Kanye West has signed up to be part of Al Gore’s Live Earth Concert this July 7th to raise awareness for Climate Change.

Pure snark Via WWTDD (borderline NSFW link):

In a related story about the importance of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and how committed our famous celebrities are, Kanye West is flying a chef from London to Manhattan to serve him lunch at a business meeting tomorrow. CNN says:

For a feast of onion bhajees, chapati breads, biryanis, pappadums, a specially prepared fish dish and vegetables on the side, the bill will top $3,900, plus travel and accommodation for the restaurant’s head chef … The meal will be prepared, cooled, shrink-wrapped and packed in dry ice in the British Raj’s kitchens and — along with head chef Kaysor Ahmed — will be helicoptered from Wales to London’s Heathrow Airport on Tuesday. From there, the chef is to hop a flight to New York — monitoring the food’s temperature all the way — clear customs, and head for Manhattan, where the meal is to be served during a meeting Wednesday.

Things like this make me want to vomit in 50 shades of green. Kanye as popular(?) as he is, should not be part of this concert. I mean, really, there’s less greenwashing in BP’s campaign for “beyond petroleum” (still 99% petroleum) than there is here.

UPDATE: West’s rep now denying the order was his.