IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Making history and rewriting the future: Donald Trump declared winner of the U.S. Presidential election. What that means for the environment, energy and the UN climate agreement; PLUS: Environmental measures win and lose on statewide ballots...and 2018 is just two years away... All that and more in today's Green News Report!
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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Santa Monica is creating a low-carbon city only rich people can enjoy; Enviros Sue BNSF To Cover Coal Trains, Prevent Water Pollution; Exxon Widens Climate Battle, May Depose 17 State AGs; Greens Prepare For Battle With Trump; Charges Dropped Against Pair Who Filmed Pipeline Protest... PLUS: Welcome to the Fight... and much, MUCH more! ...
STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY'S 'GREEN NEWS REPORT'...
- Donald Trump, climate science denier, declared the winner of U.S. presidential election:
- Trump's election marks the end of any serious hope of limiting climate change to 2 degrees (David Roberts, Vox):
Widespread suffering and misery from climate change are now effectively inevitable. - Trump Picks Climate Skeptic For EPA (Daily Beast)
- The Global Dangers of Trump's Climate Denial (National Geographic)
- Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days (NPR)
- 'Trump's Election Is a Disaster' (EcoWatch):
My email inbox is stuffed full with reactions from the environmental community and Twitter is on fire. Here are some of those reactions...
- Trump's election marks the end of any serious hope of limiting climate change to 2 degrees (David Roberts, Vox):
- Hillary Clinton urges Americans to keep up the fight to protect people, planet:
- VIDEO: Hillary Clinton's concession speech full transcript: 2016 presidential election (Vox)
- Sanders Statement on Trump (Senator Bernie Sanders)
- Environmental measures win & lose on the ballot:
- Florida voters reject utility-backed solar amendment (Climate Progress)
- Washington state rejects carbon tax (Climate Progress)
- Monterey Becomes California's First Major Oil-Producing County to Ban Fracking (EcoWatch)
- California Voters Saved the First Statewide Plastic Bag Ban (Take Part)
- Colorado Passes Measure Making Fracking Bans Almost Impossible (Daily Caller)
- Food and Ag Related Election Results (Jayson Lusk)
- UN climate negotiators 'determined' in spite of Trump win:
- Trump Victory in Presidential Race Stuns Climate World (Inside Climate News)
- Trump Win Will Not Derail Global Climate Effort, Activists Vow (Thompson Reuters Fdn):
Grim-faced activists at U.N. climate negotiations in Morocco pledged on Wednesday that the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president would not derail global action to curb climate change and deal with its worsening consequences. - AS IT HAPPENED: UN climate talks reaction as Trump wins US presidency (Climate Home)
- VIDEO: 16 Climate Scientists React to Donald Trump's Victory (Carbon Brief)
- Climate Talks in Morocco Aim to Set Paris Agreement in Motion (Inside Climate News):
It lacks the pizazz of last year's landmark negotiations, but the talks in Marrakech will help determine whether the world can reach Paris' goals. - World On Track For 3C Of Warming Under Current Pledges, Warns UNEP (Guardian UK):
The commitments made by governments on climate change will lead to dangerous levels of global warming because they are incommensurate with the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said that pledges put forward to cut emissions would see temperatures rise by 3C above pre-industrial levels, far above the the 2C of the Paris climate agreement, which comes into force on Friday. - WMO: Five hottest years on record have occurred since 2011 (BBC)
'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (Stuff we didn't have time for in today's audio report)...
- Welcome to the Fight (The Nation):
If we withdraw into our grief and abandon those most threatened by Trump's win, history will never forgive us. - Santa Monica is creating a low-carbon city only rich people can enjoy (Vox):
Without density, urban "greening" is mostly symbolic. - Enviros Sue BNSF To Cover Coal Trains, Prevent Water Pollution (Seattle Times):
The trial in a lawsuit by a broad coalition of environmental groups seeking to force BNSF to cover its coal-train loads to prevent water pollution began Monday in federal court in Seattle. - Exxon Widens Climate Battle, May Depose 17 State AGs (Inside Cliamte News):
Court ruling in Texas, company says, opens the opportunity to inquire about the motivations of all states investigating the oil giant for potential climate fraud. - Greens Prepare For Battle With Trump (The Hill):
Environmental groups are shifting into battle mode, preparing for inevitable policy fights with President-elect Donald Trump, his administration and the next GOP Congress. - Charges Dropped Against Pair Who Filmed Pipeline Protest (AP):
Prosecutors have dropped charges including burglary and sabotage against two filmmakers who recorded a protest at an oil pipeline in Washington state last month. - Oklahoma Agency Plans to Shut Disposal Wells After Earthquake (Bloomberg):
Oklahoma’s oil and gas regulator plans to shut some disposal wells and reduce the volume of others as its initial response to Sunday’s earthquake near the oil hub of Cushing. - When Bats Look for Meals Near Wind Power, Bats Die (NY Times):
Wind power can help the world fight climate change, but it’s not so great for bats. - Behind Dakota Pipeline Protest: Native American Religious Revival (CS Monitor):
The protests are about water, fossil fuels, and questions of tribal sovereignty. But beneath all that, tribes from across the US say they're unifying around revitalized Indian traditions and religion. - Regulators: Dakota Pipeline Co. Failed To Disclose Native Artifacts (Guardian UK):
North Dakota regulators accuse company of failing to disclose the discovery of Native American symbolic stones on a site where construction was planned. - No country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target seriously (Vox):
If we mean what we say, no more new fossil fuels, anywhere.
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