… you can see it streaming at www.LiveEarth.MSN.com.

… or watch three hours of primetime coverage, live and taped, from Giants Stadium on NBC, which “will feature some of the day’s highlights from around the world as well as live performances by the Police and others.”

… or “Bravo will carry 18 hours of the U.S. concert and highlights from the others … from 8 a.m. EDT Saturday to 2 a.m. EDT Sunday.”

… or “Sundance Channel and Universal HD plan 22 hours of live coverage from 4 a.m. EDT — when Live Earth kicks off in Sydney — through 2 a.m. EDT Sunday.”

… or “CNBC has seven hours beginning 7 p.m.”

… and whatever you do, check out commentary all day Saturday right here at Climate Progress!

You can find the answer at the Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment website.

In short, plastic bags are probably better — though a reusable cloth bag is best.

And disposable diapers are probably better than cloth, unless you live in an area with a real landfill shortage.

I like their list of 10 big things you can do for the environment:

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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an excessive-heat warning for the West:

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL PRODUCE VERY HOT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OVER THE DESERTS OF SOUTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY…WITH RECORD OR NEAR RECORD HEAT LIKELY. FORECAST HIGHS FOR TODAY INCLUDE 116 AT YUMA…118 AT BLYTHE…117 AT IMPERIAL…117 AT GILA BEND…AND 119 DEGREES AT PARKER.

Don’t worry–I’m not saying this is due to global warming (though no one can say it isn’t). I’m just saying, if we don’t take action soon, we’re all going to have to get used to these warnings.

The NWS’s basic advice is “stay indoors.” Here’s their full advice:

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I am scheduled to be interviewed today around 3:20/3:25 EST for 15 minutes. The subject is “Eco-Friendly Consumerism.” I’ll be focusing on the most important climate solutions. Here is the N.Y. Times article that inspired “Talk of the Nation” to do this show.

Let’s set the record straight on fuel economy standards and the so-called rebound effect. PG claims

CAFE is ineffective as a tool for reducing foreign oil consumption because both theory and history show that increasing fuel economy makes it cheaper to drive and when you make it cheaper to drive people do more of it. The number of miles people drive has doubled since CAFE was first enacted — cancelling out the gains from fuel economy.

PG does not provide a single hyperlink to a supporting study — mainly because there aren’t any. Why? Because the primary reason people drive more is that they are wealthier than they were three decades ago, not because their cars are more fuel efficient.

You have to factor out the tremendous rise in wealth — U.S. per capita real GDP — which itself nearly doubled in the last three decades (calculations can be done here). When you do, the rebound effect turns out to be much lower — at most 20%, and probably much less, possibly 10%.

One of the best recent studies is “Fuel Efficiency and Motor Vehicle Travel: The Declining Rebound Effect,” by two University of California economists. Also, you can Google “CAFE rebound effect” and find lots of articles and PowerPoint presentations. PG, however, rarely cites independent studies to support their views and never seems touse Google to check their facts.
This is Planet Gore Disinfotainment Watch #38.

If by “best” you mean the first book to list ClimateProgress as a Resource, then the answer is easy. It’s The Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook: 77 Essential Skills To Stop Climate Change.

Seriously, though, that is a good book, which I’ll blog on later — and ClimateProgress will be blogging all day Saturday on Live Earth itself, including blogging from the U.S. concert.

I will say that the best “clean technology” book I have read in a very long time is The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity. I’ll be posting a longer review soon, but you should buy it now you want to know what is hot and what is not in environmental technology.