Hip, hip, hooray!

This is a very deserving nomination although I have no idea why they chose the category of peace. Perhaps its the closest pertinent category available.

Former US Vice President Al Gore has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his climate campaign.

Gore had been nominated for his wide-ranging efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian politician said today.

“A prerequisite for winning the Nobel Peace Prize is making a difference, and Al Gore has made a difference,” said Boerge Brende, a former minister of environment in Norway.

Brende said he joined with a political opponent, Heidi Soerensen of the Socialist Left Party, to nominate Gore as well as Canadian Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier for the prize ahead of today’s nomination deadline.

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