Nobel For Al Gore

Climate Change Guru Al Gore won the Nobel Prize this week.

In awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to former Vice President Al Gore for his efforts to save the world from climate catastrophe, the Nobel committee recognized Mr. Gore’s great contribution in trying to alert the world to the dangers that lie ahead if America and the world do not take immediate steps to reverse the man-made environmental damage to our planet.

Meantime, George W. Bush, to whom the Supreme Court awarded the election victory in 2000, has been ignoring global climate change, waging an unending war for oil (he does not seem to be troubled about human rights or creating democracy in nations without oil), trashing our environmental treaties with other nations and, in general, permitting the world’s climate to deteriorate.

We can only ponder and grieve at all the opportunities squandered, over the last seven years, to finance research for alternatives to the world’s reliance on fossil fuels, and the lost opportunities to energize other nations to recognize the perils of and deal with global climate change.

Maybe next time, the Supreme Court justices will follow the Constitution and allow the states to resolve their own election disputes. In 2000, they made the wrong decision not only for America, but also for our planet.

Lois Erwin
Waldwick, N.J., Oct. 12, 2007