Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Matt Damon have lent their star power to an advertising campaign aimed at boosting aid for Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), which was recently devastated by a cyclone. In addition to the $500,000 donated by their organization, Not On Our Watch, last month — the stars have also taken out a full-page urging neighboring nations to pressure Mayanmar’s government to allow more foreign aid into the country. [Read more...]

John Stewart reminds us “just how f**ked up our government is” with a story on the Bush Administration refusal to open an email from the EPA detailing how best to address the climate crisis. As Stewart says, “The White House is treating the American environmental policy like a spam boner pill ad!” [Watch it...]

While Pixar never intended to make an environmentally-charged film with Wall-E, critics are taking a closer look at their parent company Disney and slamming them for not taking heed of the flick’s message. As one writer put it, “It does seem funny, however, that a communications company would have such a hard time telling its own energy conservation story.” [Read more...]