The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former US Vice-President Al Gore “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change”.
Source: nobelprize.org
“Al Gore has for [...]

New Zealand has banned the construction of new state owned coal and gas power plants as part of their aim to generate 90% of their power from renewable sources by 2025, according to ecotality.com. This ban will soon be extended to the private sector. Currently, 70% of their power comes from wind, hydro and [...]