Carbon footprints of the Telethon stars: The Hand in Hand hurricane fund-raiser started with a lecture about global warming - then celebrities with multiple homes, cars and private jets starting soliciting much needed money
- Whole host of A-list celebrities turned out for the Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief telethon
- An exclusive MailOnline investigation has revealed how much CO2 they have burned through by globetrotting
- Performer Justin Bieber is thought to have travelled at least 136,000 miles in planes since September last year
- Carbon emissions are said to have caused global temperature rising adding to devastation of powerful storms
The A-list celebrities who starred in the
telethon for those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have clocked
up hundreds of thousands of air miles which have fuelled rising
temperatures and helped create devastating storms.
Tuesday night's Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief included performances and messages from Beyoncé, Justin Bieber, George Clooney, Cher and Leonardo DiCaprio.
They appealed to viewers to donate to help fund relief efforts after the disastrous storms hit the southern US.
But
a MailOnline investigation has revealed the extent to which stars have
contributed to the catastrophic weather phenomenons with their
jet-setting lifestyles.
Justin Bieber
is calculated to have travelled at least 136,000 miles in a plane over
the last year, environmentalist DiCaprio is believed to have done more
than 87,000 miles while fellow actor Clooney did 61,000 miles.
Carbon
emissions from plane journeys such as the celebrities' cause the
earth's temperature to heat and the resulting higher ocean temperatures
lead to more powerful hurricanes. The higher temperatures over land and
sea mean the storms generate more energy.
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