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Mugu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-26-08 03:00 PM
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'It's true - we're hypocrites over our huge carbon footprint,' confesses Sting's wife
By SIMON CABLE, dailymail.co.uk

Their claim to be eco-warriors has been met with cynicism in recent times.

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And it was revealed that his wife Trudie Styler travels between their seven homes in private jets or their fleet of cars, as well as importing farm produce hundreds of miles.

Now the celebrity couple have been forced to admit that their record is less than clean. Miss Styler, 53, was challenged on the issue when extolling the benefits of organic and locally-grown food.

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Environmental experts labelled Sting's band, The Police, the dirtiest in the world because of the amount of pollution created during last year's reunion tour of the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Sweden, Germany, the UK, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan.


One of the couple's many houses

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=562149&in_page_id=1773">Complete article
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-26-08 03:02 PM
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1. most wealthy people are
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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-26-08 03:03 PM
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2. Sigh...just the one house would be more than enough for me...
If they put their money where their mouth is, they would buy the land BEFORE it's developed and protect it, instead of buying the showplace.
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Mojorabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-26-08 03:47 PM
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3. What a wonderful labyrinth. n/t
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-26-08 04:25 PM
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4. Hey, re-use, recycle --
At least they didn't build a brand new 15th century manor house.
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