needs to surface in the mainstream.

Crossposted at Progressive Historians

August 26th  through the 29th  is the SYMPOSIUM ON THE SETTLEMENT OF INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS

I am speculating, but I think that one reason for the Symposium on the Settlement of Indian Reserved Water Rights Claims is because of this:

Radiation Warning Signs Placed on Cheyenne River

Red Shirt Village -- Residents of Red Shirt village on the northwest corner of the Pine Ridge Reservation have put up signs warning people of the high nuclear radiation levels found in the Cheyenne River.

Organic Consumers Association wants a moratorium on genetically engineered food and encouraging organic food. Stop GMO pollution.

The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) is an online and grassroots non-profit public interest organization campaigning for health, justice, and sustainability. The OCA deals with crucial issues of food safety, industrial agriculture, genetic engineering, children's health, corporate accountability, Fair Trade, environmental sustainability and other key topics. We are the only organization in the US focused exclusively on promoting the views and interests of the nation's estimated 50 million organic and socially responsible consumers.