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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Extreme wildfire crisis now the most destructive in Los Angeles history, as Green News Report is forced to evacuate; Climate change is intensifying extreme fire conditions; PLUS: President Biden designates two new national monuments, protecting sacred tribal lands... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Jimmy Carter raised climate change concerns 35 years before Paris Accords; Trump promises to end new wind farms; What are the factors the caused the unseasonal CA fires?; California wildfires threaten insurers already teetering from climate shocks; To save the Great Salt Lake, farmers will have to grow less alfalfa; Coal was on its way out. But surging electricity demand is keeping it alive... PLUS: Biden FWS declines to remove grizzly bears from endangered list... and much, MUCH more! ...

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

• Extreme wildfire crisis is the most destructive in Los Angeles history::
• Live updates: Thousands of homes burned in Palisades, Eaton fires; more days of fire weather ahead (LA Times:
  
  Five people have died, but officials say the death toll is likely to be higher. More than 2,000 structures have burned and at least 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders. Experts say L.A. is not out of danger yet and these fires have the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history.
• Live updates: Los Angeles wildfires --- Death toll unknown, thousands of structures destroyed and tens of thousands flee (CNN)
• Pacific Palisades wildfire is most destructive in LA history with 1,000 structures burned (AP)
• Firefighters make progress slowing wildfires while Los Angeles grapples with scope of devastation (AP)
• Photos of Los Angeles show catastrophic scale of devastation as blazes burn uncontrolled (NBC News)
• Sunset Fire evacuations lifted after causing thousands to flee Hollywood Hills (KTLA-Los Angeles)
• LA Fire Department In Crisis: Not Enough Firefighters, Hydrants Running Dry Without Water During Wildfires (MSN News)
• VIDEO Eaton Fire: No amount of water could have stopped wind-driven wildfires (Fox 11 Los Angeles/Youtube)
• VIDEO: LACoFD Chief: County Overwhelmed By Level Of 'Widespread Disaster', 'Not Enough Firefighters' In LA (YouTube)
• Biden approves sweeping disaster declaration for SoCal fires (Politico)
• AUDIO: 'A Tidal Wave of Fire' in L.A.:John Amato of Crooks and Liars, on losing his home in the Palisades Fire (BRAD BLOG)
• Billy Crystal, Paris Hilton and other celebs lose homes in LA fires (KABC-Los Angeles)
• Climate change set the stage for LA's catastrophic wildfire disaster:
• The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires (Yale Climate Communications):
  
  Summer dry seasons are extending into winter, intensifying the impacts of Santa Ana winds.
• LA's wildfires sparked by rare collision of climate factors (Axios)
• VIDEO: Dr. Michael Mann on CNN (Dr. Michael Mann/Bluesky)
• Biden designates two new national monuments on sacred tribal lands:
• Biden designates two new national monuments in California (Axios)
• Dangerously high winds force Biden to cancel event announcing two new national monuments (AP)
• FACT SHEET: President Biden Establishes Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands National Monuments in California (White House):
  
  President Biden has now conserved more lands and waters than any President in history and has created the largest corridor of protected lands in the lower 48 states, the Moab to Mojave Conservation Corridor.
• Trump and Republicans attack CA leaders over wildfire disaster:
• Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy (CNN)
• VIDEO: Desi Lydic, GOP Promotes Trump’s Greenland Fantasy While Fires Rage in LA (Daily Show/YouTube)
• Disaster experts warn no country is ready for accelerating climate impacts:
• The World Isn’t Adapting to Climate Change Quickly Enough, U.N. Says (E&E News, 11/2/2022
• No Escape: Climate change is a growing threat to people already fleeing war (United Nations)

'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

• Jimmy Carter raised climate change concerns 35 years before Paris Accords (AP)
• Trump promises to end new wind farms (NY Times)
• What are the factors the caused the unseasonal CA fires? (AP)
• Coal was on its way out. But surging electricity demand is keeping it alive (Floodlight News)
• Biden FWS declines to remove grizzly bears from endangered list (Washington Post)
• Frontline communities fight to evict a toxic roofing company (Sierra Magazine)
• California wildfires threaten insurers already teetering from climate shocks (NY Times)
• Campaigners celebrate as firm making first-eve GMO fish ceases operations (Mongabay)
• California sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back (Grist)
• USFS withdraws old-growth forest plan after pushback from industry and GOP (AP)
• Extreme weather events pose outsized risks for food delivery workers (Inside Climate News)
• To save the Great Salt Lake, farmers will have to grow less alfalfa (Inside Climate News)
• Elon Musk’s company is tunneling beneath Las Vegas with little oversight (Pro Publica)
• Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech? (David Roberts, Volts)
• Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)
• The Climate Fight Will Continue (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration? (Pro Publica)
• Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point? (The Oceanography Society)
• How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists (Drilled)
• Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming (Nature)
• How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Disinformation Tactics (Guardian)
• The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (The Atlantic)
• Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you (Washington Post)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (This Is Not Cool blog)
• 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)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)

                 

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