Flying here and there to save the environment in comfort

Liberal Eco Hypocrisy

But now, of course, he and his partners have sold Current for $500 million to Al-Jazeera, the state media company of Qatar, which has the largest per-capita carbon footprint of any country in the world, and is financed by the dirty fossil fuel business Gore so abhors.

A squadron of 1,700 private jets are rumbling into Davos, Switzerland, this week to discuss global warming and other issues as the annual World Economic Forum gets underway.

  “Decision-makers meeting in Davos must focus on ways to reduce climate risk while building more efficient, cleaner, and lower-carbon economies,” former Mexican president Felipe Calderon told USA Today.

-Peter Schweizer Go To Site

The carbon footprint of Al Gore and Leonardo DiCaprio – both strong activists/advocates for fossil fuel reductions – apparently have colossally large personal carbon footprints.

  Their hypocrisy is not lost on the public.

-Judith Curry Go To Site

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.

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Al Gore Lights It Up!

The incredible houseboat. The mansions. The massive electrics bills. America's number one environmental crusader takes time out to enjoy his hard-earned wealth. It's all about the environment. Really.

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

Democrats Dump Human Waste

Oops.

Figure 1: The Metaphor Express

Hillary Clinton Campaign Oct 2016

Georgia's Environmental Protection Division is investigating after a witness spotted a Democratic National Committee tour bus apparently dumping human waste into a storm drain. Lawrenceville police are also investigating the claim which surfaced on Tuesday, a photo shown to us by a CBS46 viewer showed a Democratic National Committee tour bus apparently making the dump between campaign stops.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Press

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

“And that’s why I’m a crusader, an environmental crusader around the world to make sure we stop this madness of using fossil fuels and that we switch to renewables or electric or hydrogen cars and new technology but this government doesn’t do anything about it," said Schwarzenegger, who arrived at the event in a Chevrolet Suburban SUV.

-Nicholas Ballasy

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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.


Al Gore wouldn’t have been busted by Associated Press for living in a 20-room home that used 12 times more energy than the average home in Nashville, Tennessee had he not claimed that “we are going to have to change the way we live our lives” to solve climate change.

Prince Harry wouldn’t have been in trouble for private jetting around the world had he not claimed: “every action makes a difference.”

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?”

There is really no excuse for failing to feel liberal guilt about global warming. No excuse. It is a fact that our affluent lifestyles are endangering the planet, to some maddeningly unknown degree.

-Theo Hobson Go To Site

Democrat, Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal

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

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal

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.

Sir Paul McCartney Flies Back To UK

On A Private Jet

May 2016

Oops.

We Can Bring It In For A Landing: A Day In The Life of a Global Warming Evangelist

"Sadly we need disasters like this to show people," McCartney said in an exclusive interview with The Sun. "Some people don't believe in climate warming -- like those who don't believe there was a Holocaust."

And those evil Global Warming / Holocaust deniers don't get a ticket to ride. You won't see me on Paul's private jet. -R. "I'm Looking Through You" B.

Obla Di Obla Da.

"Why, tell me why, did you not treat me right?"

Hey Paul... I though I knew you - what did I know?

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.”

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Character, Degeneracy, Funny, Narrative, Oops, Waste, Metaphor, Drugs

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.

People who claim to worry about climate change use more electricity than those who do not, a Government study has found...

  Peter Lilley, a Conservative member of the Commons Energy and Climate Change committee, said: “The survey exposes the hypocrisy of many who claim to be ‘green’: the greater the concern people express about global warming the less they do to reduce their energy usage.” Go To Site

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.




Leonardo DiCaprio: Eco Hypocrite

Leonardo DiCaprio: Eco Hypocrite

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has designated Academy Award-nominated actor and committed environmental activist, Leonardo DiCaprio, as a UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.

“I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history – it is a moment for action. How we respond to the climate crisis in the coming years will likely determine the fate of humanity and our planet.”

-Leonardo DiCaprio Go To Site

He's a high profile advocate of environmental causes, believes the world must act now to combat the effects of global climate change and is producing documentaries about endangered species. But accusations of hypocrisy have also dogged Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, 40, with detractors accusing him of not practicing what he preaches... the Titanic and Wolf Of Wall Street star took six private roundtrip private jet flights during April and May 2014. Go To Site

“Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity… We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.”

  “Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.”

-Leonardo DiCaprio Go To Site

“The problem is that DiCaprio himself is one of those ‘big polluters,’ which diminishes his moral authority to lecture others on reducing their own carbon emissions,” writes Rapier...

  DiCaprio’s jet-setting ways are well-documented, especially after hacked Sony documents showed the actor chartered private jets last year, allowing him to fly back and forth from New York to Los Angeles six times in six weeks.

-Chris White
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Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Brilliance, Oops, Hollywood, Elitism, Arrogance

"I would like to improve the world a bit. I will fly around the world doing good for the environment,'' added DiCaprio, in comments published in German.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming

Hundreds of fans bound for Durban for the Germany-Spain World Cup semi final missed the game because their flights were unable to land, after air traffic authorities closed the city’s airport because of congestion on the runway caused by private aircraft... Wire services reported that among the VIPs heading for the semi-final by jet were Spain’s King Juan Carlos, South African President Jacob Zuma, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and socialite Paris Hilton.

Eco warrior wannabe Leonardo DiCaprio is back doing what he does best: Fighting for the environment while simultaneously contributing to its demise... 'We are the last generation that has a chance to stop climate change before it is too late,' the Oscar winner told the crowd.

  But his sentiment would be more believable had he not hopped off a helicopter to board a gas guzzling private jet two days later.

-Alexandra Genova Go To Site

At the very beginning of this summer, in mid-June, DiCaprio jetted into Brazil on a private plane to take in the opening match of the 2014 World Cup.

UN Messenger of Peace with a special focus on climate change.

Flies in private jets. Hypocrite.

MailOnline can report that DiCaprio took at least 20 trips across the nation and around the world this year alone - including numerous flights from New York to Los Angeles and back, a ski vacation to the French Alps, another vacation to the French Riviera, flights to London and Tokoyo to promote his film Wolf of Wall Street, two trips to Miami and trip to Brazil to watch the World Cup.

    DiCaprio owns at least four homes: two apartments in New York and mansions in Hollywood and Palm Springs. He also recently sold an estate in Malibu for $17million. And this summer, he spent his World Cup vacation on the fifth largest yacht in the world, a 482-foot behemoth owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan - a billionaire oil tycoon from the UAE.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Oops

Leonardo DiCaprio took over the world’s fifth largest yacht to watch the world cup in Brazil this year. The 482-foot Topaz, worth £400million, is owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emitates and owner of Manchester City FC.

We All Have to do our Part to Raise Awareness

About Global Warming

Environmental experts surround Leonardo.

“Global warming is not only the number one environmental challenge we face today, but one of the most important issues facing all of humanity… We all have to do our part to raise awareness about global warming and the problems we as a people face in promoting a sustainable environmental future for our planet.” “Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.” -Leonardo DiCaprio

Surrounding yourself with environmenal experts is always a great way to "raise awareness". Note that the deck of this yacht is white, reflecting solar radiation back out into space. That's real commitment to a cause. -"BN"

“The scientific consensus is in and the argument is now over. If you do not believe in climate change, you do not believe in facts, or in science or empirical truths and therefore, in my humble opinion, should not be allowed to hold public office.”

-Leonardo DiCaprio Go To Site

Democrat, Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Character, Funny, Brilliance, Oops

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.

Fast Times at Climate Protest

Have a rice cake, hon.

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".

Sept 2014: Al Gore Leaves Climate Rally in SUV

Environmental Hypocrisy Al Gore's Yacht

Environmental Hypocrisy Al Gore's Mansion

Environmental Hypocrisy Private Jets...

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.

You surely don’t want the Coastal Commission enforcing beach-access rights for hoi polloi when who knows how many of the 99 percent wish to walk right by your deck in Malibu.

  It would be like ruining your beach view with a wind farm.

-Victor Davis Hanson Go To Site

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.

Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Funny, Oops

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.”

The Personal Aircraft

The Personal Aircraft

"Yes, I take a private plane on holiday a couple of times a year, and I feel horribly guilty about it. I probably shouldn't do it..."

That's a lot of carbot debits, dude.

Al Gore Yacht

In an amazing display of conspicuous consumption, even for Al Gore, his new 100-foot houseboat that docks at the Hurricane Marina in Smithville, Tennessee is creating a critical buzz among many of his former congressional constituents.

It's spinning liberally.

Al Gore Power Consumption

Tennessee Center for Policy Research charged Monday that the gas and electric bills for the former vice president's 20-room home and pool house devoured nearly 221,000 kilowatt-hours in 2006, more than 20 times the national average of 10,656 kilowatt-hours.

Why not score some riches while protecting the environment?

Profiteers

But now, of course, he and his partners have sold Current for $500 million to Al-Jazeera, the state media company of Qatar, which has the largest per-capita carbon footprint of any country in the world, and is financed by the dirty fossil fuel business Gore so abhors.

Eco Elitists and Conspicuous Consumption

Eco Elitists and Conspicuous Consumption

In the run-up to Live Earth, an environmental consultant has calculated Madonna's carbon output to be over 1,000 tonnes a year...

Your public schools failed to teach you about trash cans, lefty.

Liberals Trashing the Environment

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.

Last year, Harrison Ford implored Americans to stop electing leaders who don’t “believe in science,” and this year he’s traveled to a conference hosted in a United Arab Emirates country to give the same warning...

  As you might have imagined, taking a jet to a UAE country to warn everybody about the dangers of continued burning of fossil fuels caused some eyes to roll.

-Doug P, Twitchy Go To Site