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'Green News Report' - December 6, 2018

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By Desi Doyen on 12/6/2018 11:22am PT

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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 energy, Solar energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, Greenland, Transportation, Paris Agreement, European Union, Emmanuel Macron, Carbon Tax

'Green News Report' - February 22, 2018

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By Desi Doyen on 2/22/2018 10:47am PT

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Chemical industry giant 3M agrees to pay Minnesota $850 million over decades-long water contamination; New report finds the next five years will determine sea levels for the next 300; Sea ice at both poles hits an ominous new record low; PLUS: Washington State is the latest coastal state to block Trump's expansion of offshore drilling... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Black lung disease comes roaring back in Coal Country; Texas fines small gas stations for environmental violations far more than big polluters; Aerosols pose a deadly climate change threat; TN university withdraws truck pollution study that supported its benefactor; Florida PSC staff pushes approval of unneeded FPL gas plant over opposition; Automakers' 'harmonization' push would weaken fuel efficiency gains; Judge orders government review of Keystone pipeline documents; Grocery bags and takeout containers aren't enough. It's time to phase out all single-use plastic; China’s trash ban forces Europe to confront its waste problem... PLUS: St. Louis-area residents sue over radioactive material stored at West Lake Landfill Superfund sites... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Environment, Washington State, Green News, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, NASA, Greenland, Oceans/Sea Level Rise, Arctic, NOAA, Antarctica

'Green News Report' - November 30, 2017

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By Desi Doyen on 11/30/2017 11:24am PT

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Trump EPA holds climate hearings in Coal Country; Winter heat wave hits Greenland and breaks records in the U.S. West; New federal contracting scandal exposed in Puerto Rico's very slow recovery; PLUS: Good news for breathers in Wisconsin and Missouri... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): NOAA nominee contradicts Trump administration talking points on cause of climate change; Atlantic hurricane season from hell is finally over; EPA curb on PFOA may have reduced number of low birth weight babies; Ex-convict coal baron Blankenship to seek WV Senate seat; Environmentalists assail plan for endangered wolf; Trump Admin may share nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia; Climate scientists watch their words for grant funding; Trump to visit UT to announce national monument cuts; MI wants to replace all lead pipes within 20 years; San Diego sues Monsanto over water pollution; Rising seas will destroy historic East Coast sites; Missouri DNR causes a stink after shutting down attempt to rein in hog farm odors... PLUS: NYT Video series: How to fix global warming... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Alaska, Missouri, Wisconsin, Environment, Democrats, Republicans, FEMA, Green News, EPA, Bernie Sanders, Natural gas, Coal, Oil, Wind energy, Solar energy, Climate change, Extreme weather, Greenland, Puerto Rico, Arctic, Dept. of Interior, Scott Pruitt, Hurricane Maria, U.S. Virgin Islands

'Green News Report' - April 18, 2017

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By Desi Doyen on 4/18/2017 10:43am PT

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Lake Michigan beaches closed after toxic chemical spill; BP's newest oil spill in Alaska finally shut down after 3 days; US nuclear company bankruptcy raises questions over unfinished reactors; Good news: March 2017 was not the hottest on record! Bad news: it was 2nd hottest; PLUS: London's famous black cabs are going electric... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Science Strikes Back: Anti-Trump March Draws Thousands To Washington; Trump Advisers To Meet Tuesday To Discuss Paris Climate Agreement; DOE Sec. Perry Orders Electric Grid Study to Boost Coal; Saudis Target 30 Solar, Wind Projects in $50 Billion Pledge; Battle Over Endangered Species Law Already Raging Out Of Public Eye; Exodus From Canada's Oil Sands Continues as Energy Giants Shed Assets; In The Rockies, Climate Change Spells Trouble For Cutthroat Trout... PLUS: Canada Glacier Melt Rerouted In Rare Case Of 'River Piracy'.... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Indiana, Illinois, Georgia, Alaska, Environment, Michigan, Green News, BP Oil Disaster, EPA, Natural gas, Nuclear power/weapons, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, NASA, Greenland, Water, Transportation, Arctic

'Green News Report' - August 9, 2016

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By Desi Doyen on 8/9/2016 11:21am PT

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: In Rio Olympics' opening ceremony, Brazil goes big on global warming and the environment; U.S. government to use global warming 'litmus test' for all new projects; Melting Arctic ice uncovering anthrax and toxic waste; Happy Earth Overshoot Day; PLUS: Florida gets approval to release GMO mosquitoes... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): What Happens to the U.S. Midwest When the Water's Gone?; Researchers find unsafe levels of industrial chemicals in drinking water of 6 million Americans; Climate Changes at Rio Olympics is Risky For The Health and Performance of Athletes; Chevron Wins Big in $9.5 Billion Oil Pollution Case. But It’s Not Over; A Year After Toxic River Spill, No Clear Plan To Clean Up Western Mines; Two former Republican EPA administrators throw support to Clinton... PLUS: Customers Could Pay $2.5 Billion for Nuclear Plants That Never Get Built... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: Florida, United Nations, Mainstream Media Failure, Environment, Green News, Climate change, Extreme weather, Keystone XL, FDA, GMOs, Greenland, John Oliver, Mining, Arctic

'Green News Report' - March 31, 2015

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By Desi Doyen on 3/31/2015 2:46pm PT

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: All-time record high temp in Antarctica; Record low snowpack spells trouble for California summer; Biblical rain and flooding in Chile; Gulf Stream slowdown could spell trouble for Europe; PLUS: US unveils targets for big, upcoming UN climate treaty in Paris....All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): 72% of voters support US signing on to UN climate treaty; Ominous finding on ocean heat; College-educated Republicans less likely to accept science of climate change; "There are no jobs on a dead planet"; BP oil spill caused lasting damage; Shell to return to drilling in the Arctic... PLUS: Lobbyist fails his own pesticide challenge... and much, MUCH more! ...

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Article Categories: California, United Nations, Environment, Republicans, Green News, EPA, Chile, Climate change, Extreme weather, China, Greenland

'It's the Biggest Problem Facing Humanity': VICE's Shane Smith on Climate Change

'People who know the science is real are paying people to say it's not real. That's the definition of shitting where you eat.'

By Brad Friedman on 3/28/2014 6:35am PT

On last week's episode of VICE on HBO, the documentary news magazine's founder Shane Smith went to Greenland to cover the startling melting of its massive ice sheets

Grist's Ted Alvarez interviewed Smith about the episode recently. Here are a few highlights from that interview...

Q. What made you guys want to tackle climate change?

A. I did a story last year - and I'm going to do this every season, every time we get a chance because I think it's the biggest problem facing humanity as a whole today. I don't know how you get bigger.
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Q. And yet mainstream media often shies away from covering it, at least in proportion to the seriousness of the problem.

A. I find it incredibly strange that that's the case. When you talk to people in the scientific community and ask how much of this is our fault, they say, "Oh, 100 percent of it." And most people don't think it's true. But I guess there's people who deny gravity and evolution. ... It's not even that the gun is to our heads; the hammer has been cocked back. We have to do it now or we're screwed.
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Q. What made the biggest impression on you while out there on the ice?

A. The scale of what's happening is amazing. I live in Tribeca, and during Sandy my whole street was underwater. It's personal: My house is going to sink. You realize the scope of the problem. Greenland is several miles thick, and it's sinking as fast as it can. We flew over this deglaciated land which has been covered for 50,000 years, and 10-15 miles of it is deglaciated. You realize what used to be miles wide and miles thick is just gone. If you understand the science, you understand it will happen at an exponential rate. And then it becomes wholly terrifying. You can see how a place that's three times the size of Texas is melting all at once. It's mind-bogglingly huge.
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I don't think the scientific community understands the war they're in. [They say], "It's difficult to say anything is 100 percent this or that." They don't understand that if they leave any loophole, the far right, the Koch brothers, the well-funded lobbies will exploit it. Ninety percent of the comments on anything we do [on VICE] are positive, but when we cover climate change they're negative, and it's because they're funded.

That's what I really think is the most insidious. Look, we all know [climate change] is real - the science at this point is indisputable. But people who know the science is real are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for people to say it's not real. That's the definition of shitting where you eat: damning future generations so you can make short-term profit on fossil fuels.

Unfortunately, the episode doesn't appear to be available online for free, other than for HBO subscribers at HBO Go. If you have access to either, you should try and watch VICE's disturbing "Greenland is Melting" segment. Here's Shane Smith's "Debrief" on the episode...

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