Guest guest Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 TOP STORY Value Advertised Gore-y climate ads are coming soon to a TV near you While it is not true that Al Gore is running for president (honestly, how do these rumors get started?), it is true that his Alliance for Climate Protection has officially launched a new " we " campaign. The ad campaign aims to spend $300 million over three years to create a sense of both urgency and solvability around the climate crisis. The first ad will hit TVs on Wednesday, likening the fight against climate change to historical efforts including the civil rights movement and the moon landing. Future ads will aim to dispel the myth that climate is a partisan issue, cozying up unlikely allies -- Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson, Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith -- to speak out for the climate. The campaign will also have a significant online networking component. Says the optimistic Goracle: " When politicians hear the American people calling loud and clear for change, they'll listen. " [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: The New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters see also, in Gristmill: Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection unveils ambitious $300 million ad campaign, Thoughts on the newly announced " we " campaign Get the Grist Podcast Subscribe to the Grist podcast and get the week's top green news delivered from cyberspace to the space between your ears. Don't have an iPod? Don't worry. You can listen on the Grist website, or add our podcast player to your own website or blog. TODAY'S NEWS Don't Tase Me, Bro! Protesters arrested outside N.C. coal plant Eight protesters were tased and arrested after locking themselves to bulldozers at a Duke Energy coal plant in North Carolina Tuesday morning. Activists say the plant under construction is, in short, a terrible idea. " In the face of catastrophic climate change, building a new coal plant is tantamount to signing a death sentence for our generation, " said one protester. Umbrella group Rising Tide organized the protest, as well as other direct-action protests in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom for " Fossil Fools Day. " [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: Reuters, The Charlotte Observer, Asheville Citizen-Times A Tall Border Eco-laws pushed aside for faster building of border fence The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it will waive environmental laws in order to finish its 670-mile-long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of 2008. The waivers will apply to land stretching from California to Texas and will facilitate construction of fencing, towers, sensors, cameras, and roads. Homeland Security has already issued waivers for three portions of fence in Arizona and California. Environmental activists, who have decried the fence's impact on endangered ocelots and fragile habitat, are dismayed. Says Brian Segee of Defenders of Wildlife, " It's dangerous, it's arrogant, it's going to have pronounced environmental impacts, and it won't do a thing to address the problems of undocumented immigrants or address border security problems. " But hey, other than that ... [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Associated Press, CNN International see also, in Grist: Why environmental groups have been slow to fight the border wall To Explore Strange New Worlds Polar bear ventures far inland, shot to death Having boldly gone where no polar bear had gone before, a 3-year-old female polar bear was shot dead 250 miles inland in Fort Yukon, Alaska, late last week. Hunters who thought they were tracking a grizzly bear shot the polar bear in what they say was self-defense; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting. Biologists don't know why the polar bear was so far inland. Anyone want to venture a guess? [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Associated Press see also, in Grist: Inquiry made into delayed polar bear decision, green groups sue Time in Memorial Maya Lin's latest memorial will pay tribute to the planet Maya Lin, an artist best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is making plans for a tribute to what has passed from the earth -- literally. Her planned memorial will list the names of animals, birds, and plants that have gone extinct. " The top 10 songbirds we grew up with are in a 40 percent to 70 percent decline. Our oceans are being devastated by overfishing. The landscape we grew up with has been significantly diminished, " she says. " I just want to bring attention to it and give people the idea that you can do something about it. " Lin, who is usually commissioned to do memorials, is instigating this one, and hopes that donors will help with funding. The multi-site, multimedia endeavor -- Lin hopes to incorporate everything from the internet to billboards --will be launched on Earth Day 2009. [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] source: Los Angeles Times At 12:13 PM 4/2/08, you wrote: TOP STORY Value Advertised Gore-y climate ads are coming soon to a TV near you While it is not true that Al Gore is running for president (honestly, how do these rumors get started?), it is true that his Alliance for Climate Protection has officially launched a new " we " campaign. The ad campaign aims to spend $300 million over three years to create a sense of both urgency and solvability around the climate crisis. The first ad will hit TVs on Wednesday, likening the fight against climate change to historical efforts including the civil rights movement and the moon landing. Future ads will aim to dispel the myth that climate is a partisan issue, cozying up unlikely allies -- Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson, Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, the Dixie Chicks and Toby Keith -- to speak out for the climate. The campaign will also have a significant online networking component. Says the optimistic Goracle: " When politicians hear the American people calling loud and clear for change, they'll listen. " [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: The New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters see also, in Gristmill: Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection unveils ambitious $300 million ad campaign, Thoughts on the newly announced " we " campaign Get the Grist Podcast Subscribe to the Grist podcast and get the week's top green news delivered from cyberspace to the space between your ears. Don't have an iPod? Don't worry. You can listen on the Grist website, or add our podcast player to your own website or blog. TODAY'S NEWS Don't Tase Me, Bro! Protesters arrested outside N.C. coal plant Eight protesters were tased and arrested after locking themselves to bulldozers at a Duke Energy coal plant in North Carolina Tuesday morning. Activists say the plant under construction is, in short, a terrible idea. " In the face of catastrophic climate change, building a new coal plant is tantamount to signing a death sentence for our generation, " said one protester. Umbrella group Rising Tide organized the protest, as well as other direct-action protests in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom for " Fossil Fools Day. " [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: Reuters, The Charlotte Observer, Asheville Citizen-Times A Tall Border Eco-laws pushed aside for faster building of border fence The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it will waive environmental laws in order to finish its 670-mile-long fence along the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of 2008. The waivers will apply to land stretching from California to Texas and will facilitate construction of fencing, towers, sensors, cameras, and roads. Homeland Security has already issued waivers for three portions of fence in Arizona and California. Environmental activists, who have decried the fence's impact on endangered ocelots and fragile habitat, are dismayed. Says Brian Segee of Defenders of Wildlife, " It's dangerous, it's arrogant, it's going to have pronounced environmental impacts, and it won't do a thing to address the problems of undocumented immigrants or address border security problems. " But hey, other than that ... [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Associated Press, CNN International see also, in Grist: Why environmental groups have been slow to fight the border wall To Explore Strange New Worlds Polar bear ventures far inland, shot to death Having boldly gone where no polar bear had gone before, a 3-year-old female polar bear was shot dead 250 miles inland in Fort Yukon, Alaska, late last week. Hunters who thought they were tracking a grizzly bear shot the polar bear in what they say was self-defense; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting. Biologists don't know why the polar bear was so far inland. Anyone want to venture a guess? [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] sources: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Associated Press see also, in Grist: Inquiry made into delayed polar bear decision, green groups sue Time in Memorial Maya Lin's latest memorial will pay tribute to the planet Maya Lin, an artist best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is making plans for a tribute to what has passed from the earth -- literally. Her planned memorial will list the names of animals, birds, and plants that have gone extinct. " The top 10 songbirds we grew up with are in a 40 percent to 70 percent decline. Our oceans are being devastated by overfishing. The landscape we grew up with has been significantly diminished, " she says. " I just want to bring attention to it and give people the idea that you can do something about it. " Lin, who is usually commissioned to do memorials, is instigating this one, and hopes that donors will help with funding. The multi-site, multimedia endeavor -- Lin hopes to incorporate everything from the internet to billboards --will be launched on Earth Day 2009. [ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ] source: Los Angeles Times ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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