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Our colleagues over at Green House say former vice president Al Gore has greened his Tennessee mansion and flew commercially to the Copenhagen climate summit. Click here for more.
At a critical time, the uproar over stolen e-mails suggesting scientists suppressed contrary views about climate change has emboldened skeptics — including congressional Republicans looking to scuttle President Barack Obama's push for mandatory reductions in greenhouse gases.
President Barack Obama said Thursday he planned to nominate to the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors a professor who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
A former vice president and a former vice presidential nominee are engaged in a public battle over climate change, a tiff sparked by Sarah Palin's op-ed in Wednesday's Washington Post and furthered by Al Gore's rebuttal on MSNBC.
Al Gore has played down the significance of the row over a leaked document which has caused a rift between rich and poor countries at the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cautiously accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday in Oslo, acknowledging "the considerable controversy" over his award because he's accomplished little on the world stage in less than a year on the job and has just called for sending 30,000 to 35,000 more U.S. troops to war in Afghanistan.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he was humbled to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and used his acceptance speech to defend the concept of a “just war” that is necessary to further the cause of freedom and human rights.
At their own forum in Copenhagen, climate change skeptics displayed as much passion for their cause as activists pushing for urgent action on global warming.
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Uproar Has Emboldened Republicans Out To Scuttle President's Push To Cut Greenhouse Gases
Sarah Palin is battling with former Vice President Al Gore about global warming over an opinion piece she wrote for the Washington Post while world leaders meet in Copenhagen tackling climate change.
WASHINGTON — A Georgia energy policy expert who formerly worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore is the newest nominee to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors.President Barack Obama has nominated Marilyn A. Brown to the nine-member panel, the White House announced late Thursday.The term is for five years and requires confirmation by ...
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will accept his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, later today with a speech that will focus largely on war.
Travel and tourism industries could take direct hit if U.S. fulfills its promise to shrink greenhouse gas emissions • EXCLUSIVE: U.N. Bodies Want $60B to Monitor Climate • Scientists Rally to Defend Global Warming | VIDEO • GOP Senators Urge U.N. to Investigate Climate-Gate
What's Your Reaction? Nobel laureate, renowned climate scientist and good friend of former US vice-president Al Gore, Dr. Stephen Schneider , was verbally attacked today during a press conference at the United Nations Climate Talks in Copenhagen.
Officials believe ice plugged up a pipeline and likely caused a rupture that sent 46,000 gallons of crude oil and water gushing onto snow-covered tundra on Alaska's North Slope last month. Alaska - Alaska North Slope - Oil spill - Petroleum - Environment
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