In Norway, former US Vice President Albert Gore Jr and the U.N. climate panel were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change,” according to the Nobel award citation. Gore and the two groups will share the $1.54 million prize. Of Gore, the committee said “He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.”
Gore has focused his work since his controversial loss in the 2000 US Presidential elections on climate change, famously including his creation of the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”.
Last month, former Vice-President Gore joined Brazil’s President Lula, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and other world leaders at the UN to discuss approaches to a new global climate change treaty.
As the UN Conference on Climate Change in Bali approached its final day, signing of the Bali Roadmap document was imperiled by a deadlock over the inclusion of emission reduction targets in the docume...
New York Senator and US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton announced a 10-year, $150 billion energy and climate change plan.
The plan calls for increased CAFE standards for fuel efficiency to 5...
In case it escaped anyone's attention, Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his work on climate change issues. His book and film An Inconvenient Truth appeared in 2006, and the film won the...
In Brazil, Brenco said that it expects to raise $3.2 billion from an IPO no later than 2009, and will use the proceeds to construct 10 ethanol plants by 2015 with a planned capacity of 1 billion gallo...
In Brazil, an ethanol plant connected to an investment group including former US President Bill Clinton has been described as providing "degrading" conditions for its field workers. Brazil Renewable E...
In New York, reports have linked Senator Hillary Clinton to investments in several ethanol projects owned indirectly by controversial international investor Ron Burkle. The New York Times reported tha...
