Hell freezes over
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Raj Pachauri, fan of the extreme combover, could easily have been cast in Pacino’s role in The Devil’s Advocate. Ironically, he works against the fire and brimstone of global warming. The UN group he chairs now shares this year’s Nobel Peace Prize:
Rajendra Kumar Pachauri… was elected chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2002. IPCC shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. [Link]
Eschewing weekends, he worked in his office from 5 a.m. until late at night working with scientists from around the world to summarize scientific understanding of climate change. The key report stated that it was more than 90 percent likely that mankind’s activities were the primary cause of global warming over the past 50 years… “The poorer nations will face the worst impact”… [Link]
Rajendra Pachauri grew up in the foothills of the Himalayas, spending quiet winters contemplating the snowy mountains that loomed near his home. The beauty, he says, changed him. [Link]
Pauchari was educated at La Martiniere Boys’ College in Lucknow… He obtained… a Ph.D. in industrial engineering and… economics from North Carolina State… he is vegetarian. [Link]
He taught at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale… He has also been a visiting professor [of] resource economics at… West Virginia University… [a] visiting research fellow [at] the World Bank… [and chairman of] the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Heritage Foundation. [Link]
Ironies abound in Pachaur’s bio, who not only keeps his office in pollution-choked Delhi, but also sat on an oil company board and was once slagged off by Nobel Prize co-winner Al Gore:
In 2001 he supported a consumer boycott of ExxonMobil for its stance on global warming, saying it was “a good way to put economic pressure on the U.S.” At that time he was serving as the Director of the Board of the Indian Oil Corporation… [Link]
Known for his soft-spoken diplomacy, Pachauri was once described by Gore as the “let’s drag our feet” candidate… [Link]
on Friday, October 12th, 2007, 9:07 am in Environment, Profiles › 
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Now, the only question remains - Will Al Gore become the second Nobel recipient to reside in the White House.
* the first was Josiah ‘Jed’ Bartlett, who won the nobel for economics.
Really? Poorer nations? Well blow me down, let’s shut down all the polluting factories and automobiles in the poorer nations. Don’t they know they’re committing suicide?
Bigger joke than the Kyoto protocol. Yeah, its a great idea, I will gladly stop making money to appease your fear mongering ass. In fact, let me take money out of the economy just so you can feel good about having done something.
It is interesting to see how the right-wing blogs and fox news is hemmoraging over this news. They have resorted to the usual name calling and referring to climate change as junk science. Yes, republicans and right-wingers know all about climate science. You see, god has already told them. What does the White House do? The first thing they say this is not going to make them change their position. Has anything made them change their positions? Stubborn idiots!
By the way Pachuri can play a bollywood villan; maybe an evil swami with devious designs to control the weather while suffering from uncontrollable urges for stunning apsaras.
No he shouldn’t. He’s taking away that job from other hardworking actors who have experience with that sort of thing. Kabir Bedi anyone?
We have a bearded trifecta of Bollywood stars: Bedi, Naseeruddin Shah (whatup with his accent playing Capt. Nemo) & Gulshan Grover.
Impressive he made all of us indians proud..Never heard of him before, impressive biodata and work..feels like Dr. Raj richly deserves the nobel prize.
I liked Al Gores Inconvenient truth documentary too..
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