Live Earth shows aim to set new green standard
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - It would play right into the hands of critics if the seven Live Earth concerts to be staged worldwide July 7 were to come off in an unfriendly environmental way. And it's probably fair that no concerts in history will be more closely monitored for how well they manage power and waste.
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NEW YORK  - The New Jersey edition of the seven-continent Live Earth concert series, designed to publicize the issue of climate change, was a little like Al Gore, the man who helped conceive it. Smartly organized, highly efficient and with its heart in the right place, it was also just a little bit dull.
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In a 24-hour music marathon spanning seven continents, rock stars sharing the spotlight with aboriginal elders and famous scientists urged their fans to turn interest in the Live Earth events into environmental activism.
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Live Earth will be live in Washington, after all. Al Gore's global-warming concert series -- previously given the cold shoulder here -- will touch down for a satellite show at the National Museum of the American Indian tomorrow morning, just hours before the main event in New Jersey.
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Some of the world&#39;s  biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna  performed at Live Earth concerts around the globe on Saturday  to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.
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Environmental activists led by  former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced plans on Thursday  for a worldwide string of pop concerts in July featuring like  Sheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers and scores of others to  mobilize action to stop global warming.
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Boston's Seaport Hotel (left) this week will unveil an Earth-friendly wedding package, offering everything from a ceremony- and reception-ambiance set with energy-efficient lighting and soy-based votive candles to an entire menu - from the appetizers to the wedding cake - whipped up with organic, locally grown ingredients. All leftovers will be scraped into the BioX Decomposing System, one of the ...
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At Live Earth, a planetwide series of concerts, the highest ranks of the pop aristocracy will use their fame to persuade a global audience that climate change is not only an urgent problem but one they can help solve.
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Al Gore will rock out at the Live Earth concert at Giants Stadium on July 7, one of eight worldwide shows designed to draw attention to global warming.
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By JULIAN BELTRAME  OTTAWA (CP) - With the world scrambling to combat global warming, one segment of the green movement offering one of the most innovative approaches to saving the planet is still fighting for acceptance - not from the public, but from environmentalists.
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If you saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers whispering to Al Gore when they accepted their Grammy Award for best rock album in February, that's the moment they committed to playing Live Earth.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers led dozens of pop stars performing at Live Earth concerts around the world on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.
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This past weekend&#39;s worldwide Live Earth concert might eventually impact the rising water level caused by melting glaciers, but it has already been a &quot;watershed&quot; for simultaneous video streams.
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Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.
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More famous for Learjets and limousines than green living, pop stars performing at Saturday's Live Earth environmental concerts face widespread cynicism from fans, commentators and campaigners alike.
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This weekend&#39;s Live Earth  extravaganza aims to bring awareness of global warming as well  as music to the world, and NBC Universal wants to make sure its  wall-to-wall television coverage doesn&#39;t strike a sour note.
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The first of nine concerts across the globe aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the environment swung into life in Sydney on Saturday with fiery vocals and a distinctive Australian beat.