Did Al Gore deserve a Nobel Prize for his work on global warming?
By Stephan Faris, Slate.com Posted Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at 5:30 PM ET
When Al Gore became a Nobel laureate on Friday, it was the second time in four years that the prize for peace had gone green. In 2004, its recipient was Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan politician responsible for planting millions of trees to combat soil erosion. The day after she was recognized, I asked Maathai what reforestation had to do with ending conflict. "What the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war," she answered. "Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace." (MORE)
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