Sir Richard Branson, left, playfully tosses a globe as former U.S. Vice President Al Gore looks on, at the London announcement of the Virgin Earth Challenge -- a $25 million global science and technology prize that will be awarded to an individual or group who finds a way to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

First published in the February 09, 2007, 11:19 a.m. edition

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