By Cliff Kincaid and Andy Selepak
Making a profit while making toxic light bulbs and outsourcing jobs to China is a bit much, even for a company whose MSNBC subsidiary considers Keith Olbermann a credible newscaster.
The Alliance for Climate Protection, which is part of Al Gore’s Live Earth campaign, tells people that by using compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs, they can save energy, save money and live longer. But they fail to mention that the bulbs are made in communist China and are potentially hazardous to human health.
Proceeds from this weekend’s Live Earth concerts will go to the Alliance for Climate Protection, chaired by Gore.
GE-owned networks, MSNBC-TV, CNBC and NBC, are extensively covering the concerts. But GE is under fire by its own workers for promoting the CFL bulbs while making them in China. The website www.screwthatbulb.org tells the story of how GE is plugging into the green bulb movement while moving American jobs overseas.http://www.aim.org/special_report/5587_0_8_0_C/