Environmentalist, Crime, Violence, Narrative, Oops, Crazy, Protest, Terrorism, Vandalism

Back in 1995, environmental concerns were viewed through a narrower prism. The salvage logging rider signed by then President Bill Clinton granted timber companies unfettered access to national forests that had been protected under environmental laws. One of the loggers’ first targets was 14-acres of trees in the Warner Creek area of the Willamette National Forest in Eugene, Oregon.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Oops

Mr. Turner—a long-time advocate of population control—said the environmental stress on the Earth requires radical solutions, suggesting countries should follow China’s lead in instituting a one-child policy to reduce global population over time.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Crime, Funny, Drugs

People growing marijuana indoors use 1 percent of the U.S. electricity supply, and they create 17 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every year (not counting the smoke exhaled) according to a report by Evan Mills, an energy analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Press

To print a Sunday edition of the New York Times it takes 75,000 trees.

Democrat, Environmentalist, Liberal, Science, Brilliance, Oops, Experts

Gore’s transcript documents that during his sophomore year at Harvard he earned a "D" in Natural Sciences 6 (Man’s Place in Nature). Also, as a senior at Harvard, he earned a C-plus in Natural Sciences 118. Gore, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on global warming.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Financial, Greed

Before a rapt audience, Al Gore flashed slides on a giant screen bearing the logos of 11 clean energy companies he predicted could help slow climate change. “We can’t wait. . . . We have a planetary emergency,” the former vice president told industry leaders and scientists at the 2008 conference. “Here are just a few of the investments that I personally think make sense.” ... Just before leaving public office in 2001, Gore reported assets of less than $2 million; today, his wealth is estimated at $100 million.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Greed

Redford is one of the main opponents of a plan by the Pacific Union College to build an eco-village in Angwin California. The college says it needs the funds because of a dire financial situation. The village is close to Redford’s vineyard in the Napa Valley. However whilst publicly opposing this development “to preserve the rural heritage” Redford has been quietly selling development lots in the Sundance Preserve for $2 million. These lots are intended for vacation homes close to Redford’s Sundance Ski Resort.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Character, Oops, Energy, Greed

“Of course Al didn’t show up,” said one high placed Current staffer. “He has no credibility. “He’s supposed to be the face of clean energy and just sold [the channel] to very big oil, the emir of Qatar! Current never even took big oil advertising—and Al Gore, that bulls***ter sells to the emir?”

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"But don't you realize — that's where I sail!"

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Park Slope, Brooklyn. Cape Cod, Mass. Berkeley, Calif. Three famously progressive places, right? The yin to the Tea Party yang. But just try putting a bike lane or some wind turbines in their lines of sight. And the karma can get very different.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Funny, Narrative, Oops, Greed, Hollywood

Some of Hollywood’s wealthiest stars are battling environmentalists over a $20 million plan to save their houses on Malibu’s badly named Broad Beach...

  Though the stars want to spend their own money to rebuild the beach with sand dredged from the ocean floor, regulators have blocked the plan. Environmentalists prefer a “managed retreat” from the waves so the shore can revert to its natural state.

  Nancy Hastings of the Surfrider organization is sure the stars are committed to the environment, “But when your home is threatened, it puts things in a whole new perspective,”...

  Another eco-activist said, “They drive Priuses and have the right bumper stickers, but they care more about their houses.”

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San Francisco park workers and volunteers spent much of Sunday picking up and hauling away 10,000 pounds of garbage strewn all over the eastern part of Golden Gate Park known as Hippie Hill, the remnants of Saturday's annual yet unofficial pot-smoking bacchanalia...

  Dan Kling, a nearby resident who was playing in the park with his 2 1/2-year-old daughter Sunday, was disgusted... Amir Holmes El of San Francisco spent the whole day at the event on Saturday and came out Sunday morning to lend a hand. He said the event was joyous and peaceful, but acknowledged the aftermath was a mess.

  "There was so much garbage, you'd swear we'd just had Woodstock," he said.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal

...First-class air travel is also ruining the environment. Or at least so says the World Bank in a new study estimating that the carbon footprint of a first-class airplane seat may be as much as nine times larger than an economy-class berth.

  A business-class ticket has three times the carbon footprint as economy. World Bank staff, who travel across the planet in their duties, are major users of business and first-class airplane seats.

  Staff at World Bank headquarters in Washington took more than 189,000 trips in 2009, totaling 447 million miles. Some 73.6 percent of those miles were in business class and another 6.9 percent in first class.

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Green-minded campaigner Al Gore has been left red-faced after being accused of leaving his car running for almost an hour while he gave a lecture on sustainable development. It is alleged that Gore made the gaffe while he spoke at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg, Sweden on Wednesday. His mistake was compounded further by the fact that he had asked his distinguished guests to attend the event by public transport in order to minimize CO2 emissions.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Character, Oops

One of Greenpeace’s most senior executives commutes 250 miles to work by plane, despite the environmental group’s campaign to curb air travel, it has emerged.

  The flights, at 250 euros for a round trip, are funded by Greenpeace, despite its campaign to curb "the growth in aviation", which it says "is ruining our chances of stopping dangerous climate change”.

  One Greenpeace volunteer on Monday described Mr Husting's travel arrangements as "almost unbelievable".

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Liberal, Funny, Brilliance, Oops

The current U.N. climate talks will be the first to neutralize all the greenhouse gas pollution they generate, offset by host country Peru's protection of forest at three different reserves, organizers say. Now the bad news: The Lima conference is expected to have the biggest carbon footprint of any U.N. climate meeting measured to date. At more than 50,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, the negotiations' burden on global warming will be about 1 1/2 times the norm, said Jorge Alvarez, project coordinator for the U.N. Development Program.

   The venue is one big reason. It had to be built. Eleven football fields of temporary structures arose for the 13-day negotiations from what three months ago was an empty field behind Peru's army's headquarters. Concrete was laid, plumbing installed, components flown in from as far as France and Brazil.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Government, Oops, Energy

Premier Rachel Notley concedes the optics aren’t great for a climate change warrior to be travelling the province in a gas-guzzling SUV, but says she is working toward acquiring a more energy efficient mode of transportation. “In some ways optically, it would be better for me to be driving a one-seated car,” she told reporters at the legislature Wednesday. “The difficulty is that I typically travel in that vehicle with three to five staff members, almost always.”... The four-wheel drive, 355-horsepower, 5.3-litre V-8 Suburbans, Chevrolet’s largest SUVs, are rated at about 18 miles per gallon.

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New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is warning, yet again, about the perils of climate change and the need to be good stewards of the environment. This time, however, Kristof is not writing from the Manhattan offices of the “old grey lady” because he’s in the middle of a New York Times-sponsored around-the-world private jet tour that costs $135,000 per person.

  "... We fear for the ocean food chain and worry about feedback loops that will irreversibly accelerate this process, yet still we act like Easter Islanders hacking down their trees.”