Pearl Jam are to donate $100,000 (£54,500) to environmental groups as part of an effort to offset carbon emissions the band churns out on tour.
The band has been tracking emissions from vehicles and venues to estimate its contribution to global warming.
Band members said this was the latest move in its "ongoing efforts" to advance clean renewable energy.
Pearl Jam emitted 5,000 tons of carbon on its last tour, guitarist Stone Gossard told a Seattle-based newspaper.
"We can get a really relatively accurate picture of what that looks like over a year, and it's a considerable amount of carbon," Gossard reportedly told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Cascade Land Conservancy and EarthCorps - which work to protect and replenish forests - are among nine organizations Pearl Jam chose to receive donations.
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good for them
_________________ "Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR
I know this was announced on PJ.com, but this article was in BBC News online, if anyone is interested.
Pearl Jam pledge green donation
Pearl Jam are to donate $100,000 (£54,500) to environmental groups as part of an effort to offset carbon emissions the band churns out on tour.
The band has been tracking emissions from vehicles and venues to estimate its contribution to global warming.
Band members said this was the latest move in its "ongoing efforts" to advance clean renewable energy.
Pearl Jam emitted 5,000 tons of carbon on its last tour, guitarist Stone Gossard told a Seattle-based newspaper.
"We can get a really relatively accurate picture of what that looks like over a year, and it's a considerable amount of carbon," Gossard reportedly told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Cascade Land Conservancy and EarthCorps - which work to protect and replenish forests - are among nine organizations Pearl Jam chose to receive donations.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 9:45 pm Posts: 1274 Location: Baltimore
I don't know if anyone caught it, but it was either Tuesday or Wednesday morning of this week that CNN had a short 30 second story of this. They showed a clip of the band doing World Wide Suicide for the AOL sessions while they talked about the band's "green plan." It was kinda cool, especially seeing that hottie Robin Meade talk about what a great thing the band was doing
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