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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Spain battles its worst wildfire season --- yes, intensified by climate change; The world is drying out, threatening humanity's supply of fresh water; PLUS: Acting NASA Administrator wants the agency to give up climate science --- despite NASA's statutory mandate... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA' (see links below): Picking losers: Keeping obsolete coal plants open costs ratepayers millions; Kia is launching all the cool new EVs in Europe, while the US gets put on the back burner; A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won; Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help Rural Town Diversify Its Economy; Court Puts The Brakes On Contested Land Transfer For Arizona Copper Mine; Another Gold Rush Could Bring Open Pit Mines To South Dakota’s Black Hills... PLUS: As Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Clouds Of Dangerous Dust Blow Into Boomtowns... and much, MUCH more! ...

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

• Spain battling its most destructive wildfire season on record:
• Spain suffers worst wildfires on record as area twice the size of London burns (The Telegraph)
• Four dead as Spain hit by worst wildfires on record in 45C heatwave (The Independent):
  
  Four people have been killed in Spain as southern Europe is hit by its worst wildfires on record. Authorities in Madrid have deployed nearly 3,000 troops to help firefighters tackle blazes that have devastated swathes of the country, as temperatures hit highs of 45C.
• Spain’s third-longest heat wave on record kills over 1,100 as country continues to battle wildfires (First Post)
• Like a creeping mold that's spreading across the landscape': Separate dry areas around the world are merging into 'mega-drying' regions at an alarming rate, study finds (Live Science)
• Yes, climate change is intensifying wildfires around the world:
• VIDEO: Michael Mann on BBC Discussing Climate Change Impacts on Wildfires in North America (Dr. Michael Mann/YouTube)
• Yes, Climate Change is Raising the Risks --- and Stakes --- of Extreme Wildfires (Nature Conservancy)
• The world is drying out, losing freshwater at an unprecedented rate:
• The Drying Planet (Pro Publica):
  
  Now, a new study that examines the world’s total supply of fresh water --- accounting for its rivers and rain, ice and aquifers together --- warns that Earth’s most essential resource is quickly disappearing, signaling what the paper’s authors describe as “a critical, emerging threat to humanity.” The landmasses of the planet are drying. In most places there is less precipitation even as moisture evaporates from the soil faster. More than anything, Earth is being slowly dehydrated by the unmitigated mining of groundwater, which underlies vast proportions of every continent. Nearly 6 billion people, or three quarters of humanity, live in the 101 countries that the study identified as confronting a net decline in water supply.
• Satellites just revealed a hidden global water crisis --- and it’s worse than melting ice (Arizona State University/Science Daily)
• The World Is Running Out of Freshwater Faster Than Anyone Expected (SciTechDaily)
• Continental Mega-Drying: How Satellite Data Uncovered A Global Freshwater Emergency (Weather Channel)
• Acting NASA administrator wants agency to give up climate science:
• NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency (Ars Technica):
  
  However, in abandoning Earth science, NASA would be violating the law that created the agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958..."This area of research positively impacts our economy and national security beyond measure," said Lori Garver, NASA's deputy administrator from 2009 to 2013. "Ignoring scientific evidence and stripping NASA of one of its most tangible public purposes throws NASA into the fire of partisan politics. Enacting this agenda would set back our status as a global leader and risks our economic future."
• It's official: NASA is giving up climate science (Futurism)
• VIDEO: Transportation Sec./NASA chief Sean Duffy on eliminating climate science (Aaron Rupar/Bluesky)
• NASA mission: Taking a Global Perspective on Earth's Climate (NASA)
• Trump administration wants to axe all of NOAA’s climate research (The Hill)
• Ford Motor Company unveils innovative new EV manufacturing system:
• Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs (The Verge)
• Ford’s Answer to China: A Completely New Way of Making Cars (Wird)
• Ford’s new Universal EV Platform is a game changer that will unlock $30,000 electric cars (Electrek)
• $30K Ford EV truck due in 2027 with much-simpler production process (Ars Technica)
• VIDEO: Ford Motor CEO on CNBC talks up revolutionary new EV platform (This Is Not Cool)
• Trump Admin. to restore funding for national EV-charing network:
• Trump admin reopens $5B EV charging program after losses in court:
  
  But the Sierra Club, one of seven nonprofit groups that have joined the legal challenges against the NEVI funding freeze, noted that the department’s guidance does not reinstate those plans, but instead requires states to resubmit them, "further delaying the nationwide EV charging buildout."
• AUDIO: After a freeze, Trump administration reluctantly agrees to fund EV chargers (NPR):
  
  The Trump administration is reopening a federal program to fund the installation of high-speed EV chargers along freeways nationwide, after a six-month freeze in funds and a legal battle with states.
• Judge Orders Lifting of Trump Administration’s Unlawful Freeze of More than A Billion Dollars For Electric Vehicle Charging (Southern Poverty Law Center)
• L.A.'s massive new solar + storage plant now online:
• Major clean power plant serving L.A. goes fully online in Kern County (LA Times)
• A huge $2 billion solar + storage project in California powers up (Electrek)
• L.A.’s massive new solar farm is cheap and impressive. More, please (Sammy Roth, LA Times, 12/5/2024)
• EPA public comment period open on 'endangerment finding': Make your voice heard:
• Register a public comment on Trump EPA's repeal of its landmark 'endangerment finding', using docket tracking number 2025-14572 (Regulations.gov)
• How to Write Effective Public Comments (Environmental Data and Governance Initiative)

'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

• Picking losers: Keeping obsolete coal plants open costs ratepayers millions (This Is Not Cool)
• Kia is launching all the cool new EVs in Europe, while the US gets put on the back burner (Electrek)
• Many Towns Are Unprepared To Handle Train Derailments And Hazmat Spills (Howard Center)
• A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won (Inside Climate News)
• Geothermal Network in Colorado Could Help Rural Town Diversify Its Economy (Inside Climate News)
• Businesses Face 'Chaos' As EPA Aims To Repeal Its Climate Authority (NPR)
• As Hurricane Season Collides With Immigration Agenda, Undocumented Worry (AP)
• Interior Deputizes Border Agents To National Park Sites Amid DC Takeover (The Hill)
• Court Puts The Brakes On Contested Land Transfer For Arizona Copper Mine (AP)
• As Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Clouds Of Dangerous Dust Blow Into Boomtowns (Washington Post)
• Another Gold Rush Could Bring Open Pit Mines To South Dakota’s Black Hills (AP)
• Solar Is Liberation (Rolling Stone)
• Governments legally required to address climate change, global court says (Inside Climate News)
• 10 Ways to Keep Your Home Cool This Summer (Bloomberg, no paywall)
• David Attenborough's 'Ocean' is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea (AP)
• Wall Street Journal: Clean energy transition is unstoppable (This Is Not Cool blog)
• 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)
• 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)
• How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry's Biggest Disinformation Tactics (Guardian)
• The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone (The Atlantic)
• 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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