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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Florida residents face the catastrophic damage and death toll of Hurricane Ian; Community specifically designed for climate resilience passes Ian's test; President Biden pledges timely, full aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona; PLUS: Next on the U.S. Supreme Court's chopping block: the Clean Water Act... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Deep State of Denial: Far right furiously rationalizing Hurricane Ian; Ian exposes messy politics of disaster spending; Pakistan disease outbreaks after floods spur calls for crisis plan; Carbon capture project faces local pushback in Louisiana; Free shipping isn't free for everyone; The EV boom is about to begin - does the U.S. have the power to charge it?; California suffers driest 3 years on record, with no end in sight... PLUS: Memories of the end of the last ice age, from those who were there.... and much, MUCH more! ...

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY'S 'GREEN NEWS REPORT'...

• Floridians face the catastrophic damage of Hurricane Ian:
• Ian's aftermath: Death toll passes 100 as rescuers go door-to-door; many island homes 'unlivable' (CNN)
• Florida Begins to Clean Up After Ian, But Many Lack Insurance for Flooding (NBC Miami)
• Hurricane Ian could cause $75 billion in damage (ABC News)
• Hurricane Ian Hit Florida at Key Time for Vegetable, Fruit Planting (Bloomberg/MSN)
• Citrus crop losses from Ian expected to top 80 percent in some areas (The Ledger/MSN)
• Hurricane Ian was a major water pollution event:
• Hurricane Ian Dumped Raw Sewage Into Florida Waterways (Bloomberg/GC Captain)
• Hurricane Ian may leave behind a trail of environmental hazards (Washington Post)
• Pollution from Florida mining a concern with Hurricane Ian (ABC News)
• SC takes stock of damage from Hurricane Ian (Post and Courier)
• Orlando asks residents to limit water use to spare taxed wastewater systems (Orlando Sentinel)
• Central Florida struggles with Ian’s ongoing sewage crisis (Orlando Sentinel)
• Environmental groups warn of pollution hazards as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida (AP)
• Success story: 100 percent solar community passes Ian's test:
• This 100 percent solar community endured Hurricane Ian with no loss of power and minimal damage (CNN):
  
  The streets in this meticulously planned neighborhood were designed to flood so houses don’t. Native landscaping along roads helps control storm water. Power and internet lines are buried to avoid wind damage. This is all in addition to being built to Florida’s robust building codes..."It certainly exceeded our expectations of a major hurricane," Grande, 58, told CNN.
• Babcock Ranch, America's First Solar Town (Babcock Ranch)
• President Biden pledges long-term assistance to Puerto Rico after Fiona:
• Joe Biden surveys hurricane damage in Puerto Rico, promises more aid (UPI)
• Puerto Rico hurricane survivors remain hopeful and skeptical after Biden’s visit (NBC News)
• Biden in Puerto Rico: 'We're going to make sure you get every single dollar promised' (CNN)
• VIDEO: President Biden Remarks on Hurricane in Puerto Rico (C-SPAN)
• CBS News' David Begnaud: (David Begnaud, Twitter):
  
  "Since hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico five years ago, the U.S. government has allocated 80 billion to rebuilding Puerto Rico. 67 billion has been obligated. 24 billion has been disbursed so far.
• Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Funds Highlights (Recovery/PR)
• Why Puerto Rico still struggling to rebuild grid 5 years after Hurricane Maria (AP)
• About 120,000 still without power in Puerto Rico days after Fiona (Reuters)
• Hurricane Orlene 'blows the doors off' rapid intensification before Mexico landfall:
• Hurricane Orlene hits Mexico’s Pacific coast near Mazatlan (AP)
• VIDEO: Ian’s Rapid Intensification is a Climate Driven Trend (Climate Crocks)
• A 'Nightmare' for Forecasters: Here's Why Hurricanes Are Getting Stronger, Faster (NY Times)
• Clean Water Act up next on US Supreme Court's chopping block:
• What’s protected under the Clean Water Act? The Supreme Court is about to decide. (Grist)
• The Supreme Court appears determined to shrink the Clean Water Act.But it isn’t sure how. (Vox):
  
  Indeed, in the worst case for the government, the Court could declare much of the act void for vagueness. As Gorsuch has written, in a somewhat hyperbolic majority opinion for the Court, "In our constitutional order, a vague law is no law at all."
• AUDIO: Supreme Court opens starts new term by hearing case involving Clean Water Act (NPR):
  
  KETANJI BROWN JACKSON: I guess my question is, why would Congress draw the coverage line between abutting wetlands and neighboring wetlands when the objective of the statute is to ensure the chemical, physical and biological integrity of the nation's waters?
• Supreme Court appears to back EPA in WOTUS war (E&E News)
• The Fate of the Clean Water Act is in the Supreme Court’s Hands (EarthJustice)

'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (Stuff we didn't have time for in today's audio report)...

For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists' Daily Headlines page

• Deep State of Denial: Far Right Furiously Rationalizing Ian (Climate Crocks)
• Ian exposes messy politics of disaster spending (E&E News)
• Bolsonaro And Lula Will Go To A Runoff To Decide The Leader Of Brazil (NY Times)
• New York to Ban New Gas-Powered Vehicles, Following California's Lead (Earther)
• Fed Announces Pilot Program On Climate Risk With Six Major Banks (The Hill)
• Pakistan Disease Outbreaks After Floods Spur Calls For Crisis Plan (Thompson Reuters Foundation)
• Chemicals Linked To Birth Defects Are Being Dumped In Pittsburgh Rivers (Environmental Health Network)
• Carbon Capture Faces Ferocious Pushback In Parts Of Louisiana (NOLA.com)
• How Russian Timber Bypasses U.S. Sanctions By Way Of Vietnam (Washington Post)
• Revealed: Huge Gas Flaring Emissions Never Reported (BBC)
• Free Shipping Isn’t Free for Everyone (Sierra Magazine)
• The EV Boom Is About To Begin. Does The US Have The Power To Charge It? (Guardian UK)
• Calif. Suffers Through Driest 3 Years Ever Recorded, With No Relief In Sight (LA Times)
• Memories of the End of the Last Ice Age, from Those Who Were There (Hakai Magazine)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• Focusing on the climate actions that can make a real difference (David Roberts, Volts)
• VIDEO: See what three degrees of global warming looks like (The Economist/YouTube)
• The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever (Grist)
• The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world (Guardian UK)
• Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC (Dr. Michael Mann, Penn Today)
• UN warns Earth 'firmly on track toward an unlivable world' (AP)
• Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We've Given Up-Probably Forever (Environmental Health Network)
• "Rare Earths" from Coal Waste (Climate Crocks)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• Green Upheaval: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Foreign Affairs)
• VIDEO: 2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis (Guardian UK)
• Guilt, grief and anxiety as young people fear for climate's future (Reuters)
• 99.9 percent Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans (Guardian UK)
• An Empire of Dying Wells: Old oil and gas sites are a climate menace. Meet the company that owns more of America's decaying wells than any other. (Bloomberg)
• Climate Fund Choices for Investors Are Multiplying (Bloomberg/Yahoo)
• How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains (Grist)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon's Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• What Does '12 Years to Act on Climate Change' (Now 9 Years) Really Mean? (Inside Climate News)
• VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
• What genuine, no-bullshit ambition on climate change would look like: How to hit the most stringent targets, with no loopholes. (David Roberts, Vox)
• A Global Shift To Sustainability Would Save Us $26 Trillion (Vox)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist's Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)
• The great nutrient collapse: The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. (Politico)
• The world's bleak climate situation, in 3 charts: We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there. (Vox)
• The Climate Risks We Face (NY Times):
  
  To stabilize global temperature, net carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to zero. The window of time is rapidly closing to reduce emissions and limit warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the goal set in the Paris climate accord. The further we push the climate system beyond historical conditions, the greater the risks of potentially unforeseen and even catastrophic changes to the climate - so every reduction in emissions helps.
• The Uninhabitable Earth: When will climate change make earth too hot for humans? (New York Magazine):
  
  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak - sooner than you think.
• A beginner's guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy (Vox):
  
  Clean-energy enthusiasts frequently claim that we can go bigger, that it's possible for the whole world to run on renewables - we merely lack the "political will." So, is it true? Do we know how get to an all-renewables system? Not yet. Not really.

                 

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