On AlterNet: nobel prize

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The Woman Who Just Might Save the Planet and Our Pocketbooks

Fran Korten, Elinor Ostrom, YES! Magazine. March 14, 2010.

What if our economy was not built on competition? Nobel Prize winner Elinor Ostrom talks about her work on cooperation in economics.

Nobel Prize in Economics Goes to A Woman for the First Time

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. October 13, 2009.

Elinor Ostrom, a political science professor at Indiana University, shared the award with Oliver Williamson, who teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.

What a Great Day to be a Sane Person ... Thanks Nobel Committee!

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.

The prize itself is a minor point.

Limbaugh, Bolton and Other Right-Wingers Respond to Obama's Nobel Prize: Proof that He's the Anti-Christ, and Other Wing-Nut Theories

deleted, AlterNet. October 9, 2009.

Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton says Obama should give it back, Erick Erickson says it's an affirmative action prize, and ResistNet commenters find proof he's the anti-Christ.

Obama Is Blinding Us With Science

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. December 20, 2008.

Obama introduces members of his science team, but just as importantly, talks about his vision for the role of science in the coming years.

From Oil Wars to Water Wars

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. December 12, 2007.

The world's leading scientists are predicting climate change to cause water wars and mass migrations from rural to urban areas.

Read Al Gore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Al Gore, AlterNet. December 12, 2007.

The climate crisis threat is imminent. It is the 11th hour.

New Report Reveals Bush Manipulated Climate Science, Supressed Scientists

The Progress ReportDecember 11, 2007.

As Al Gore accepted his Nobel yesterday, a new report revealed just how low the Bush Administration sunk to cover up the climate crisis.

Al Gore's Nobel Acceptance Speech: "We Are Confronting A Planetary Emergency"

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. December 10, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: Gore said that if we fail to address the climate crisis, there is a chance that the North Polar ice cap will have vanished.

Wall Street Journal Editor Slanders Al Gore, Nobel Prize and All Climate Scientists

Dr. Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. December 5, 2007.

Dr. Joseph Romm: Why can't conservatives accept the massive evidence that human emissions are the driving force behind our changing planet?

Fox News Immediately Begins Smear Campaign Against Al Gore, Nobel Prize

Faiz Shakir, October 12, 2007.

Faiz Shakir: Gore is revealing the far right’s vast disinformation campaign against global warming and he is succeeding.

Would a Nobel Prize Victory Spark An Al Gore '08 Presidential Run?

John Nichols, October 10, 2007.

John Nichols: The "Draft Gore" movement suggests it's not that great a leap from the awards stage in Stockholm to the presidential campaign trail.

WikiLeaks Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Promoting Freedom of Speech

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.