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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Australia is drowning... so is China... so is Brazil; EPA smackdown on Mountaintop Removal coal mining; Still more on the BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf ... PLUS: It's official: 2010 was the hottest year on record .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The Great Food Crisis of 2011; China's energy efficiency Increases 20% in 5 Years; Undercover cops infiltrated environmental groups in UK; Italy and other counties fined for illegal fishing; Why don't larger solar power markets have lower prices?; Court strikes down TX suit against EPA air regs; 7 Must-Read Green Books for Your E-Reader; U.S. forest decline tied to spread of deadly virus; Supreme Court declines to hear case on climate change and Hurricane Katrina; Vertical farming: can it work? ... PLUS: Do Space Heaters Save Money and Energy? .....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The final report from the National Oil Spill Commission on the BP Gulf Oil Disaster; Haiti, one year later; Yet another shutdown of BP's Alaska pipeline ... PLUS: From a unique perspective above the Earth, a word about Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a clean energy champion .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Four Loko will now fuel cars; Chamber of Commerce calls for 'unemotional' talks on energy; Underground carbon capture and storage leaking, killing animals; GOP threatens EPA; U.S. To Lower Fluoride In Drinking Water; Germany recalls eggs due to dioxin contamination; Weed killer linked to genital changes and sexual preference; The End for small glaciers; Why the CIA is spying on a changing climate; Species loss a signal of future mass extinction?: study ... PLUS: By 2045 global population is projected to reach nine billion. Can the planet take the strain? .....

[Now UPDATED with audio archives below.]

We're in again tonight guest hosting the nationally syndicated Mike Malloy Show.

We're BradCasting LIVE, coast-to-coast and around the globe, as usual, from the studios of L.A.'s KTLK am1150 9pm-Midnight ET (6p-9p PT). Join us by tuning in, chatting in, Tweeting in and calling in! The LIVE chat room will be up and rolling, as usual, right here at The BRAD BLOG during the show, so please come on by and say hey while you're listening! (The Chat Room will open at the bottom of this item a few minutes before airtime, see down below, just above "Comments" section.)

Tonight:

• A GRAB BAG OF STUFF! 'Zombie Lies' that never die - How voters are being misinformed by the mainstream media (and how Democrats are failing to do anything about it); 'Aflockalypse' Now? - National Geographic reporter CHARLES CHOI will explain why birds are falling from the sky; WikiLeaks News; More GOP "voter fraud" scams; The jackass Dick Morris and more!
• PLUS: Whatever else comes up along the way, including your calls at 877-520-1150 and tweets to @TheBradBlog!...

The Mike Malloy Show is nationally syndicated on air affiliates acros the country and also on Sirius Ch. 146 & XM Ch. 167. You may also listen online to the free LIVE audio stream at affiliate GREEN 960 in San Francisco or via MikeMalloy.com.

Click here to jump into our LIVE Chat Room during the show. Or just see below!...

POST-SHOW UPDATE: Fun show tonight! Audio archives now posted below (along with the archives to the chat room, in you're inclined) Listen up!...

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The new masters of the House: Cow farts and "oversight"; Fox News fights non-existent incandescent light bulb ban; Just three words sum up the BP Oil Spill: "failure of management" ... PLUS: It's the Aflockalypse Now?! The birds, the bees, and the fish .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): "Unprecedented" settlement to close Massey coal mine; Mourning a hero of Appalachia; Italy bans plastic bags nationwide; Wikileaks: US targeted EU over GM crops; No, roads do NOT pay for themselves; Alaska glacier's clues on sea level rise; OH Gov. Kasich kills jobs by killing high speed rail projects; Coal industry fighting mine safety reforms; China fights off encroaching deserts; Extreme weather worldwide driving up food prices; 10 Ways to Save Money and Energy in the New Year ... PLUS: Yes, Virginia, there are conservative scientists .....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Snow-mageddon backlash in NJ; Flood-ageddon escalates in Australia; New year, new rules for big polluters; New GOP majority plans new assault on EPA ... PLUS: Gee, that's not apocalyptic at all: 1000s of birds, 1000s of fish drop dead in Arkansas .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Oil stays above $91; China claims new nuclear technology; Massive drop in U.S. bumblebee population; EPA overstated "benefits" of toxic coal ash; BP oil disaster's effects will 'go global': activist; Fate of BP's Gulf oil still largely unknown; How will cities adapt to climate change?; PA allows drillers to pollute drinking water supplies; Northern Ireland in water crisis; Feds recommend new inspections in response to San Bruno gas pipeline blast ... PLUS: Coal's burnout: No new construction of coal-fired power plants......

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Green News Report's 2010 Year in Review: Around the world and back again, the top green news stories of the year --- from politics to the planet, a quick look back over where we've been ... PLUS: Make the next year the greenest ever! .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Few mining sites restored after mining ends; Lower-carbon replacement for oil?: Pollutants, PCBs, retard boys' growth: study; GE to pay $500 million fine for PCBs in Hudson River; Road salt bad for environment, health, water supplies; OPEC keeps oil above $91/barrel --- heading to $200 oil?; China defends cuts in rare earth export quotas; EPA overstates coal waste's value ... PLUS: Antarctica: Unraveling the History Beneath the Ice ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hot (yes, hot) winter weather across the Northern Hemisphere; EPA moves forward on regulating greenhouse gases; Breaking China's monopoly on rare earth's? ... PLUS: Surprise, surprise: the more you watch Fox "News", the less you know .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The reactor on your roof: Caltech breakthrough uses solar power to generate liquid fuel; Fmr. Shell president predicts $5-a-gallon gas by 2012; EPA develops neurotoxicants list; Obama admin takes aim at China's renewable-energy subsidies;New House Science chair praises 'tremendous' BP spill, plans to subpoena climate scientists; WikiLeaks: Africa Offers Easy Uranium; 10 Green New Year's Resolutions ... PLUS: The "most heinous climate villains" of 2010 ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Paging Erin Brokovich: carcinogen found in tap water in 31 U.S. cities; California leads the way - again - this time on cap-and-trade; Not to mix metaphors, but there's a silver lining to that lame duck ... PLUS: Having a little fun over Christmas with your climate denier relatives ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Climate Change and 'Balanced' Coverage; Deep doo doo: What warming of 2C looks like; Undermining China's stranglehold on rare earth elements; BP Gulf Disaster: Conflict of interest questions raised in blowout preventer testing; Land grab: Foreign investors evicting African farmers; Green Marines: U.S. Military Sees Great Value in Distributed Renewable Energy; Have a 'greener' Christmas! ... PLUS: Burying the Lede: We May Hit 400ppm by 2014: A Scientist, His Work, and a Climate Reckoning ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Planet strikes back in 2010 --- and packs a winter wallop; More Wikileaks: sneaky moves on biotech crops and climate negotiations; Evangelical Christianity's War on Environmentalists begins; PLUS: Which is better --- real or fake? Christmas trees, we're talking about Christmas trees! .... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Carcinogen found in drinking water of 31 U.S. cities; Ocean acidification may disrupt the marine nitrogen cycle; GM launches new electric hybrid car in US; New federal efforts to control Asian Carp insufficient: states; 'Shark finning' ban passes House; CA to launch cap-and-trade system; Investigative Jounalist Greg Palast, busted by BP in Azerbaijan; EPA ethanol move slammed by auto, boat manufacturers; Mexico oil pipeline blast kills at least 28; Toxicologist says LA seafood may not be safe for children ... PLUS: The Science of Cities: the future or a dead end? ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Make way for the "grolar" bear; Bad week for BP: the Obama Administration finally sues, while BP also gets the Wikileaks treatment ...PLUS: Surprise! Leaked email reveals Fox "News" slants climate science! Who knew?! ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Coal industry gets coal ($$$$) in its stocking; Eastern Arctic warming trend alarms scientists; CA solar installer sees growth boom in midst of Great Recession; India's water is running out; Civic water-to-go program eliminates need for plastic water bottles; Protecting UN climate summit's "fragile victory"; FDA finally reveals how many antibiotics factory farms use"”and it's a [boat]load; Pros and cons of wind farms ... PLUS: This could get interesting: new study finds evidence of abrupt climate change in Earth's past over a decade or less ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Sorry, Rush. You're a liar: November 2010 the hottest on record; Visit sunny, glowing Chernobyl; Midwest blizzard now threatens Florida's crops; PLUS: A New and Improved climate agreement! Now with more U.S. and China! ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): US Southwest could see 60-year drought; Switching to LED Christmas lights saves one family $71,600; Obama's tax deal: will renewable energy get extended?; Court says EPA can move on carbon pollution standards; FDA: 29 million pounds of antibiotics used in factory farming each year; Feds dismiss need to recall lead drinking glasses; EPA allowed bee-toxic pesticide despite own scientists' red flags; NY governor vetoes "fracking" bill; New payment option for BP oil spill claims fund; Super-toxic rat poison endangers 10k US children each year; Forged foreman's license used for inspections before WV mine disaster ... PLUS: National security: Why we might fight, 2011 Edition ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Crunch time in Cancun as the UN climate summit races to a close; Major moves in the US over coal, oil and emissions ...PLUS: More WikiLeaking: from Nigeria (who loves both Shell and Dick Cheney!) to Canada to BP ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Now hiring: Craigslist ad for a coal baron; Parking lots a major cause pollution in US lakes; Sec. Chu announces Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Export Initiative; "Opportunities and Challenges" in nuclear energy: report; Clearing the air: Is your house making you ill?; Report: Global Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity; Improved car batteries 5 years off ... PLUS: US v. China: Building a Skilled Clean Energy Work Force --- a Tale of Two Countries ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Happy Birthday, ANWR!; Go to hell, Sen. Inhofe!; You knew it had to be there: the WikiLeaks documents on last year's UN climate summit in Copenhagen ...PLUS: Stop-n-start in high stakes negotiations at this year's UN climate summit in Cancun, as climate science predictions come true around the world ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Einstein's Fridge: it runs on heat; World running out of new places to fish; Massey's controverial coal baron to retire; USDA removes major barrier to school salad-bar initiative; How some politicians stumble on science; Can wild rice halt mining in Minnesota?; BP: Gulf oyster biz still plagued by BP oil spill; Lobbyists buy big seat at the table of food safety legislation; New developments in harnessing tidal power; 5 Lessons From Haiti's Disaster ... PLUS: Yummy!: Why is flame retardant in your butter? ....

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Happy birthday, EPA! Now die! (Same to you, FDA!); Huge food safety overhaul passes in the Senate (maybe); Updates from the international climate summit in Cancun ...PLUS: USA's 'Sputnik Moment' --- Losing the race for clean energy ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Oil spill panel chief 'mystified' by GOP block on subpoena power, mulls broader drilling regulations; US lab develops grid controls to handle renewable energy; Leaking Siberian ice raises a tricky climate issue; Homeland Security panel on at-risk chemical plants stacked with insiders; Divers find more oil on Gulf sea floor; U.S. Rescinds Expansion of Offshore Drilling; Coal: EPA withholds study on Spruce Mine alternatives; Appeals court halts U.S.-sanctioned killing of sea lions ... PLUS: Breaking away from coal: Utilities increasingly turn to natural gas, away from coal ...

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: After failure in Copenhagen, the next climate summit begins in Cancun, Mexico; Bye-bye Bluefin Tuna (Sorry, Charlie!)... PLUS: The Earth, now in 3D ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Greenpeace Sues Chemical and PR Firms for "Unlawful" Spying; Study Warns GMO Salmon pose serious risks to society; For EPA regulations, benefits consistently exceed costs; Accusations of Plagiarism Mount Over GOP's 2006 Climate Skeptic "Wegman Report"; Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling; States Diverting Money From Climate Initiative ... PLUS: 8 Electric-Car Myths Busted ....