Gore ‘deeply honored’ by Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO — Al Gore says he is “deeply honored” to be named co-recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize.

The former vice president is the first American to win the coveted international honor since Jimmy Carter in 2002.

Gore is being honored by the Nobel committee along with the United Nations’ climate change agency for their work in pushing the problem of global warming onto the front burner of world attention.

Gore says the bottom line is, “We face a true planetary emergency.” He says it is not a political issue, but rather a “moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity.”

Gore says he’ll donate his share of the $1.5 million award that goes with the prize to a non-profit alliance devoted to spreading the message about the urgency of the climate crisis.