Monday, October 26, 2009

Photo from Reuters Pictures - Volunteers pose as mock dead bodies during an event to create awareness on climate change in Mumbai

Guardian Columnist Wants to 'Cull' the Developed World to Stop Global Warming | NewsBusters.org
Renton cannot contain his loathing of the developed world. "One less British child would permit some 30 women in sub-Saharan Africa to have a baby and still leave the planet a cleaner place," he writes. Renton adds that "a cull of Australians or Americans would be at least 60 times as productive as one of Bangladeshis."
Into the Lion's Den: Emanuel to Speak at Chamber of Commerce Dinner - Political News - FOXNews.com
White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel will speak to some of the White House's fiercest critics at a dinner on Nov. 4, journeying into the lion's den in an ongoing feud with the pro-business Chamber of Commerce.
U2 360 Tour Takes Environmental Heat
Over 135 trucks were needed to haul 500,000 pounds of equipment into the stadium – which will reportedly emit three times more carbon than Madonna's 2006 world tour according to the Belfast Telegraph.

All this comes within a year of Bono’s “prayer” that “we become better in looking after our planet,” quotes The Guardian.

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