IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hurricane Florence floodwaters pose a toxic public health threat; North Carolina begins facing the long road of recovery; PLUS: Trump Interior Department formally rolls back still more methane regulations... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): 5 Trump policies that will make future flooding worse; Why America should rethink how it talks about-and ranks-tropical storms; Jerry Brown: Trump's 'gross ignorance' main obstacle in climate change fight; Air pollution harms unborn babies. Now we might know why; Mosquitoes are eating plastic. Why that's a big problem; Trump administration levies new tariffs on Chinese solar inverters; The rush for better batteries; Clean energy weathers Hurricane Florence; 57 Detroit schools have lead, copper contamination in drinking water; What would it take to make recycling a national issue?; 'Treating Protest As Terrorism': US plans crackdown on KXL activists... PLUS: How we define a calamity determines how we plan for and respond to them. Or not.... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, New Mexico, Environment, FEMA, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Coal, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Agriculture, Water, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Infrastructure, Hurricane Florence

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Florence continues to wreak havoc and death on the East Coast; The strongest storm of the year (so far) slams into the Philippines and Hong Kong; PLUS: Boston-area residents slowly return home after natural gas explosions destroy dozens of homes... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The Unequal Burden of Climate Change: Hurricane Florence and Super Typhoon Mangkhut laid bare the disproportionate consequences for poor communities; 5 things that must change after Hurricane Florence; 100% renewable energy is wildly popular. Utilities are struggling to deal with it; EPA administrator denies states' request to stop cross-state coal plant pollution; 8 ways that EPA's helping the coal industry; Watchdog: EPA asbestos protection for schoolchildren lagging; Feds allow construction of Atlantic Coast Pipeline to resume; Oldest nuclear plant in US closes, unable to compete... PLUS: Germany launches world's first hydrogen-powered train... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: North Carolina, Massachusetts, Environment, South Carolina, Green News, Natural gas, Coal, Climate change, Extreme weather, Transportation, Hurricane Florence

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Officials warn Hurricane Florence could knock out power and other essential services for weeks; 10 million people are also in the path of Super Typhoon Mangkhut; Trump Administration diverted $10 million from FEMA and gave it to ICE; Trump EPA moves to make it easier for oil and gas companies to release methane into the air; PLUS: U.N. chief warns of dangerous tipping point on climate change... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Climate change wrought this freak of nature called Hurricane Florence; Administration announces plan to streamline oil and gas extraction in national forests; Top green group to spend an unprecedented $60 million on 2018 races; US 'likely' has taken over as the world's top oil producer; Rush Limbaugh spreads disinformation on Hurricane Florence, climate change; Former EPA chief Pruitt in talks for his next job: coal consultant; Miss Michigan denounces Flint Water Crisis in Miss America intro; Heat killed a record number of people in Phoenix last year as days, nights grow warmer... PLUS: Category 6? Climate change may cause more hurricanes to rapidly intensify... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: North Carolina, United Nations, Environment, South Carolina, FEMA, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Puerto Rico, Dept. of Interior, Philippines, Public lands, Hurricane Maria, Infrastructure, ICE, Hurricane Florence

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Powerful Hurricane Florence takes aim at the U.S. East Coast; Hawaii braces for its second major storm in two weeks; Brand new pipeline explodes in Pennsylvania; PLUS: California blazes new path of action to fight climate change... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Nearly 10K people have gotten cancer from toxic 9/11 dust; U.N. chief warns of a dangerous tipping point on climate change; Trump Administration wants to make it easier to release methane into the air; Brett Kavanaugh could be worse than you think - here's how he’ll gut environmental protection; Pipeline dumps 8,000 gallons of jet fuel into Indiana river; California fire agency requests more money; California passes 100 percent clean energy bill, but punts on several plans for getting there... PLUS: Superfund: Acting EPA chief Wheeler will shape massive cleanup efforts linked to his former clients... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Environment, South Carolina, Green News, Hawaii, Natural gas, Oil, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Jerry Brown, Oceans, Transportation, Paris Agreement, Hurricane Harvey, Kevin de León, Hurricane Lane, Hurricane Florence

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court spells big trouble for environmental standards and climate action; PLUS: Extreme weather slams into Japan, and the Gulf Coast, and Wisconsin... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): 8 states fight Trump’s attempt to declaw Migratory Bird Treaty; Farm bill proposal could wipe out communities’ power to ban pesticides; ACLU: Government plotted to surveil, disrupt Keystone XL protesters; 8 bird species are rirst confirmed avian extinctions this decade; Dozens of elephants killed near Botswana wildlife sanctuary; Zinke hires critic of Endangered Species Act for senior post; Dire climate change warnings cut from Trump power-plant proposal... PLUS: A global shift to sustainability would save us $26 trillion... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Environment, U.S. Senate, Republicans, U.S. Supreme Court, Sheldon Whitehouse, Green News, EPA, Japan, Donald Trump, Oil, Wind, Climate change, Extreme weather, Brett Kavanaugh

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: California sets the most significant clean energy target in world history, while facing dire new predictions for climate impacts; Air pollution is making us dumber; PLUS: Hurricane Maria now officially the deadliest U.S. natural disaster in more than a century... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): California's huge energy decision: link its grid to its neighbors, or stay autonomous?; Hurricane Maria will be a permanent stain on Trump's legacy; Detroit turns off every public school's drinking water due to high levels of lead, copper; Milestone for earthquake forecasting; New York AG: Exxon climate fraud investigation nearing end; Court overturns Trans Mountain oil pipeline approval; EPA to reconsider Obama-era curbs on mercury emissions by power plants; Trump donor buys California power plant, asks feds to change energy market; Western countries 'should deal with own waste' amid plunge in China's plastics imports... PLUS: What comes after plastic?... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Environment, Green News, Hawaii, Donald Trump, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans, Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, Ricardo Rosselló, Hurricane Lane

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hawaii dodges direct hit from record-breaking Hurricane Lane, but receives a warning about global warming; Australia's conservative prime minister ousted over climate policies; PLUS: The complicated climate legacy of Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Air pollution is making us dumber, study shows; Pesticide studies won EPA trust, until Trump team scorned so-called ‘secret science’; The most vulnerable Texans never recovered from Harvey; Kansans drank contaminated water for years. The state didn’t tell them; In the rural West: more oil, more gas, more ozone; Houston voters approve $2.5 billion flood infrastructure funding; Secret life of an EV battery; Electric car revolution is unstoppable thanks to Elon Musk; Arizona clean-energy ballot measure can go on Nov. ballot, judge rules... PLUS: Climate change report: California to see 77 percent more land burned... PLUS:

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Article Categories: Election 2008, Mainstream Media Failure, Environment, John McCain, Republicans, Green News, Hawaii, News Corp., Climate change, Extreme weather, Australia, Oceans, Hurricane Lane

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Hawaii braces for rare impact from powerful hurricane; EPA admits Trump's replacement for the Clean Power Plan will kill thousands of Americans; PLUS: Some good news --- the Trump Administration keeps losing environmental court cases... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Air pollution is shortening your life. Here’s how much; Big oil asks government to protect it from climate change; The cruelty behind Trump’s absurd lies about coal to West Virginians; Wisconsin utilities are moving away from coal, regardless of Trump's policies; What Trump’s coal and car plans could mean for climate change; Saudi Arabia denies reports that it's scrapping Aramco IPO; Energy companies and allies are turning the law against protesters; Crop damage mounts for EU farmers after torrid summer; How wildfires can affect climate change (and vice versa); The G.O.P.’s climate of paranoia... PLUS: What happened at Camp Lejeune... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Environment, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News, Hawaii, EPA, Donald Trump, Coal, Extreme weather, Keystone XL, Water, Transportation, Brett Kavanaugh

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump's move to replace Obama's Clean Power Plan will increase global warming and air pollution; Australia's conservative government abandons its climate emissions targets; Kerala, India grapples with catastrophic flooding; PLUS: Interior Department cancels plan to sell off land stripped from national monument --- for now... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The Trump administration keeps losing environmental court cases; Spokane’s hazardous air now worse than Beijing and Delhi combined; Unexpected future boost of methane possible from Arctic permafrost; Walmart drops chemical solvents linked to deaths; Pruitt used his $43,000 secure phone booth once; Are coastal nuclear power plants ready for sea-level rise?; Heatwaves, rains may become more severe as weather stalls; A Koch-fueled attack on electric buses picks up speed; Court torpedoes Trump EPA bid to delay chemical disaster safety standards... PLUS: Older Than Dinosaurs: S African Coelacanths Threatened By Oil Drilling... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Environment, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Coal, Wind, Solar, Climate change, Extreme weather, Australia, Paris Agreement, Public lands

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: British Columbia declares state of emergency over wildfires; Monsanto's parent company grapples with massive judgment against Roundup weed killer; 11 months later, the largest blackout in U.S. history is finally over --- mostly; In Appalachia, some victories against new pipelines; PLUS: Surprise! Despite prior denials, Interior Department readies plan to sell off public lands... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): California's largest fire ever keeps growing; Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke's latest wildfire interview is a doozy; Fracking water use skyrockets, creating 1,440 percent more toxic wastewater; Can offshore wind turbines succeed in the Great Lakes?; Fewer than 1 Percent of offshore tracts auctioned by Trump draw bids; Report finds traces of Glyphosate herbicide in Cheerios and Quaker Oats; Big NYC landlords join plan to cut energy use 20 percent by 2030; Not just land heat waves: Oceans are in hot water, too... PLUS: Science, health leaders lay out evidence vs. EPA 'secret science' rule... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Utah, Environment, FEMA, Green News, Donald Trump, Canada, Wind, Climate change, Extreme weather, Puerto Rico, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Ryan Zinke, Hurricane Maria

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump Administration using California wildfires to undermine endangered species and push for more aggressive commercial logging; Amid record heat, Glacier National Park is now on fire; PLUS: Federal court orders Trump's EPA to ban a dangerous pesticide... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): The next five years will be ‘anomalously warm,’ scientists predict; Bayer stock plunges after jury awards man $289 million in Roundup cancer trial; Germany aims to ban glyphosate for 3 years; Significant rise in mosquito 'danger days': study; Tallahassee politicians failing to protect Florida's environment; When a pipeline runs afoul of government rules, officials change the rules; Internal emails show E.P.A. staff objected to agency’s new rules on asbestos use; Coming soon: Wheeler's first big moves on science; Terrified by ‘hothouse Earth’? Don’t despair — do something; This new electric car can charge while you drive... PLUS: How the Weather Channel is documenting the damage of climate change... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Montana, Environment, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Climate change, Extreme weather, Agriculture, Water, Dept. of Interior, Scott Pruitt, Ryan Zinke, Wilbur Ross, NOAA

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump's EPA is bringing asbestos back; California pushes back against Trump rollback of mileage and emission standards, as state shatters record for hottest month and hottest rainfall ever recorded; PLUS: Bad news and good in scary new "Hothouse Earth" global warming study... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Trump's minions are using California wildfires as excuse to attack endangered species protections; Air Pollution Denial Could Become EPA Policy; Puerto Rican Government Acknowledges Hurricane Death Toll of 1,427; California Groundwater Law Means Big Changes Above Ground, Too; Trump can keep legal reasons for shrinking monuments secret; Oil pipeline inspection industry ‘going wrong’ as surveys fail to prevent spills; Official: Pennsylvania ‘clearly behind’ in pollution goals; Flood Risk in U.S. West Could Triple if Climate Change Left Unchecked; Official: Pennsylvania ‘clearly behind’ in pollution goals... PLUS: Florida gutted water quality monitoring – as killer algae increased... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Iran, Environment, Green News, EPA, Donald Trump, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Transportation, Paris Agreement

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Northern California wildfire now largest in state history; Toxic algae blooms wreaking havoc in Florida; Europe's heat wave has made Sweden shorter, endangered nuclear plant operations; PLUS: North Carolina jury awards nearly half a billion dollars in damages against hog farms... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Even if emission reduction targets are met, Earth still heading towards 'hothouse' state; Trump admin sees grim climate outcome in car rule; A megadrought destroyed the Mayan civilization. We're next; Destructive flood risk in U.S. West could triple if climate change left unchecked; Power worth less than zero spreads as green energy floods the grid; To kill climate rule, Trump EPA wants to redefine danger of soot; Chile accuses fishery of damaging environment after salmon escape; Designing the death of a plastic: Scientists are creating a material that self-destructs or breaks down for reuse on command; Trump administration lifts GMO crop ban for U.S. wildlife refuges... PLUS: Flood Thy Neighbor: Who stays dry and who decides? ... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Florida, California, North Carolina, Environment, San Francisco, Republicans, Green News, Donald Trump, Nuclear power/weapons, Climate change, Extreme weather, Jerry Brown, Water, EU

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 2017 shattered another global heat record; Firefighters begin to gain ground against deadly California wildfires; Global heat wave rages across Northern Hemisphere; PLUS: U.S. Supreme Court rules that climate kids will have their day in court... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Trump administration cites 'safety' to freeze mileage standard; Widespread disapproval greets Trump’s rollback of auto emissions and fuel efficiency standards; Warmer soil releasing more carbon, worsening climate change; Scientists discover degrading plastic pollution emits methane; New EPA chief makes clear, weakening environmental protections will continue; Canada looses carbon pollution restrictions for big polluters facing competition; Death Valley posts hottest month ever recorded on Earth, for the second July in a row; First big U.S. offshore wind farm offers $1.4 billion to customers... PLUS: An optimist's guide to solving climate change and saving the world... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Oregon, Environment, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News, Natural gas, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Oceans, EU

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Extreme weather brings a hot and deadly July to most of the planet; Wildfires force evacuations in the U.S. West, while extreme storms and floods pummel the East Coast; PLUS: Trump and the GOP expand their war on the environment, public lands, and endangered species... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Earth Overshoot Day is arriving faster every year; The corporate media's failure to connect the dots on climate change; Media reaction: The 2018 summer heatwaves and climate change; US unprepared for the health challenges of climate change; Trump's farmer bailout exposes broken US food system; NYC climate liability lawsuit dismissed by judge; Russian hackers infiltrated utility control rooms, DHS says; Why would Trump and Putin collude? Keywords: oil, gas, Arctic, climate ... PLUS: Waves of garbage hit Dominican Republic ... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, Pennsylvania, Environment, Republicans, Green News, EPA, Japan, Donald Trump, Natural gas, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, Agriculture, Transportation, Mining, Arctic, Dept. of Interior, Public lands, Ryan Zinke, Finland