Five things worse than Global Warming

On Saturday, over a hundred artists and some 2 billion people will participate in the Live Earth concerts to highlight global warming. It will be the largest mass musical event in history: a day-long multimedia extravaganza at eight primary venues on all seven continents.

And while public attention is focused on climate change, things elsewhere will continue much as always. During the 24 hours of Live Earth, 214,000 acres of tropical forest will disappear forever. Two billion gallons of human sewage will be dumped into the world’s oceans. 10,800 children will die from drought or the lack of clean drinking water. And we’ll be 85 million barrels closer to the end of the Petroleum Age.

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