Oddly, your link expired, G-man, but here's the same article:

DAVID BUCKEL, PROMINENT GAY RIGHTS LAWYER, BURNS HIMSELF TO DEATH IN NEW YORK TO PROTEST GLOBAL WARMING


He was an accomplished lawyer, but clearly wasn't right in the head at the end there. I'd love to hear Dr. Phil's or Keith Ablow's take on the true motivations that would make a guy do something like that.