Singer Sheryl Crow announced on her blog over the weekend that she has a plan which will allow every person in the world a chance to fight global warming: only use one square of toilet paper per visit to the bathroom.
"We must make concrete changes in our lifestyles to help solve this energy crisis ... try to line dry [clothes] ... only run your dishwasher when it is fully loaded ..." -Barbra Streisand
Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming
Records show that the approximately 6,500 sq. foot home boasts 6 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, a large pool house, 6 fireplaces, wood framed french doors, and carved stone detailing throughout.
Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Editorial
Of the festivals of nonsense that periodically overtake American politics, surely the silliest is the argument that because Washington is having a particularly snowy winter it proves that climate change is a hoax and, therefore, we need not bother with all this girly-man stuff like renewable energy, solar panels and carbon taxes.
Democrat, Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal
Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a Montecito-area property to their real estate holdings, reports the Montecito Journal... The couple spent $8,875,000 on an ocean-view villa on 1.5 acres with a swimming pool, spa and fountains, a real estate source familiar with the deal confirms. The Italian-style house has six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Funny
He is the climate change minister who pledged to ‘lead by example’ in the fight against global warming. But Charles Hendry is facing accusations of hypocrisy after buying himself a 20-bedroom castle – with a potentially massive carbon footprint – as a second home.
Democrat, Hypocrisy, Liberal, Funny, Greed
Streisand's annual water bill of $22,000 to keep her lawn green is relevant because she made it relevant: She's constantly lecturing ordinary Americans about the need to cut back on our consumerist culture. Maybe if she turns off the taps she'll have some legitimate grounds for making the claims she does. As Kermit the Frog said, it's not easy being green.
Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Editorial, Liberal, Character
Hypocrisy is the vice we find hardest to forgive, but it’s also the one we most enjoy discovering in others. And nothing piques our interest more than eco-hypocrisy as practised by the “green” celebrities who have been spouting green virtue but spewing out hundreds of tons of carbon from their private jets or multiple holiday homes around the globe.
Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Liberal
But today she was labelled a hypocrite when a rider for her music tours was revealed - with four pages of demands including 13 fuel-guzzling vehicles for her entourage of 30.
Democrat, Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Editorial
Let’s start with Green Messiah Al Gore’s massive boat outside Nashville. It’s docked at Hurricane Marina on Center Hill Lake in Smithville, about an hour east of Nashville.
Democrat, Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Liberal
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.
Democrat, Environmentalist, Hypocrisy, Warming, Liberal
In the wake of the movie winning an Oscar last month, the Tennessee Center for Policy Research reported that Gore’s Nashville mansion consumed more than 20 times the electricity than the national average. Last August, the Gore mansion burned more than twice the electricity in a single month as the average American family uses in an entire year.