Al Gore Launches “We” Campaign Al Gore has begun an immense PR campaign from his Alliance for Climate Protection (ACP) in an effort to call attention to the need to change policies regarding climate change. The “we” campaign is a three-year $300 million movement aimed at shifting public opinion over the urgency of global warming and the fact that “we” can overcome it.
How the “We” Campaign Will Work
The “we” campaign will feature television ads, print ads and social networks, utilizing 10 million volunteers to spread the good word. One of the objectives is to get rid of the partisanship question, showing ads that bring together opposing sides like Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton in unity over Read the rest…
Check out this interview with Green For All president Van Jones on how green collar jobs will benefit the economy by providing lower socioeconomic groups with jobs and getting rid of a “pollution industry.”
Van Jones Video on the Colbert Report
Jones has been dealing with green issues, jobs, class and race for over 15 years, while Green For All works is a coalition uniting business, environmentalists and low-income communities towards creating green collar jobs.
Zero-Emissions Goals Reduced in California
Automakers will be relieved to hear that California has adjusted its goal to cut the number of zero-emissions vehicles on the road by 2014. Environmentalists are not so happy about the decision.
The new rules reduced the number of cars using electric and hydrogen fuel-cell technology that need to be on the road to 7,500, a 70 percent cut from five years ago.
On March 29, twenty-six major cities globally will turn off the lights on major landmarks in an effort to raise global warming awareness during Earth Hour.
Chicago, Dublin, San Francisco, Manila, Copenhagen, Bangkok and Toronto have all agreed to join in the lights-out campaign. They will shutting down landmarks and are encouraging homeowners and businesses to turn out the lights as well. Read the rest…
Antarctic Ice Shelf About to Break Off
Breaking up is hard to do — unless you are a vast ice shelf suffering from global warming. Around 220 square miles of ice collapsed in Antarctica, leaving a massive ice shelf ready to fall apart.
The ice shelf is 5.282 square miles, which is roughly the size of Connecticut.
Tiger Population Diminishing Over Last 25 Years
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) stated earlier this week in Stockholm that the world’s tiger population might have halved in the past 25 years. This is compared to an estimated 5,000-7,000 tigers in 1982.
WWF estimated there are around 3,500 left, with the South China Tiger nearing extinction.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Poachers
Part of this is due to the demand for tiger body parts in China for traditional medicine, which leads to illegal poaching. Another huge reason for the declining tiger Read the rest…
Colbert Refuses to Quench Thirst, Celebrates World Water Day
Last Thursday, in honor of World Water Day on March 22, Stephen Colbert vowed not to drink a drop on The Colbert Report.
Started in 1992 out of a United Nations conference, World Water Day promotes water conservation internationally. This year, the theme is “sanitation,” bringing awareness to such issues as hygiene promotion, water quality, wastewater treatment, sewage systems and sanitary facilities.
The show focused on water conservation while Colbert discussed the problem of America’s “addiction to water.” “My name is America,” he stated, “and I am addicted to water.”
Purifying Everything: Interview With Dean Kamen
Colbert interviewed Dean Kamen, the inventor of a vapor compression distiller that — unbelievably — can turn pretty much any kind of liquid into distilled water. Check out what Stephen does with a bag of Doritos.
Alaskan Drilling in ANWR Back On The Table
U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens reintroduced legislation to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge if oil prices increased to $125 per barrel for more than five consecutive days.
The Arctic Refuge contains 10.4 billion barrels of oil, estimated the Energy Department in a recent report. It also has the potential to unveil more oil drilling prospects. Read the rest…
Global Warming a Threat to Baby Seals
Seal cubs are one of the more adorable endangered species, but not for long if the earth continues heating up.
The World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature in Germany announced Monday that hundreds of newborn seals risk dying of hunger and cold due to global warming. “In some part, not a single one of the seal cubs born in the past few weeks will survive,” stated the WWF. Read the rest…
