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IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: First ever global summit now underway in Colombia to phase out fossil fuels; Unusual, intense Spring floods and wildfires strike across the U.S.; PLUS: Trump Administration pays two more offshore wind companies to cancel their projects… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
Green News Report
with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen
4/28/2026
‘Green News Report’ – April 28, 2026 | With Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen · · · · · ‘Green News Report’ – April 28, 2026 | With Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen
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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): BP’s profit more than doubles in 1Q as Iran war continues; California gas prices are up, and it’s not just the war [it’s price-gouging]; Supreme Court grills Monsanto on Roundup cancer warning; Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds; French PR executive behind Facebook network spreading hate about heat pumps … PLUS: Global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry forever, IEA chief says … and much, MUCH more! …
STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…
- Snarky: Desi Lydic Chronicles Trump’s Forever War on Windmills (The Daily Show)
- Global oil prices rise again as Trump’s War on Iran remains unresolved:
- Oil prices rise despite Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz (AL Jazeera):
Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose 3 percent on Tuesday as Tehran’s offer failed to assuage traders’ concerns about the blockade of the waterway critical for global fuel supplies.
- Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say (AP)
- UAE to leave OPEC and OPEC+ oil producer groups (Reuters)
- Wildfires wreaking havoc across US:
- VIDEO: Heavy weekend rain slows 2 sprawling Georgia wildfires, even as new blazes start (AP)
- Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter and destruction of 120 Georgia homes (AP)
- Red flag warning in place for central west Florida for Tuesday – gusts up to 30 mph (Tampa Bay Times)
- Wildfire ‘red flag’ warnings in effect for large chunk of the U.S. Here’s what to know (Scientific American)
- Georgia blaze shows how climate change has led to more wildfires in the East (AP)
- The record-setting U.S. drought is so bad that 97% of the Southeast and two-thirds of the West are parched (Fortune)
- Climate change-fueled storms inundate parts of Wisconsin, Michigan:
- Heavy rain, snowmelt are hurtling large chunks of ice into northern Michigan homes (CBS News)
- Extreme rain on snow is testing aging dams across Michigan and Wisconsin – this is the future in a warming world (The Conversation)
- VIDEO: Dr. Steve Vavrus on Wisconsin’s rising risk for extreme weather (PBS-Wisconsin)
- Experts credit climate change as factor in recent severe weather in Wisconsin as politicians share varying views (CBS-Milwaukee)
- Trump pays two more offshore wind companies to cancel projects:
- Trump administration to pay 2 more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases (AP):
Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind were slated to be major offshore wind projects, each capable of powering more than 1 million homes when complete and helping the states of New Jersey, New York and California meet their clean energy goals. If the projects were to ever move forward, a developer would have to buy new leases. But under the Trump administration, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has rescinded all designated wind energy areas in federal waters.
- Trump administration pays wind developer to walk away from California offshore lease (LA Times):
Golden State Wind was one of five leaseholders off the coast of California with a wind lease off Morro Bay…The California project was expected to generate up to 2 gigawatts of clean offshore wind energy, or enough to power about 1.1 million homes, according to the company, which is a joint venture between developers Ocean Winds and Reventus Power.
- Inside California’s audacious bid to build the world’s deepest floating wind farm (LA Times, 4/9/2026)
- Fossil fuel phase-out conference underway in Colombia:
- How frustration at Cop stalemates inspires first global talks on phasing out fossil fuels (Guardian)
- As the UN Global Climate Talks Lose Momentum, a Smaller Coalition Eyes a Fossil Fuel Exit (Inside Climate News):
[M]ore than 50 nations are gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia, today to start mapping out specific plans to phase out fossil fuels, going beyond the conditional global consensus on “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems” reached at COP28 in Dubai. A lack of progress toward that goal spurred Colombia and the Netherlands to build a coalition of countries willing to move faster and farther…Instead of trying to drag every reluctant petro-state along at once, Colombia and the Netherlands are hoping to build a modular coalition of countries to develop practical timetables and mechanisms for protecting people, communities and ecosystems while electrifying transport and industry and boosting conservation and efficiency to displace fossil fuels.
- VIDEO: Prof. Dr. Johan Rockstrom, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research – Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, Santa Marta, Colombia 2026 (We Don’t Have Time):
Professor Johan Rockstrom discusses the launch of the Science Panel for the Global Energy Transition in Santa Marta, Colombia, which aims to support the accelerated phase-out of fossil fuels through updated scientific pathways and policy recommendations.
‘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
- BP’s profit more than doubles in 1Q as Iran war continues and US gas prices rise (AP)
- Aftermath: California gas prices are up, and it’s not just the war (The American Prospect)
- Hormuz closure a big wrench in LNG plans (This Is Not Cool)
- Supreme Court grills Monsanto on Roundup cancer warning (E&E NEws)
- Toxins plus climate harms likely cause of reduced fertility, study finds (Guardian)
- Shrunken offshore energy regulator faces an outsize challenge (E&E News)
- ICE planning facility for children and families on PFAS-contaminated site (Guardian)
- Global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry forever, IEA chief says (Guardian)
- A town of 7,000 planned so many data centers, it’s like adding 51 Walmarts (Washington Post)
- French PR executive behind Facebook network spreading hate about heat pumps (DeSmog Blog)
- Yes, Climate Still Matters. Here’s How It Connects to Every Other Crisis in the World Today. (Drilled)
- What Are The Biggest Climate Polluters Near You? (Yale Climate Connections)
- Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report (Yale Climate Connections)
- How Trump’s War on Climate Science impacts all Americans (Bloomberg)
- Solar Is Liberation (Rolling Stone)
- Governments legally required to address climate change, global court says (Inside Climate News)
- 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)
