Live Earth Dead In D.C.

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Live Earth Dead In D.C.
Updated 02:16 PDT Fri, Mar 30 2007

The climate awareness music event known as Live Earth is expected to take place on every continent July 7th but here in the U.S. it's still searching for a home after getting booted from the Capitol steps.
Former Vice President Al Gore has elevated awareness of global warming since his movie "An Inconvenient Truth" has gained traction with the public.



Live Earth organizers petitioned Congress to hold the event in the Capitol and offered to pay $1.5 million for police so it would not cost taxpayers a dime. However, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) questioned the issue on the Senate floor March 23rd, holding up its passage, the Times said.
Organizers say the show must go on, and will, but lawmakers were upset with the decision.
"Not since former Interior Secretary James Watt tried to ban the Beach Boys from appearing on the National Mall has such a misguided effort at political censorship been undertaken by a Republican official," Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) told the Times. "It's dangerous enough to deny science; it's sheer lunacy to deny song."




I wondered what happened. I have been searching around for the tickets.