Israel to honor Al Gore

Former US vice president to receive prestigious Dan David Prize, including check for $1 million, for 'enormous contribution to preventing global ecological disaster'

Amir Ben-David Published: 04.29.08, 09:45 / Israel Activism

Former US Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore will visit Israel next month in order to receive the Dan David Prize in a ceremony that will take place at the Tel Aviv University. Gore will receive the prestigious prize, which includes a check for $1 million, "for his enormous contribution in raising international awareness, maintaining the environment and preventing a global ecological disaster," as written in the rationale of the judges' decision. The judges also noted that Gore is the leading politician in this field, and that his widespread activities, which include political influence, lectures, movies and books, created a real change in the awareness of people and governments.

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Earlier this year, entrepreneur Eric Janszen declared in Harper's magazine that the next bubble -- alternative energy -- had already been "branded". His projection: the eventual creation of $20 trillion in fictitious, speculative wealth, "money that inevitably will be employed to increase share prices rather than to deliver 'energy security.'" and that "when the bubble finally bursts, we will be left to mop up after yet another devastated industry." After that next big bust, not only alternative energy but a host of other "green" industries will be left in ruin.

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