2007 Nobel Peace winner Al Gore welcomed President Obama into the Nobel laureate club today. Speaking to a conference of environmental journalists in Madison, WI this morning, Gore called the Obama peace prize “thrilling.”
Reported by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
Gore: “I think it’s thrilling President Barack Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It’s an honor for him… it’s an honor for our country.”
More: “Much of what he has accomplished already is going to be far more appreciated in the eyes of history as it has been by the Nobel committee in their announcement early this morning.”
Gore speculated that Obama’s focus on climate change was responsible for the award:
Gore “cited Obama’s speech to the United Nations and his “success in changing the way the world is approaching the climate crisis.”
Gore: “I think it will take some time before people put together all the different moves that linked his speech at the United Nations.”
