Posted on 04/21/2008 4:51:36 AM PDT by Libloather
Mother Nature pulls plug on Earth Day concert in Washington
Posted : Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:12:01 GMT
Author : DPA
Category : Environment
Washington - Environmental activists tried to rally Sunday in Washington to encourage action on climate change, but they couldn't get the weather to cooperate. Green Apple Festival, a group seeking to raise environmental awareness through live music events, was the organizer of concerts across the country ahead of the annual Earth Day observance, which is Tuesday.
Concerts with diverse performances were held in New York, Miami, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
An eighth show started in Washington on the National Mall - the grassy promenade that stretches west from the Capitol, lined with museums and monuments - but was plagued for hours by torrential rain.
Speakers and musicians who were able to perform urged concertgoers to contact their congressmen on Tuesday to push for action on climate change. The United States is the only major, developed country that has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit emissions of greenhouse gases blamed for causing climate change.
Hollywood actor Edward Norton, star of Fight Club and American History X, said: "We can either be the authors of a tragedy that the world is never going to forgive us for, or we can be heroes that - like Abe Lincoln down the Mall here - the world will never forget for what we did."
After fewer than half of the artists had gotten on stage - with big acts including The Roots and Will.I.Am waiting in the wings - lightning from approaching thunderstorms caused local police to order an end to the festivities.
Despite the weather-induced cancellation of what was intended as the biggest of Sunday's eight US shows, Green Apple Festival founder and executive producer Peter Shapiro remained committed to music as a tool to raise awareness.
"This festival is not going to change the world. I know that," he said. "But lots of little things have to happen for the world to change, and one of them is to make Earth Day as big as it can be."
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- Two tornadoes touched down in Washington's Maryland suburbs, ripping siding off buildings and ripping up trees, authorities said.
While no injuries were reported from the tornadoes Sunday, police said heavy rains accompanying them contributed to a chain-reaction crash on the Capital Beltway in Prince Georges, Md., County that left several people severely injured, The Washington Post reported Monday.
The storms turned the National Mall became a sea of mud for Earth Day festivities, as well as disrupted a croquet match. They produced so much lightening, an airliner was forced to make an emergency landing, officials said.
The National Weather Service said the damaging storms moving through Prince George's and Charles counties in Maryland were tornadoes, albeit relatively small ones.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/04/21/tornadoes_whip_through_dc_suburbs/6120/
I liked Arbor Day better.
Just to reiterate who is REALLY in charge of the climate.....
Carl Rove?
Yeah...plant a tree, don't just stand there hugging the danged thing!
I just received a kooky email from the CEO of my company about “our” Carbon Footprint and Climate Change.
Tornadoes in Maryland...
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I get ‘em all the time.....
Losers.
I keep a letter of resignation at the ready. It’s a living document. I add to it as necessary, like when I get one of “those” letters.
The distribution list is corporate wide.
One of these days......
AAHHH good good idea!
Now, imagine the committee/group who advised him to send the email.
WHAT??? A croquet match was disrupted?? Stop the presses!
Seriously, by pairing these two events, UPI is either dissing the Earth Day event, or elevating the croquet match. Not sure which.
Here's your chance to hit it big!
Create some "Carbon Off-Set" certificates and take them to the next board meeting. Use inane "Double-Talk" and explain how the company can pay you one hundred grand and shrink their Carbon Footprint.
P.T. Barnum once said that it's morally wrong to leave money in the hands of the foolish.
"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."
Create some “Carbon Off-Set” certificates and take them to the next board meeting. Use inane “Double-Talk” and explain how the company can pay you one hundred grand and shrink their Carbon Footprint.
LOL
Gaia’s a bitch sometimes, ain’t she Shapiro?
}:-)4
I wonder if Karl still keeps his weather machine in the White House basement?
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