Elizabeth Hurley, widely known for her work as an undercover fembot in the Austin Powers movies, is quitting show biz to get back in touch with the earth. The British beauty has announced her plans to devote all of her attention to organic farming. While environmentalists everywhere rejoice, in other circles the debate rages on over whether this will be the first set of all natural tomatoes Hurley has ever grown.

Later this month, star Republican Senator John McCain will undertake a five nation trip to scope out effects of global warming along with a group of other GOP senators who want to observe evidence of a climate crises. McCain, an environmental hero who ignored party lines to support an industrial emissions cap, is leading the tour through Europe and Eurasia. Millions of Americans are thrilled that the destruction of the world has become a bipartisan issue, but many are convinced Senator Saxby Chambliss is only tagging along to investigate foreign beachfront property before it's actually foreign beachfront property.

This year's Sunset Junction Street Festival, held this weekend in L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood and boasting such performers as Hank Williams III, The Cramps, DJ Daz, and The Eels, will host its visiting celebrities in an actual green room, thus giving various movie stars a place to hang out between acts other than the SUVs and Hummers they arrived in.

The Governator demanded one million green roofs and hoped to gain one million green votes this week when he signed a bill that calls for a dramatic increase in solar roofing in the state of California. As the November 7th gubernatorial election grows closer, some speculate that Schwarzenegger is considering installing solar panels on his body to boost his eco-image. Supporters say the panel on his chest could power the entire production of Terminator 4, and the panel on his brain could supply a lifetime worth of energy for every person who enjoyed Collateral Damage.

They slaughter horses for food, don't they? Not if Willie Nelson has anything to say about it. Nelson, a noted eco-activist, joins Bo Derek and Richard Pryor's wife in vocally supporting a bill in the Congress that calls for the banning of horse meat sales to foreign countries. "I don't think it's right that we kill them and eat them," Nelson said. Incidentally, the last time a country music singer spoke out against eating a specific animal, several species of rodents in Arkansas tripled in population.