Published on 04/9/2007

Critics are saying that Gore was in Oslo to lobby the committee because he has been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.

But is "global warming" really a "peace" issue?

Al Gore was in Oslo a week ago giving his ''inconvenient truth'' global warming speech to a crowd that included the chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Critics are saying that he was there to lobby the committee because he has been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize

Norwegian members of parliament, Børge Brende and Heidi Sørensen, who joined in their nomination despite political differences, (Heidi Sørensen is a member of the Socialist Left Party), jointly say that global climate is a fight for peace. "This is clearly, absolutely, one of the important efforts to achieve conflict prevention. Climate change can lead to enormous flows of refugees on a scale the world has never seen before. Fighting climate change is immensely important work for global peace," said Heidi Sørensen.

        How did the media report on this news?

        The Right: Rush Limbaugh said on his show on Friday that the former vice president was there lobbying the committee, and that he shouldn't do this rather have dignity about such things.

        The Left: ABC news reported: "There seems little chance of a link between his visits and any dreams of winning the peace prize, since the trips were planned well ahead of his Nobel nomination being announced." Nominations for this year's peace prize, which is awarded by the five-member Nobel Committee in Oslo, had to be submitted by February 1.

        The winner is announced in mid-October, and the prize is presented on December 10, the anniversary of the death of its creator, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel.   The prize includes 10-million-krona ($1.4 million).

        Let me ask you a couple of questions: Whether Gore is lobbying the Nobel committee for their prize or not, do you think he should get it? Even more: Do you think ''global warming'' is a PEACE (prize) issue?
        Global Warming and Peace--let me see--can I connect the dots between the two? Nope. This just another effort by environmentalists around the world to advance their global warming theories and fear tactics.

Keith Olbermann, on his MSNBC television show, accused Marc Morano, communications director of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, working for Sen. Inhoffe, and a regular guest on my radio show, of putting out a smear campaign against Al Gore after the former VP's most recent testimony on Capitol Hill on global warming. The former senior staff writer for CNSNews sent out a news release telling of Gore's refusal to take an oath to cut his own energy use. Olbermann called it a ''right-wing venomous campaign'' against Gore, pointing out that Marc Morano is a former producer of Rush Limbaugh's television program.

For full Olbermann transcript go here.

Al and Tipper Gore's home uses 20 times the energy of the average American household, and when challenged by Sen. Inhoffe to basically practice what he preaches, Gore refused to even answer.

Oh, and did you know that there are people who are going to therapists to get treated for eco-anxiety? One therapist says that she sees 40-80 patients a months for this serious global warming fear.

Now, let's see: who's to blame for that? Al Gore?

The following information round-up was provided by Marc Morano.

Reuters questions media's description of global warming as 'Armageddon,' 'terrifying' or a 'crisis'

Scientist dismisses climate models: 'We can’t make long-term predictions of the climate'

Gore booed, heckled by students as Canadian University- Protesters shout: "What about your swimming pools?"

Queen Elizabeth Seeks to Cut Carbon Footprint

DiCaprio in Vanity Fair: 'We find ourselves on the brink. It's clear humans have had a devastating impact on our planet's ecological web of life'

Boston Globe: The push to get Gore to run heats up

Greens all talk, no action on global-warming cuts

Inflation could rise on global warming

UK’s Mike Hulme: 'Scientists - and politicians - must trade (normal) truth for influence'

'Talking' surveillance cameras that tell people when they litter or engage in anti-social behavior debut in UK

Ads Challenge Al Gore to Debate Global Warming

Zoning change makes Gore's home one step closer to getting solar panels

Networks rush to cover Dr. Bill Gray's hurricane predictions, but leave out the fact that he thinks the world might cool again soon

CEO Lashes Out at Gore: ''He is more dangerous than his global warming''

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal paid $10k to plant trees in Africa to offset his carbon footprint

William F. Buckley: Business of Global Warming Feels a Lot Like Inquisition

BBC Poll: Two-thirds of world worried by warming, U.S. lags

Itchy eyes? Sneezing? Don't blame Allergies -Blame man-made C02 emissions for 'stimulating plants'

Sharon Hughes is founder of the Center for Changing Worldviews and a radio talk show host. Her column appears in numerous news sites and publications, and she maintains websites at: changingworldviews.com, WOMANTalk.us, and changingworldviews.blogspot.com.