2017 Honorary Doctorate, University of Melbourne. (Although the Oscar actually went to director Davis Guggenheim, Gore gave an acceptance speech.) And last night, to cap it all off, Gore's print version of An Inconvenient Truth won the Grammy for best spoken-word album, thanks to its release as an audio book. --Jon Stewart "Congratulations to Al Gore. Vice President Al Gore delivered his acceptance speech to delegates at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily those of Scientific American. 10 hours ago — Melissa C. Lott | Opinion, 11 hours ago — John Fialka and E&E News, November 26, 2020 — Jason Kane and PBS NewsHour. -- Oscar winner Al Gore to Leonardo DiCaprio, who asked if there was anything the former vice president wanted to announce at the ceremony. Gore-stradmus. Following is the text of the concession speech delivered by Al Gore on Wednesday: Good evening. 2012 awards and honors. John Matson is a former reporter and editor for Scientific American who has written extensively about astronomy and physics. Vice President Al Gore delivered his acceptance speech to delegates at the 2000 Democratic National Convention. Subscribers get more award-winning coverage of advances in science & technology. Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush … Gore-Mary Abraham. Pres. Photo of Al Gore receiving the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize by Kjetil Bjørnsrud via Wikimedia Commons. Explore our digital archive back to 1845, including articles by more than 150 Nobel Prize winners. Today it got reversed by the Supreme Court. Holiday Sale: Save 25%. ... Al Gore announced last night that for the first time, the Academy Awards had a green theme. Al Gore Former Vice President Al Gore is the cofounder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, and the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis. *This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning. Al Gore Official portrait, 1994 45th Vice President of the United States In office January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 President Bill Clinton Preceded by Dan Quayle Succeeded by Dick Cheney United States Senator from Tennessee In office January 3, 1985 – January 2, 1993 Preceded by Howard Baker Succeeded by Harlan Mathews Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee In … Report Video Issue (Although the Oscar actually went to director Davis Guggenheim, Gore gave an acceptance speech.) Gore-magnificent. Former vice president Al Gore keeps racking up the hardware in his campaign to fight global warming. Story Highlights • Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," wins Oscar for best documentary • Movie … The Gore-monger. Then he was awarded, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. 2017 awards and honors. Al Gore has received a number of important awards and honors. Al Gore "I'm just here for the movies, Leo." His movie won an Oscar. Report profane or abusive content. Which is not really true. © 2020 Scientific American, a Division of Nature America, Inc. Support our award-winning coverage of advances in science & technology. On October 12, 2007, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore took center stage at the Oscars as the big-screen adaptation of his slide-show lecture about the perils of global warming won Academy Awards for … I have over a thousand of these." In fact, the award is becoming a near-gimme for liberal politicians: between Gore, Obama, Minnesota Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken, and former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, a Democratic pol has been in on the spoken-word Grammy in each of the last six years.
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