‘Green News Report’ 1/16/14
January 17, 2014 by Jeff
Filed under Solar Energy Tips
IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Unprecedented drought wildfires in California; Unprecedented heat shuts down Australian Open; EPA smacks down Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine; Putting all the sh*t in Washington DC to good use!; PLUS: The impacts of the toxic chemical spill in West Virginia still flowing … All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): World may have to suck gases from air to meet climate goals; TPP: WikiLeaks exposes what Obama’s secret trade deal would do to the environment; Italy’s government agrees to send in Army against mafia dumps; Floods and landslides in Southeast Asia; Keystone XL: TX high court gives hope to landowners in eminent domain fight; Massive Antarctic glacier has entered ‘irreversible’ melt … PLUS: D. R. Tucker: Resentment Rules the Right -
‘there are plenty of permanently ignorant people who actually want to be misinformed and lied to’ … and much, MUCH more! …
STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…
- WVToxic Chemical Spill: Tap Water Ban Lifted But Contamination Still Flows:
- AUDIO: Drinking in WV’s Toxic ‘Freedom’ Disaster: KPFK ‘BradCast’ [@ about 47 mins] (The BRAD BLOG):
Bob has been fighting the coal industry for years in WV and offers key insights that only an on-the-ground WV native can…and in the way that only Bob can! - Extreme Red Flag Fire Warnings Across Southern California, As Drought And Wind Fuel Fire (Climate Progress)
- VIDEO: Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Says ‘No New Regulation Needed’ After Toxic Chemical Spill (The Rachel Maddow Show)
- “Watchdog Reporting at its Finest”: Follow Ken Ward Jr. on Twitter
- West Virginia Residents Sickened After Exposure To ‘Safe’ Water: (Aljazeera America
- Potential ‘loophole’ in chemical spill reporting law (Charleston Daily Mail)
- DEP inspectors describe early scene at Freedom leak site (Charleston Gazette) [emphasis added]:
- Failed Toxic Substances Control Act collides with the real world in West Virginia chemical spill this week (Environmental Defense Fund) [emphasis added]:
- California: ‘Unprecedented’ Drought Fueling January Wildfires:
- Weather Service: Red Flag warning first ever in month of January (KERO Bakersfield)
- Gov. Brown To Officially Declare Drought In California (KCBS-San Francisco)
- What ‘Global Cooling’?: Record Heat, Drought, Wildfires, Continue in Western U.S., Australia (The BRAD BLOG)
- What Californians Can Expect from the Drought (Peter Gleick, ScienceBlogs) [emphasis added]:
- Southern California Wildfire Risk Remains High as Santa Ana Winds Continue (The Weather Channel)
- Global warming already having dramatic impacts in California, new report says (Inside Bay Area News) [emphasis added]:
- Australia: ‘Unprecedented’ Heat Wave Melts Roads, Pro Tennis Players:
- Australia heatwave prompts fire alerts (BBC)
- Australian Open Slammed For ‘Inhumane’ Conditions As Temperatures Reach Triple Digits (Think Progress)
- Heatwave halts Australian Open tennis matches (BBC)
- Heatwave: Bushfire threat continues as Australia’s south-east suffers soaring temperatures (Australian Broadcasting Co.)
- Alaska: EPA Smacks Down Proposed Pebble Mine:
- An Assessment of Potential Mining Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of Bristol Bay, Alaska (Final Report) (EPA.gov)
- EPA: Pebble Mine means “long-term risk to salmon, wildlife, and native Alaska cultures” (Climate Progress)
- EPA: Pebble mine poses significant risk to salmon (Anchorage Daily News):
- Washington DC: Putting S**t In The Capitol To Good Use:
- How D.C.’s Sewage Will Soon Generate Electricity (Climate Progress) [emphasis added]:
- What is Anaerobic Digestion? (American Biogas Council)
- D. R. Tucker: Resentment Rules the Right (Climate Crocks) [emphasis added]:
- World May Have To Suck Gases From Air To Meet Climate Goals (Reuters):
- WikiLeaks Exposes What Obama’s Secret Trade Deal Would Do To The Environment (Huffington Post)
- Italy’s Government Agrees to Send In Army Against Mafia Dumps: (AFP):
- Extreme Weather: Floods And Landslides In Southeast Asia Displace Hundreds Of Thousands (Climate Progress)
- Keystone XL: Canada’s Baird Calls for U.S. to End Keystone Pipeline Limbo (BusinessWeek) [emphasis added]:
- Keystone XL: Texas High Court Gives Hope to Landowners In Eminent Domain Fight: (InsideClimate News)
- Massive Antarctic Glacier Has Entered Irreversible Melt, Could Add Up To 1 Centimeter To Sea Level (Climate Progress)
- Beijing Hit With First Off-The-Charts Air Pollution Day Of The Year (Climate Progress)
- STUDY: How Broadcast News Covered Climate Change In The Last Five Years (Media Matters): The Sunday shows continued to rely largely on media figures and Republicans to dictate the conversation around global warming.
- ANALYSIS: Fox Only Talks About Climate Change When It’s Cold (Media Matters)
- The seven deadly sinners driving global warming (New Scientist):
- Breakthrough: Cheap Liquid Battery Provides Large-Scale Energy Storage for a Rainy Day (Scientific American)
- Nature Bombshell: Observations Point To 10°F Warming by 2100 (Climate Progress):
- VIDEO: Colbert Calls Out Fox’s Hollow Climate Change Attack: (Media Matters): Colbert: “Well Done. All The Best News Reports End With ‘I Don’t Know Where We Got This’”
- Skeptical Science: Database with FULL DEBUNKING of ALL Climate Science Denier Myths
- Warning: Even in the best-case scenario, climate change will kick our asses (Grist)
- NASA Video: Warming over the last 130 years, and into the next 100 years:
- Video Proof That Global Warming is a ‘Hoax’!: NASA Temperature Data 1888-2011 (The BRAD BLOG):
- NASA climate change video: This is the U.S. in 2100 (NASA).
‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…
FOR MORE on Climate Science and Climate Change, go to our Green News Report: Essential Background Page
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