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Al Gore will discuss the climate crisis and the 2008 Presidential campaign on CBS's "60 Minutes" this Sunday, March 30th at 7 pm ET/PT.

On Monday December 10th, Al Gore will join Dr. Pachauri of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to accept the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. You can view the entire ceremony live via webcast at www.nobelprize.org.

The ceremony begins at 1:00 PM Oslo Time, which is 7:00 AM Eastern Time/4:00 AM Pacific Time.

Below is the latest email from Al Gore and The Alliance For Climate Protection:

Dear Friend,

P.S.After signing the petition, please urge your friends and family to sign the petition and join the movement. http://climateprotect.org/standwithal

Al Gore on The Issues: While speculation about a possible Al Gore 2008 run continues, he has uploaded three short videos on Current.com giving his views on three of the major issues of the day. Vice President Gore discusses health care in "Health care is a right", civil rights and the excesses of the Executive Branch in "Americans deserve more protection" and the Iraq war in "Get the troops home".

Al Gore's statement on winning the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize:

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.

Breaking - - The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore 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 official press release from The Norwegian Nobel Committee: "Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change. He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.
By awarding the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 to the IPCC and Al Gore, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is seeking to contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the world’s future climate, and thereby to reduce the threat to the security of mankind. Action is necessary now, before climate change moves beyond man’s control."
Congratulations, Mr. Vice President!

As these words are written the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize has been chosen but not yet announced and for purposes of the future of America the great and inconvenient truth is that this does not matter.

America does not need another prize, we need another president.

Americans deserve a president who aspires not merely to wield power but to use the office of the presidency as the center of action to lift our land to the greatness that was bestowed to us by Americans who came before us.

2007 Emmy Awards: Gore rocks the house

Click on the video below to Watch Al Gore and Joel Hyatt accept the 2007 Emmy Award for Creative Achievement in Interactive Television.

See Al Gore Live In New Mexico
Another date has been announced for Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" tour. Tickets are on sale now for his October 3rd appearance at the Santa Ana Star Center at Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Visionary Leadership: The AP reports that Al Gore is writing a new environmental book, entitled "The Path To Survival", which will be released on Earth Day 2008. The article states:

According to publisher Rodale Books, Gore will continue where he left off in "An Inconvenient Truth" and offer "a visionary blueprint for the changes we should make as a world community."

"Part scientific manual, part expose, part visionary call for a new planet-wide political movement, the book will appeal to those who were motivated by the call to action of `An Inconvenient Truth' and who are now ready to fight for the solutions that were considered politically impossible only a short time ago."

Standing Up: The Blogosphere is beginning to weigh in on Vanity Fair's review of the media's apppalling behavior in 2000, titled "Going After Gore". Among the best reads so far: TPM's Reed Hundt, Jeff Bercovici over at Condi Nast (nails it) and, as always, Bob Somerby.

Ramping it up: MSNBC notes that the Gore 2008 buzz will build as we near the date the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 12th. (The $100 million a year anti-global warming advertising blitz planned by Gore's Alliance For Climate Protection will start a few tongues wagging as well.)

According to MSNBC, the media blitz may have begun with a long overdue Vanity Fair article on the media's appalling anti-Gore bias during the 2000 election. As the article notes, DotComDems read much of this in real time through the superlative work of Bob Somerby, Robert Parry and others online. But rarely does the truth about the 2000 campaign appear in the mainstream media.

On The Road Again: Al Gore will bring his world famous multimedia climate change presentation to the Frank Erwin Center in Austin Texas on Monday, October 1st. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. at Texas Box Office Outlets.

On Tuesday, October 2nd, the Vice President will give his presentation at the Wells Fargo Theater in Denver, CO.

Gore will also speak to Economic Club of Chicago on October 17th. Additional details as they become available.

Speaking of Robert Parry: Robert Parry has written a new book about George W. Bush's disastrous Presidency, called "Neck Deep". In researching the book, he rediscovered the reason that Al Gore is known as "The Goracle".

On a lighter note: E! Entertainment reports the rumor that Gore will be attending the 2007 Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16th.