| | <ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6583067.stm ''Crow calls for limit on loo paper''], 23 April 2007. </ref> Crow told ABC's ''Good Morning America'', | | <ref>BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6583067.stm ''Crow calls for limit on loo paper''], 23 April 2007. </ref> Crow told ABC's ''Good Morning America'', |
| − | In a continuing series called "No Impact man," ABC television's ''Good Morning America'' reports on Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned about exploitation of the environment that he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation including elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles, which is a great way to reduce green house gas emmissions involved in the transportation of food. Interviewer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning America,'' Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year, May. 10, 2007.</ref> In the June update installment, [[Chris Cuomo]], son of former New York Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] and younger brother of Clinton cabinent member and current New York State Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]], and a [[Kennedy]] in-law, confessed a personal inability to make the sacrifices necessary, "can't go without it...can't be that green." <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3314122</ref> | + | In a continuing series called "No Impact man," ABC television's ''Good Morning America'' reports on Colin Beaven, <ref>[http://noimpactman.typepad.com/ ''A little on political action, a little on TP''], NO Impact Man, 11 may 2007.</ref> a liberal New Yorker and environmentalist so concerned about exploitation of the environment that he has sworn off the use toilet paper. Beaven has extended his [[crusade]] against despoiling the planet by refusing to buy anything in packaging, will not use any form of transportation including elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles, which is a great way to reduce green house gas emmissions involved in the transportation of food. Interviewer [[Diane Sawyer]] responded, "It really makes sense to me." <ref>''Good Morning America,'' Family Goes Extreme Green for a Year, May. 10, 2007.</ref> In the June update installment, [[Chris Cuomo]], son of former New York Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] and younger brother of Clinton cabinent appointee and current New York State Attorney General [[Andrew Cuomo]], and a [[Kennedy]] in-law, confessed a personal inability to make the sacrifices necessary, "can't go without it...can't be that green." <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3314122</ref> |
| | In June 2007 residents of Lake Tohoe California were furious at environmentalists and the grip they hold on government regulators who refused to allow the clearing of dead trees. 1,300 homes sustained damage, and the newly homeless victims blamed the special interest environmentalists for thier woes. | | In June 2007 residents of Lake Tohoe California were furious at environmentalists and the grip they hold on government regulators who refused to allow the clearing of dead trees. 1,300 homes sustained damage, and the newly homeless victims blamed the special interest environmentalists for thier woes. |