Live Earth Concert Heads To India

Bon Jovi, Bollywood Star Amitabh Bachchan To Headline Event To Raise Climate Change Awareness

(AP)  Jon Bon Jovi and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan will perform at this year's Live Earth concert, when the music extravaganza aimed at raising awareness of climate change heads to India.

Last year's Live Earth spanned four continents and 150 acts were performed over a 24-hour period. But organizers Al Gore and Kevin Wall decided this year to stage only one event in India, in the hopes of bringing their message to the developing world.

"India is not the country that created the climate crisis, but it is a developing nation and we need to open doors for local environmental organizations to create consciousness here," Wall, an Emmy-winning concert producer, told The Associated Press.

While China overtook the U.S. in carbon dioxide emissions in 2006, environmentalists worry about developing countries that struggle with more cars on already-choked city roads, greater demands for fuel and high pollution levels in rivers.

"India will be among the leading powers of the global economy in the coming decades," Gore said as he announced via satellite that the concert will be held in Mumbai in December. "India has a major role to play in leadership by example for the climate crisis and sustainable development."

The 2007 concert series raised concerns that the events would create trash and contribute to emissions. But Wall said the Live Earth team was committed to implementing last year's guidelines including recycling, minimizing waste, and using Indian lighting, staging and video companies to reduce waste in transportation.

The concert's proceeds will go to charities including Light A Billion Lives, a nonprofit organization headed by Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Gore for sounding the alarm on global warming.

The organization is installing solar power units in energy-starved Indian villages and aims to link understanding climate change with alleviating poverty.

[rushlimpdrug]

The Stupid Concert Series coninues.

They should actually do an overpopulation concert.

All these countries are totally overpopulated and
these idiots are making concerts for stupid people.

All these fools are total idiots.

But they dress and look cool on camera, plus
they can sell music.

Great, sounds like the Titanic on a global scale.

[hypnotoad72]

The Stupid Concert Series coninues.

They should actually do an overpopulation concert.

All these countries are totally overpopulated and
these idiots are making concerts for stupid people.

All these fools are total idiots.

But they dress and look cool on camera, plus
they can sell music.

Great, sounds like the Titanic on a global scale.


Posted by rushlimpdrug
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You forget. The US is the sole country on this planet, if not the entire universe, that''s the cause of every problem imaginable and more.

I''ll spare the tangent regarding overpopulation, as it doesn''t involve the US but no doubt somebody will find a way to spin it against us anyway...

As for "idiots", it depends on whom they hire and for what wages, and if the electronic box that can reduce accents (albeit with an electronic echo that''s obvious) compensates for more important factors...

What bothers me is, none of them wants to speak English. It''s insulting when they start speaking native languages - who knows what they are saying, or why. As we put bogus ipods in happy meals (which is another tangent I won''t go into), so why can''t we sell real-time translators? Especially in the concern of national security, that is a genuine issue.

[hypnotoad72]

oh lord!! here comes the liberals saving the world again with a song and dance bit...just like africa

Posted by libluv2spit
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They''re too busy damning the US, along with so-called "Libertarians". (there are many decent Republicans and fortunately they are not libertarians - libertarians are about as bright as a burnt out night light.)

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Why didn''t I see THAT name when I first read the article? You know, as snopes has confirmed even G W Bush''s ranch is far more green than Al Gore''s ranch (never mind all the other incidents that show BY EXAMPLE that Al himself is nothing more than a gigantic walking mouth spouting doom and gloom), Al should really step down for a while. More and more people don''t believe him. Oh, we agree things are out of proportion, but we have adjusted our lifestyles. Has Al? Nope. That sort of hypocrisy, which helped him get rich, is disgusting.

"India is not the country that created the climate crisis, but it is a developing nation and we need to open doors for local environmental organizations to create consciousness here," Wall, an Emmy-winning concert producer, told The Associated Press.

While China overtook the U.S. in carbon dioxide emissions in 2006, environmentalists worry about developing countries that struggle with more cars on already-choked city roads, greater demands for fuel and high pollution levels in rivers.

[hypnotoad72]

Indeed, Al is rich. Why isn''t he helping subsidize solar power in America? Developing is one thing. Rebuilding is another. Al is as much part of America as anyone else with given influence and clout. If he wants to whiner America is the cause of all things anti-environment, why isn''t he doing more to change America first?* He''s too busy flying a personal jet, leaving the heat on in every room, using a computer with THREE large monitors with a large TV on in the background - and there are untouched, unmodified images on the internet conclusively proving THAT.

Once again, I will remind I have nothing against helping the rest of the world. it seems odd the US is being left out (newsweek, MSNBC, CNN, et all have articles saying that literally, or alluding to it)

of course, we have bailed out other countries and our own. What if other countries don''t help bail us out? If we truly are a "global economy", forgive me but I''m still confused. But I will, for once, keep an eye open on CBS News - some insight would be MUCH appreciated. Seriously.