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(2003-02-10 18:50:17 )

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Rolling Stones' eco-concert in LA

지난 7일,
미국에서 자동차 배기가스로 인한 스모그가 가장 심한 도시,
로스엔젤리스에서 롤링스톤즈의 무료 환경콘서트가
지구온난화 경고를 목적으로 열렸답니다.

빌 클린턴 전 미국 대통령이 스톤즈를 소개하고
지구온난화의 위험성을 경고하는 연설을 했으며 카메론 디아즈,
피어스 브로스난, 래리데이비드와 레오나르도 디카프리오등 인기배우들이
동참해서 주목을 유도했답니다.

슈퍼스타들의 환경에 대한 역활과 책임을 확연히 보여주는 행사라고
생각합니다. 한국에서 같은 위치의 인사들로 이런 콘서트를
흉내 내 꾸며보면 어떨까 상상해 봅니다. 가능할까요?

everyday eARThday! 윤호섭.
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Rolling Stones' free concert in Los Angeles meant to raise
awareness of global warming

Friday, February 07, 2003
By Anthony Breznican, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- The band that sang "Paint It Black" is speaking out
on behalf of green with a free concert dedicated to raising
awareness about global warming.

The Rolling Stones' concert Thursday night at the downtown
Staples Center was to take place in one of the United States'
smoggiest areas, despite strict statewide standards for
motor vehicle emissions.
The event was organized by the Natural Resources Defense Council,
a nonprofit activist group.

"This is one way to get the word out that we need a real political commitment, a policy to fight conventional pollution through
performance standards for cleaner cars and cleaner power plants,"
said David Hawkins, director of the NRDC's Washington-based
Climate Center program.

Stones lead singer Mick Jagger said the event was a no-brainer for rock's rowdy legends: "That sort of says it all....
We decided we thought that was a good cause and we would do it."

About 12,000 fans won tickets through an Internet drawing last month, while others received passes through nationwide radio station
giveaways.

Former President Bill Clinton was to introduce the Stones
with a speech about the dangers of global warming.
Celebrities including actors Cameron Diaz, Pierce Brosnan,
and Larry David were expected to attend.

At an NRDC news conference Thursday morning,
actor Leonardo DiCaprio urged the public to "adopt an environmental lifestyle," including buying hybrid gas-electric cars.

Hawkins said the NRDC is trying to keep the event "climate neutral" -- meaning the group will attempt to offset any pollution caused by the concert's electricity or fuel usage with donations to build electricity-generating windmill farms in the Midwest.

The NRDC also plans to distribute postcards to concertgoers
that can be sent to General Motors, urging company executives to support clean air laws and build more fuel-efficient vehicles,
Hawkins said. Other automakers and politicians would be targeted
in the future, he said.

"A concert by the Rolling Stones is not a solutions-oriented event,
but it's terrific that they loaned us their names and talent so we can reach more people and different kinds of people than we would otherwise," said Alan Metrick, spokesman for the NRDC.

Concert expenses were paid by real-estate heir and entertainment producer Steve Bing, according to organizers.

The Rolling Stones are currently completing the North American
stretch of their Licks World Tour and will launch the international leg
later this month in Australia. The show comes 34 years after
the Stones performed a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif. Fighting broke out and four people died.

Source: Associated Press