From Condoms to Crow02 Feb 2007
![]() Image: Friends of the Earth If only they were 100 percent effectiveA new ad campaign popping up on U.K. campuses asks: What better way to protect against climate change than with aHoofin' itLike the horse and buggy of years gone by, the electric Girasole alerts pedestrians of its presence with a clip-clop-clip-clop sound. Unlike the horse and buggy of years gone by, there will be no![]() Photo: Julie-Eve via Flickr America's funniest video?We're not sure which is scarier: the penguins in S&M gear, or the fact that it was dreamed up by Danny Tanner.![]() Photo: iStockphoto ![]() Image: coolourplanet.org The clime, it is a-changin'Finally, a good use for hummers: the MUSE Campaign is seeking all y'all's climate-change ditties. So give 'em a jingle; we've already submitted our original song.![]() Photo: George Pimentel / WireImage.com The first emissions cut is the deepestSeeking a Texas coal-plant massacre, rocker Sheryl Crow and celeb-because-she's-married-to-one Laurie David are gonna "kick up some dust" in the Lone Star State. Meanwhile, Ethan is hawking protection for the state's parks -- and appropriately, his mullet looks bigger in Texas.
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