The Governator has been responsible for some wonderful changes with potentially far reaching consequences [1], but his own personal environmental policies haves always been a bit questionable. Thus, when the media reported [2] he'd given up his outlandish Hummer collection, we had mixed emotions. On the one hand, hurray! On the other, there goes our most obvious punchline. Luckily, the truth has surfaced: Schwarzenegger would never let go of all [3] of his pollution machines. We knew we could count on not counting on you, Arnie!
Jane Goodall is apparently very excited to participate [4], along with Julia Butterfly Hill [4], in this weekend's International Day of Peace celebration, in support of the United Nation. Both of the famed conservationists will be displaying their love for the idea of unity with gigantic peace dove puppets made from recycled materials. It's rumored that real doves were ruled out not for humanitarian reasons, but for fear of real dove doody.
On Saturday, the City of Los Angeles will be donating free trees to its citizens as part of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's efforts to plant one million trees [5] across the star-studded town. Backing Mayor Villaraigosa is the environmental group Treepeople [6] who earlier this year [6] got help planting from Leonardo DiCaprio. Somewhat ironically, the kick-off festival is in Los Angeles' Hazard Park [7]. Why officials didn't begin the celebration somewhere like Sherman Oaks, Thousand Oaks, Grove St., or Briarwood Park remains unclear.
Rupert Murdoch, known generally as a right-wing curmudgeonly global warming [7] skeptic, is planning a large -scale environmental push [8], with a goal of turning News Corp into a totally carbon neutral company. [Insert your own joke about the amount of hot air that spews from Fox News here]. Murdoch's change of heart comes at the urging of Former President Bill Clinton, who's been extremely active [9] in raising money for the planet over the last few weeks. Bill Clinton and Rupert Murdoch teaming up? Maybe there's hope for Paris and Nicole after all.