" ‘Green News Report’ – October 24, 2013 "
October 26, 2013 by Jeff
Filed under Solar Energy Tips
IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Arizona electric company’s secret plot to kill solar industry; Hawaiian island rejects being a testing ground for GMOs and pesticides; Washington State fighting GMOs, too; Another U.S. city breaks up with coal; PLUS: Warning: fossil fuels may not be a good investment … All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): NYC hurricane expert: “Sandy wasn’t the Big One”; Top 10 Food Facts on World Food Day; Australia: Thousands evacuate as conditions worsen; Exposure to DDT may be passed down through subsequent generations; Invasion of the False Widow Spider media stories!; Tea Party Republicans back water infrastructure bill; Monsanto insists Roundup is ‘safe’ after cancers spike in Argentina; ND pipeline spill raises questions on oversight, inspections; Canada: Spike in carcinogens downwind of petrochemical plants; FDA asks for help as pet deaths spike … PLUS: Why we don’t care about saving our grandchildren from climate change … and much, MUCH more! …
STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…
- Russia Reduces Charges in Greenpeace Case (NY Times)
- AZ Electric Company’s Secret Plot to Kill Rooftop Solar Industry:
- Arizona Utility Funds Solar Smear Campaign, Saying It Is ‘Obligated to Fight’ (GreenTech Media)
- Arizona Public Service, solar companies clash over credits to customers (Arizona Republic):
- APS lobbyist pitched plan to alter energy panel (Arizona Republic):
- Arizona Utility Funds Solar Smear Campaign, Saying It Is ‘Obligated to Fight’ (GreenTech Media)
- ‘Utilities for Dummies’: The current utility business model is standing in the way of a low-carbon future. (Grist): In this series, David Roberts explains how utilities work and why that needs to change.
- Solar panels could destroy U.S. utilities, according to U.S. utilities (Grist)
- VIDEO: APS, solar industry at odds on value of power from rooftop units (Arizona Republic)
- What’s Good for APS Is Not Necessarily Good for Arizona (or Solar) (Barry Goldwater, Jr. for GreenTech Media): Instead of trying to fix the problem, APS is trying to fix the game.
- ‘Unburnable Assets’: Warning for Investors in Fossil Fuels:
- Exxon Mobil’s big threat: a calculator (Yahoo Finance)
- The climate challenge: Achieving zero emissions (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) [emphasis added]:
- Investor Group Demands Answers From Fossil Fuel Producers on ‘Unburnable’ Carbon (InsideClimate News):
- Al Gore: Divest Now From ‘Sub-Prime’ Coal And Oil Companies Before ‘Carbon Bubble’ Bursts (Climate Progress):
- Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math: 3 imple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is (Rolling Stone)
- Kauai Rejects Being Testing Ground for Pesticides and GMOs:
- Kauai council approves controversial GMO bill (Hawaii News Now)
- VIDEO: GMO seeds grow into big fight on Kauai (PBS Newshour):
- Limits approved for genetically modified crops (GMO) crops in Kauai, Hawaii: (NY Times):
- Washington State: Corporations Pour Millions into Anti-GMO Labeling campaign:
- Poll: GMO Labeling Initiative ‘Too Close to Call’ in Washington State (Food Safety News):
- Monsanto ponies up and Big Ag pulls ahead in GMO labeling horse race (Grist)
- Money Pours Into GMO Labeling Ballot Initiative (WBUR Boston):
- Will Washington state break U.S. logjam on labeling GMO food? (Bellingham Herald)
- Another U.S. City Breaks Up With Coal:
- Asheville Votes to Move Beyond Coal (Huffington Post Green):
- Asheville to work with Duke on carbon issue (Asheville Citizen-Times): Partnership aims to reduce utility’s local emissions
‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…
- Why we don’t care about saving our grandchildren from climate change: (TIME’s Eco-Centric Blog) [emphasis added]:
- Top 10 Food Facts on World Food Day: (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- AP Analysis: Argentines Link Health Problems To Monsanto GMOs, Pesticides: (AP):
A nation once known for its grass-fed beef has undergone a remarkable transformation since 1996, when the St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. promised that adopting its patented seeds and chemicals would increase crop yields and lower pesticide use. Today, Argentina’s entire soy crop and nearly all its corn and cotton are genetically modified, with soy cultivation alone tripling to 47 million acres (19 million hectares).Agrochemical use did decline at first, then it bounced back, increasing ninefold…
- Monsanto Calls Glyphosate ‘Safe’ After AP Report (AP):
- NYC hurricane expert: “Sandy wasn’t the Big One” (Grist):
- Australia Bush Fires: Thousands told to evacuate as conditions worsen: (Reuters):
- Australian army started bushfire blaze – climate also blamed: (Environment News Service)
- Exposure to DDT may be passed down through subsequent generations: (LA Times):
- Invasion of the False Widow Spider media stories!: (Guardian UK):
- Tea Party Republicans, Obama Back Water Infrastructure Bill: (Bloomberg News):
- Russia Reduces Charges Against Greenpeace Activists Over Arctic Protest (Reuters)
- North Dakota pipeline spill raises questions amid state’s oil boom: (LA Times):
- Study Finds High Levels of Carcinogens Downwind of Petrochemical Plants in Edmonton (Edmonton Journal):
- U.S. Steps Up Investigation as Pet Death Toll Hits 580; Imported Food From China Implicated (McClatchy):
- Delegates debate watered-down plan to protect Antarctica marine preserve: (NPR)
- “The ocean is broken” (Newcastle Herald) [emphasis added]:
- The Minamata Mercury Convention: 12 Things It Does and Doesn’t Do (Scientific American): The Minamata Convention, a United Nations pact launched Thursday, is designed to limit mercury use and emissions internationally
- What Our Idyllic, Non-Dystopian Future Would Look Like If We Fixed the World (Motherboard/VICE):
FOR MORE on Climate Science and Climate Change, go to our Green News Report: Essential Background Page
- 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).
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