Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize today for efforts to spread awareness of man-made climate change and lay the foundations for counteracting it. Both groups drew lauds or “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.”

If you haven't seen An Inconvenient Truth, here's a piece (below) of what must be the most important PowerPoint presentation on planet earth (from TED.com).  Of the movie version of "the slideshow, film critic Roger Ebert said, "In 39 years, I have never written these words in a movie review, but here they are: You owe it to yourself to see this film. If you do not, and you have grandchildren, you should explain to them why you decided not to."

Side note: If you're like me, you'll find yourself wondering why this Al Gore didn't show up for the run-up to the 2000 presidential election.

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