The world's coolest house warming

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http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2007/07/07/liveearth_wideweb__470x313,0.jpg

WILL the biggest global media event in history be enough to convince George Bush and John Howard that climate change is an urgent problem?

The former vice-president turned climate change campaigner, Al Gore, certainly hopes it will provide a good nudge along the road to requiring nations to reduce greenhouse gases by 90 per cent by 2050.

The Live Earth concerts this weekend, which will be broadcast worldwide on television and the internet to reach more than 2 billion people, begin in Sydney and cascade around the world to Tokyo, Shanghai, Johannesburg, Hamburg, London, Rio de Janeiro and New York where Gore will be.

For the first time, China will participate. There are two special events: from Toji temple in Kyoto and from the British scientific base in Antarctica.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/the-worlds-coolest-house-warming/2007/07/06/1183351455092.html

[diane in sf]

1. George Bush and John Howard are irrelevant. The rest of the world's people

are getting the message and will force these bozos to act or get the hell out of the way.