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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: 2023 smashed records for global heating and billion-dollar weather disasters; Republican Presidential candidates vow to make climate change impacts as horrific as possible; PLUS: Biden Administration proposes first-ever fines to curb oil and gas industry's methane pollution... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial, monitoring group says; Iowa's political paradox: red state leads in wind as GOP denies climate change; UN cites conflicts, climate disasters in somber 2024 global economic forecast; Fight over fishing regulation could help tear down the administrative state; Biden awards $623 million in grants to build out electric vehicle charging network; Cyberattacks on 2 water utilities raise questions about US preparedness... PLUS: A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant... and much, MUCH more! ...

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

• Record cold in Iowa, record flooding in Northeast, thanks to climate change:
• The Iowa caucuses are the coldest ever. These graphics show just how brutally cold it is (CNN)
• VIDEO: Northeast Hammered by Flooding, More on the Way (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Polar vortex, extreme weather events set to slam U.S. (Axios)
• VIDEO: Now That We Have Your Attention: Scientists on the Climate Altered Jet Stream (This Is Not Cool blog)
• In the Arctic, Less Sea Ice and More Snow on Land Are Pushing Cold Extremes to Eastern North America (Inside Climate News, 9/2/2021)
• 2023 smashed records for global heat and billion-dollar weather disasters:
• State of the Climate: 2023 smashes records for surface temperature and ocean heat (Carbon Brief)
• Earth was hotter than ever in 2023, approaching 1.5-degree warming limit (AP)
• U.S. struck with historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023 (NOAA)
• Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says (PBS NewsHour)
• 2023 shattered records for ocean heat content (again) (Axios)
• NASA confirms 2023 was the hottest year on record (Yahoo News)
• VIDEO: Fox Business host Larry Kudlow claims climate change is a hoax because it's cold in Iowa (Media Matters)
• Natural gas plants the biggest contributors to power outages, study finds:
• Gas plants 'disproportionately vulnerable to failure,' warns Union of Concerned Scientists report (Utility Dive):
  
  Extreme temperatures threaten gas plants and electric reliability, particularly in regions where grid operators use simple methods to account for resource contributions, according to UCS.
• In Nationwide Deepfreeze – Fossil Fuel Vulnerability Revealed (This Is Not Cool blog)
• New UCS Issue Brief Examines Reliability of Gas Power Plants, Calls for Reduced Reliance on Them (Union of Concerned Scientists)
• GOP 2024 presidential candidates vow to increase air pollution and kill US clean energy boom:
• VIDEO, Transcript: DeSantis vs Haley CNN GOP Debate (Rev)
• GOP candidates point to China when asked about threat of climate change (The Hill)
• GOP Candidates Commit to Fossil Fuels at Iowa’s Republican Debate (EOS)
• Biden Administration proposes first-ever fines for oil industry methane pollution:
• Biden Administration to Fine Oil and Gas Companies for Excess Methane (NY Times):
  
  A plan to impose a fee of $900 to $1,500 on every excess ton of methane emissions would be the first federal price on greenhouse gas pollution.
• EPA sets out rules for proposed ‘methane fee’ for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies (AP)
• Oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in annual US health damages: Study (Environmental Health Network)

'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

• YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial, monitoring group says (Reuters)
• Iowa's political paradox: red state leads in wind as GOP denies climate change (Oregon Live)
• UN cites conflicts, climate disasters in somber 2024 global economic forecast (AP)
• Fight Over Fishing Regulation Could Help Tear Down the Administrative State (NY Times)
• Biden awards $623 million in grants to build out electric vehicle charging network (AP)
• A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant (Canary Media)
• Tax-Credit Rules Leave Key ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Issues Unanswered (Canary Media)
• EPA Proposes Tougher Air Standards for Waste Burning Facilities (Bloomberg)
• Azerbaijan Appoints No Women To 28-Member Cop29 Climate Committee (Guardian)
• Cyberattacks on 2 water utilities raise questions about US preparedness (E&E News)
• John Kerry To Leave Biden Administration, Help Campaign (Axios)
• Will Storing CO2 In Old Oil Fields Slow Global Warming? Calif. Mulls Plan
  (LA Times)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• 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)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here's How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• 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)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist's Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)

                 

Article Categories: Iowa, Environment, Republicans, Green News, Natural gas, Oil, Climate change, Extreme weather, NASA, Nikki Haley, Arctic, Dept. of Interior, NOAA, Larry Kudlow, Ron DeSantis, Pollution, Election 2024, Electricity