IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Tragedy in Mexico as leaking pipeline explodes; Trump's government shutdown threatens to make U.S. wildfires even worse; Federal judge halts permits for seismic testing during shutdown; Coal ash waste contaminating groundwater in at least 22 states; PLUS: Australia's historic heat wave is melting roads and decimating wildlife... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Greenland's ice melt nears 'tipping point'; U.S. military report warns climate change threatens key bases; Warm pole, cold continent: Polar Vortex settles on Eastern North America; 3 years later, no one is in jail over Flint tainted water; Critics slam WOTUS economics: 'In theory, pigs could fly'; Scientists warn of climate 'time bomb' for world's groundwater; Labor promises to 'supercharge' hydrogen industry as green groups say 'no role for coal'; Judge says uninsulated power conductors caused California fires... PLUS: The Trump Shutdown is an environmental crisis... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Texas, Georgia, National Security, Mexico, Environment, Dept. of Defense, Democrats, Green News, Coal, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Australia, Agriculture, Oceans, Water

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Senate Democrats grill Trump EPA chief nominee Andrew Wheeler in confirmation hearing; 'Code red' as historic heat wave grips Australia; EPA criminal actions against polluters hit 30-year low; Antarctica's ice sheets melting 6 times faster than in 1980s; PLUS: The business world is waking up to climate change impacts... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Some of the biggest green groups have cold feet over "Green New Deal" document; Cement: the massive CO2 emitter you may not know about; Permafrost melt, the most dangerous climate feedback loop, is speeding up; Trump replacement for Obama Clean Power Plan worse than doing nothing; Shutdown threatens to make this year's fire seasons even worse; Experts warned this floating garbage collector wouldn’t work. The ocean proved them right; Climate change is making it harder for young people to become farmers; Most coffee species at risk of extinction due to climate change, scientists warn; Indonesia lands remarkable victory with aggressive conservation measures... PLUS: Less beef, more beans - experts say the world needs a new diet... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Environment, Democrats, Republicans, Green News, EPA, Bernie Sanders, Coal, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans, Antarctica, Andrew Wheeler, PG&E

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Intense winter storms wreak havoc from coast to coast; Trump's ongoing government shutdown threatening public health and safety; 2018 was the hottest year on record for the world's oceans, putting the planet in hot water; PLUS: California's largest electric utility to file for bankruptcy in wake of catastrophic wildfires... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Are we living through climate change’s worst-case scenario?; EPA criminal action against polluters hits 30-year low; Australia extreme heatwave: 'code red' issued; How China’s big overseas initiative threatens global climate progress; Detroit Auto Show has SUVs, horsepower, but electric cars are few; Water desalination plants harm environment, U.N. report finds; New industry group pledges $1B to combat plastic pollution; One fight the Green New Deal should avoid for now; Trump’s executive order will aggressively cut more forest trees... PLUS: Air pollution is as bad as smoking when it comes to miscarriage risk... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Alaska, Environment, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, FDA, Oceans, Dept. of Interior, NOAA, PG&E

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Fiat-Chrysler to pay big fines for using secret software to cheat on U.S. emissions tests; Three costliest natural disasters in the world in 2018 all occurred in the U.S.; Trump threatens to cut off FEMA disaster aid for California wildfires; U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018; PLUS: Democrats push back, and push ahead, on climate action... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): “Innovation”: the latest GOP smokescreen on climate change policy. It does not mean what they think it means; Dr. Michael Mann: A commentary on the politics of climate denial and 'Vice'; Food inspections by the FDA have been sharply reduced, alarming critics; Shutdown means EPA inspectors aren't on the job; California governor Newsom proposes wildfire investments; California set a goal of 100% clean energy, and now other states may follow its lead; Trump nominates Andrew Wheeler as permanent EPA Administrator; Federal judge strikes down Iowa law on undercover ag workers... PLUS: How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Fox 'News', Florida, California, North Carolina, Environment, Democrats, FEMA, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, Climate change, Extreme weather, Transportation, Jay Inslee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Michael

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: While we were out: Trump's government shutdown is seriously impacting national parks and federal scientific research; Trump EPA launched another serious attack on public health; PLUS: New Democratic U.S. House majority pledged to act on our climate crisis... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Democrats are shockingly unprepared to fight climate change; U.S. greenhouse gas emissions spiked in 2018;
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Exxon in climate change document dispute; US Interior Dept. plans to skirt FOIA requests; Colorado could save $2.5 billion by rapidly shutting down its coal power plants; Sharp drop in monarch butterflies in California; PG&E could be prosecuted for murder in record CA wildfires; Waste Management's 20-year path to 'moonshot' climate goal... PLUS: 10 easy ways to reduce your plastic use in 2019... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Alaska, U.S. House, Environment, Democrats, Michigan, Nancy Pelosi, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Coal, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans, Public lands, NOAA, Gretchen Whitmer, Green New Deal

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Climate change is expensive, particularly for the U.S. military; 2018 on track to be fourth costliest year in U.S. history for weather disasters; Polls show Americans waking up to climate change and the Green New Deal; PLUS: Cities and states step up, setting ambitious new climate goals at year's end... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Trump is undoing much more than Obama’s legacy. He's trying to destroy government regulation as we know it; That global warming hiatus? It never happened. Two new studies explain why; Companies are seriously underestimating how climate change will affect business; EU agrees to ban throw-away plastics to limit ocean pollution; Black lung disease is still killing miners. The coal industry doesn't want to hear it; Wetlands, lakes would lose protections under Michigan state legislature bill; What L.A. can learn from Minneapolis’ ban on single-family zoning; Would human extinction be a tragedy?... PLUS: Hot or Not?: Which 2018 climate trend is here to stay?... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, New York, Environment, Minnesota, Dept. of Defense, Democrats, Republicans, Green News, Reuters, Donald Trump, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans, Transportation, Electric vehicles, Andrew Cuomo, Tim Kaine, Ryan Zinke, Hurricane Michael, Green New Deal, Greta Thunberg

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Scandal-plagued Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is out; United Nations COP24 climate talks make progress on the Paris Agreement 'rule book'; Youth climate activists ratchet up the pressure; PLUS: Companies jump at U.S. offshore wind lease sale, shattering all previous records... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): U.S. Southwest may be deep into a climate-changed mega-drought; Most Americans want action on climate change --- Republicans are the exception; As Americans wake up to climate threat, Deniers dig in; Green New Deal has strong bipartisan support; Hurricane Michael cost this military base about $5 Billion; What a partial US-government shutdown would mean for science; There’s no easy fix for our nuclear past; California requires new city buses to be electric by 2029; Georgia Power coal ash ponds leaking toxins into groundwater... PLUS: An epidemic is killing thousands of coal miners. Regulators could have stopped it... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, Democrats, Green News, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Oil, Wind, Climate change, China, Paris Agreement, Public lands, Greta Thunberg

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Very bad news in the latest Arctic Report Card; Coal state Democratic Senator gets top energy committee position; Washington state Governor unveils ambitious climate change legislation; PLUS: Trump EPA rolls back yet another major water protection rule... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Welcome to the Eocene, where ice sheets turn into swamps; Big Oil's covert campaign to rewrite American car emissions rules; The race to understand Antarctica’s most terrifying glacier; Democrats shift toward impact on jobs as climate change moves to front of 2020 agenda; California is turning farms into carbon-sucking factories; Radical fixes get a boost at climate talks; California wildfires take toll on insurance industry; Minneapolis moves to eliminate mandatory parking... PLUS: More floods and more droughts: climate change delivers both... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Alaska, Environment, U.S. Senate, Washington State, Democrats, Republicans, Chuck Schumer, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Coal, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans, Water, Arctic, Joe Manchin, NOAA, Jay Inslee, Carbon Tax

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 'Axis of Oil': U.S. joins forces with Saudi Arabia and Russia to block action at U.N. COP24 climate talks in Poland; US fossil fuel event at conference draws laughter; Meeting Paris Agreement targets would also save millions of lives from air pollution, finds WHO; France nixes fuel tax hike in response to protests; PLUS: Youth climate activists from Poland to the halls of Congress pressure politicians to act on climate change... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The Arctic is in even worse shape than you realize; Inslee wants 100 percent clean energy in Washington by 2045;
GM fights to retain tax credit amid Trump threat to cut all subsidies; More rural jobs in clean energy than fossil fuels; How to convince MAGA cretins to fear climate change; A devastating report details a 'monumental' assault on science at the Department of the Interior; The Camp Fire took my home. Now I understand that no one ends up sleeping under an overpass by choice... PLUS: The simplest climate action you tan Take is in the kitchen... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, France, Green News, Natural gas, Coal, Russia, Oil, Climate change, Saudi Arabia, Paris Agreement, Emmanuel Macron, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Green New Deal

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Bad news. As U.N. climate summit begins, global carbon emissions are now on the rise again; France suspends fuel tax hikes after violent 'yellow vest' protests; Greenland's ice melt has gone into overdrive, new study says; PLUS: Good news. World's largest shipping company targets 100% zero emissions by 2050... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): We're destroying the climate faster than we thought; Tackling climate change could save millions of lives, report says; Major changes needed to feed world population in 2050; Trump to rollback sage grouse protections to open more land for oil drilling out West; Trump EPA proposes rolling back another Obama-era coal rule; US coal consumption drops to lowest level since 1979; Final hurdle cleared in California’s solar mandate for new homes; Luxembourg to become first country to make all public transport free... PLUS: Poisoned Cities, Deadly Border... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, France, Green News, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Greenland, Transportation, Paris Agreement, EU, Emmanuel Macron, Carbon Tax

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: G20 meeting ends with separate statement on climate change for Trump and the U.S.; Only one G20 nation on track to reduce emissions; A warning for a "world at a crossroads" as talks begin at the annual U.N. climate summit; PLUS: The somewhat surprising environmental legacy of the late President George H.W. Bush... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): >'A kind of dark realism': Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve; Dr. Michael Mann: Tackle global warming with hope, not fear; Climate Town Hall: Bernie Sanders Stakes Out Forceful Climate Stance; Trump Aide Larry Kudlow Calls for End of Electric Vehicle Subsidies; How whales and dolphins may be harmed by new seismic airgun approval; ALEC members reject electricity competition resolution after EEI opposition; Inside the Sunrise Movement (it didn't happen by accident); New report finds coal ash is heavily polluting nearby Illinois groundwater... PLUS: Trump's skepticism of climate science is echoed across GOP... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, Republicans, Bush Legacy, Green News, Donald Trump, Coal, Oil, Climate change, China, India, Justin Trudeau, Paris Agreement, Brazil

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The world is not doing nearly enough to cut emissions, warns new U.N. report; Amazon's new headquarters in Queens, NY will be hit with rising seas; House Democrats introduce a price on carbon; PLUS: Australia grapples with massive wildfire outbreak amid record heat waves... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Trump's comments defending his climate change denial are bonkers; The Depravity of Climate Denial; World's emissions gap is widening --- here's how to close it; Adani's controversial Carmichael coal mine to go ahead with plans to self-fund entire operation; UK company has ambitious plan to replace natural gas with hydrogen; Why focusing on money misses the big climate picture; Cost of keeping Asian carp from Great Lakes nearly triples; Rivian launches an all-electric 7-seat SUV with over 410 miles of range; Brazil backs out of hosting 2019 U.N. climate change meeting; Stop letting Republicans lie on TV about climate science.. PLUS: 3 issues to watch at the COP24 climate summit... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: United Nations, Environment, Green News, Donald Trump, Climate change, Extreme weather, Ted Deutch, Australia, Oceans, Electric vehicles, Paris Agreement, Amazon, Carbon Tax

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 'GNR' Special Coverage: Major U.S. climate report warns global warming is already devastating America's environment and economy --- and unless we act aggressively to reduce emissions, it is going to get much worse... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The world needs to quit coal. Why is it so hard?; Trump energy pick who falsely claimed renewable energy ‘screws up’ grid advances to full Senate for vote; Chemicals on our food --- when 'safe' may not really be safe; Super-bacteria show up in Puget Sound wildlife; Brazil says deforestation in The Amazon is at worst level in a decade; Hog farm waste agreement lacked teeth, North Carolinians left to suffer; Threatened ,ountain gorillas off ‘critically endangered’ species list... PLUS: The Insect Apocalypse is here... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Florida, California, Environment, Republicans, Green News, Donald Trump, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, NASA, Oceans, Transportation, NOAA, Infrastructure, Carbon Tax

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: A turn in the weather is good news and bad for California's wildfires; The state's disaster evacuees underscore affordable housing crisis; Trump Administration uses California's tragedy to push for logging in forests; PLUS: Network TV news mostly fails to connect the dots between historic fires and climate change... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): How pointless is my life?” – Journalist has rare moment of self-awareness on climate; ‘Like a terror movie’: How climate change will cause more simultaneous disasters; Palm oil was supposed to help save the planet. It unleashed a catastrophe; Largest Newfoundland oil spill yet speaks to offshore risks; Coast Guard orders new efforts to stop 14-year-old Gulf Oil leak; No penalties for 90% of pipeline blasts; U.S. Navy nuclear fleet’s dry docks threatened by storms and rising seas; Bernie Sanders to host a climate town hall... PLUS: As inmates, they fight California’s fires. As ex-convicts, their firefighting prospects wilt.... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Mainstream Corporate Media, Mainstream Media Failure, Environment, Green News, Donald Trump, Climate change, Extreme weather, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Ryan Zinke, Finland

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Death toll continues to rise as California wildfires rage on, and state officials grapple with preparing for tomorrow's disasters; Climate change may impact male fertility; Regional EPA official indicted on corruption charges; PLUS: New Democrats push old guard to take bold action on climate change... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Part of the answer to climate change may be America’s trees and dirt; Solving microplastic pollution means reducing, recycling—and fundamental rethinking; The wheels on these buses go round and round with zero emissions; Spraying poisons, chasing ghosts; Hail Mary plan to restart a hacked US electric grid; The good and bad of the steep drop in oil prices; In Yellowstone National Park, warming has brought rapid changes; Scientists acknowledge key errors in study of how fast the oceans are warming; Natural gas industry keeps pushing to whittle away payments to residents... PLUS: 12 years after mocking Al Gore’s fight against climate change, South Park reconsiders... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Alabama, Environment, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Green News, EPA, Climate change, Extreme weather