Al Gore Left Law, Won Nobel Peace Prize
Al Gore seems to have made the right career choice when he opted to leave Vanderbilt University Law School and pursue a life in politics in the 1970s.
The former presidential candidate has now won the Nobel Peace Prize for his environmental work, along with a United Nations climate change panel, reports the London Times.
Gore said today that he is deeply honored to receive the award, and called for more attention to be be paid to what he described as “a true planetary emergency,” the newspaper reports. “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.”
The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal Law Blog have more details.
