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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 'Unprecedented' heat waves set all-time high national records in Brazil and South Africa; Commercial jet the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean powered by waste fat and sugar, not fossil fuels; PLUS: President Biden touts booming clean energy jobs, manufacturing in MAGA Republican's district... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): CA's Salton Sea has even more lithium than previously thought; Cybersecurity agency warns that water utilities are vulnerable to hackers after PA attack; New life for old coal: Minelands and power plants are hot renewable development spots; Biden Admin sued for hiding records on opposition to fossil fuel phaseout; LA liquefied natural gas facility is the next carbon bomb ... PLUS: Biden’s paradox: Can a green grid coexist with industrial surge?... and much, MUCH more! ...

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

• 'Unprecedented' heat waves break records in Global South:
• Brazil hits hottest temperature ever recorded during searing spring heat wave (Axios):
  
  El Nino and climate change have helped drive the weeks-long heat wave that's set several daily and monthly records, caused power outages in major cities and threatened crops and biodiversity in places such as Brazil's Pantanal wetlands — where thousands of wildfires are burning.
• Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world’s largest tropical wetlands (AP)
• All of southern Africa will feel the heatwave into the weekend (News24)
• South Africa is experiencing hottest weather conditions since the mid-1800s (Cape Argus)
• Far-right climate science deniers win elections in Argentia and the Netherlands:
• New Argentine president calls climate change 'a socialist lie' (Politico)
• Argentina’s Trump? Far-Right Javier Milei Wins Presidency with Echoes of Past Dictatorship (Democracy Now)
• Success of Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV raises fears for Dutch climate policies (Guardian)
• Dutch Climate Goals at Risk After Success of Far-Right Party (Bloomberg)
• U.S. coal plant air pollution much more deadly than previously thought:
• US coal power plants killed at least 460,000 people in past 20 years – report (Guardian)
• Coal-powered emissions more deadly than previously thought, study finds (Salon/Yahoo):
  
  A new paper published in Science shows that particulate matter from coal plants are more harmful than previously thought...The researchers also ranked coal plants by deadliest, and found the top 10 were associated with more than 5,000 deaths. The study estimated that coal-fueled plants in two states, Ohio and Pennsylvania, likely caused more than 103,000 deaths nationwide since 1999.
• Commercial jet first to cross Atlantic fueled by waste fat, not fossil fuels:
• High-fat flight is first jetliner to make fossil fuel-free trans-Atlantic crossing from London to NY (AP)
• A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean (Washington Post/MSN)
• Virgin Atlantic Flies First TransAtlantic Low Carbon Crossing. Is SAF a Gaffe? (Cimate Crocks)
• Virgin Atlantic completes first long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable fuel (CNBC)
• Energy Department boost manufacturing in former coal towns:
• Former Coal Towns Get Money for Clean-Energy Factories (NY Times):
  
  In Weirton, W.Va., in the heart of coal country, a company started by MIT scientists plans to build a plant that will produce a metal and alloy critical for clean energy, fuel cells and cleaner steel...They’re all projects getting federal funding designed to help small- and medium-sized manufacturers bring clean-energy jobs to former coal communities, part of a $1 trillion infrastructure package signed by President Biden in 2021.
• Biden invokes Defense Production Act to expand heat pump manufacturing:
• US aims to speed heat pump manufacturing using Cold War-era law (Reuters/MSN):
  
  The U.S. will fund nine projects with $169 million from last year's climate bill to speed manufacturing of heat pumps, systems that can heat and cool homes and businesses more efficiently, the Energy Department said on Friday.
• Michigan heat pump projects win piece of $169M federal grant (Crain's)
• Electric heat costs way less than reports say, new data suggests (Guardian)
• Biden touts clean energy jobs boom in MAGA Rep. Boebert's district:
• President Biden visited a wind turbine factory in Pueblo, Colorado. Here's what he said (Pueblo Chieftain)
• Biden visits Boebert's district to reject Republican criticism of green policies (AP)
• Biden promotes economic agenda in Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Colorado district, zeroing in on the GOP's opposition to the Inflation Reduction Act (NBC News)
• Biden Takes on MAGA Republicans in Boebert’s Backyard (NY Times)
  
  "You all know you’re part of a massive failure?" Mr. Biden asked the crowd, drawing laughs. "You’re changing America," he told the workers and guests in attendance. "It all sounds like a massive failure of thinking by the congresswoman and her colleagues."
• Biden Takes Aim At Boebert's Climate Criticism With Trip To Colorado Wind Factory (International Business Times)
• Boebert leans into environment policy in bid to win over critics (E&E News)
• VIDEO, Transcript: President Biden Speaks in Colorado (Rev)

'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

• Salton Sea Has Even More Lithium Than Previously Thought, New Report Finds (LA Times)
• Cybersecurity agency warns that water utilities are vulnerable to hackers after Pennsylvania attack (AP)
• New life for old coal: Minelands and power plants are hot renewable development spots (Michigan Advance)
• US Will Protect Wolverines As Climate Change Melts Their Mountain Refuges (AP)
• Biden Admin Sued for Hiding Records on Opposition to Fossil Fuel Phaseout (Common Dreams)
• Low-Key Green: Pueblo is a world-class model for the clean-energy economy envisioned in the Inflation Reduction Act (The American Prospect, October 2023)
• This Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Is the Next Carbon Bomb (Sierra)
• The $500,000 Fight To Protect A Muskoka Wetland (Thje Narwhal)
• In Reversal, Mexico Calls For Moratorium On International Deep-Sea Mining (Mongabay)
• A Roll Of The Dice: The Unknown Threat Of Exposure To Chemical Mixtures (Huffington Post)
• The Love Story Of An Endangered Tree And The Little Bird Who Eats Its Seeds (The Narhwal)
• Biden’s paradox: Can a green grid coexist with industrial surge? (E&E News)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• The trillion-dollar quest to make green steel (Canary Media)
• Rising Temperatures Are Wreaking Havoc Year-Round (gift link, Bloomberg)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (Climate Crocks)
• These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
• Building Steam in Lithium Valley (The American Prospect)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here's How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• 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)
• Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We've Given Up-Probably Forever (Environmental Health Network)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• VIDEO: 2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis (Guardian UK)
• 99.9 percent Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans (Guardian UK)
• 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)
• 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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