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60 Seconds to Save the Earth

The latest from Al Gore:

In order to ultimately force our leaders to take action to solve the climate crisis, we have to use every medium — including television, radio, and the Internet — to build public support. And that’s just what the Alliance for Climate Protection will do.

The Alliance is a three-year campaign that will push the climate crisis to the top of the nation’s agenda using a combination of paid advertising, public service announcements, and grassroots power.

Your voices have carried our movement this far. So as we begin to create our media campaigns, I didn’t want to only turn to an advertising firm — I wanted to turn to you.

If you had 60 seconds to convince all of your friends that they needed to take action to stop the climate crisis, what would you say? How would you get the attention of millions of people all over the world?

Well, now you have the chance! Current TV and the Alliance for Climate Protection have teamed up to sponsor 60 Seconds to Save the Earth.

The premise is simple: make the best 15, 30, or 60-second ad showcasing how you or someone you know is taking action to alleviate the climate crisis — or create an original, persuasive message that will open eyes, inspire change and empower your audience.

Get the details and create your ad by visiting:

http://www.current.tv/ecospotcontest

After you submit your ad, our panel of celebrity judges will narrow the field to 20 finalists. Then you will be able to help pick the winner through an online vote. The top ads will be aired internationally on Current TV, featured in the Alliance’s national campaign, and showcased on MySpace’s Impact channel.

In addition, the grand-prize winner will receive a Toyota hybrid car, while three finalists will win Sony electronic products, and 16 semi-finalists will receive T-Mobile Sidekicks.

So get started — in 60 seconds you can save the planet. Learn about this incredible contest and submit your ad today by visiting:

http://www.current.tv/ecospotcontest

Thank you,

Al Gore
 
 
 

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7/7/07 Live Earth Pledge

 

Dear Andrew,

On 7.7.07 more than two billion people will come together during the Live Earth concert.
Let’s use this moment to pledge our support to solving the climate crisis.

On 7.7.07 more than two billion people will come together during Live Earth. That number is unfathomable - more than one-fourth of the world?s population will participate in a single event and demand a solution to the climate crisis. This unique moment presents us with a unique choice.

Do we use this unprecedented opportunity to organize a global movement that will last beyond 7.7.07? Or do we let the moment pass?

I know my answer - and I think I know yours. That?s why I am issuing this challenge: Let?s use this moment to pledge our support to solving the climate crisis. Just as important ? let?s ask everyone we know to join us as part of this movement.

Sign the 7.7.07 Live Earth Pledge:

http://liveearthpledge.org/algore.php

The 7.7.07 Live Earth Pledge:

I PLEDGE:

1. To demand that my country join an international treaty within the next 2 years that cuts global warming pollution by 90% in developed countries and by more than half worldwide in time for the next generation to inherit a healthy earth;

2. To take personal action to help solve the climate crisis by reducing my own CO2 pollution as much as I can and offsetting the rest to become “carbon neutral;”

3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2;

4. To work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship, and means of transportation;

5. To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources and reduce dependence on oil and coal;

6. To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests; and,

7. To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crisis and building a sustainable, just, and prosperous world for the 21st century.

Sign the Live Earth Pledge by visiting:

http://liveearthpledge.org/algore.php

Together we were able to make March?s Congressional hearings a huge moment by collecting more than 500,000 messages and demonstrating the significant public support for solving the climate crisis to our elected leaders and the media. Our next opportunity to demonstrate this growing movement will come on 7.7.07

Live Earth will not just be a 24-hour concert ? but the launch of a massive campaign to demonstrate that the political will exists to solve the climate crisis.

Sign the Live Earth Pledge by visiting:

http://liveearthpledge.org/algore.php

As our movement grows larger we will shake loose the paralysis currently gripping our political system. Working together we can get it done.

Thank you,

Al Gore

P.S. You can still sign up to host a Live Earth House Party by visiting: http://joinliveearth.org/gore
 

Diana Takes Down Gore and Reagan

This weeks book sales are in, and for the 2nd week, Tina Brown’s Diana Chronicles comes in 1st.  

1.)Tina Brown Diana Chronicles 20,449 (53,617)

2.)Al Gore The Assault On Reason 18,006 (170,285)

3.)Ronald Reagan The Reagan Diaries 17,708 (181,190)

Cable News Ratings War

The early ratings are in for the month of May 2007, and while Fox News continues to lead the pack, MSNBC was the only major cable news outlet to gain in viewership.

Total viewers for May of 2007 as compared to May of 2006:

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Shout Outs

I’d like to thank the folks over at DP for helping me stumble along my way, and it’s time to give back a little.  Here’s a few shout outs to some of their websites.  If you have a chance, check them out.  Peace.

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Katie Couric’s CBS Evening News Hits All-Time Low Ratings

According to Nielsen ratings, for the week of 5/21/07, CBS Evening News with Katie Couric averaged under 6 million viewers for the first time, pulling in 5,960,000.  ABC led the way with 7,780,000 viewers, while NBC came in second with 7,190,000.