IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The planet strikes back; Mountaintop removal stalled again; San Francisco goes for scraps; Apple takes another bite out of the Chamber of Commerce... PLUS: where there’s a Will, there’s a denial ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Malawian boy uses wind to power hope, electrify village; Supreme Court rules against U.S. on offshore drilling royalties; China says rich nations need to honor climate commitments; Obama orders agencies to reduce emissions; EPA announces Toxics Reform; "Smart" Clothes Dryers could reduce electricity demand by the equivalent of 6 coal power plants ... PLUS: The Copenhagen Wrangling, Explained ....

Info/links on those stories and all the ones we talked about on today's episode follow below...

• DEADLY WORLD WEATHER:
  • UN seeks $74 mln in aid for flood-hit Philippines (AFP)
  • Submerged Manila faces disease threat (CNN)
  • Rescuers Leave Indonesia Quake Site (NY Times)
  • Typhoon heads to Japan, storm stalls over Philippines (Washington Post)
  • Floods batter Andhra, Karnataka; 1.5m homeless (Times of India)
  • Anger swells over slow relief in India floods (Reuters)
  • Choked Floodways Feed Manila’s Typhoon Toll (NY Times)
  • US troops ramp up Indonesia quake relief (AP)
  • Samoa's tsunami death toll rises (BBC)
• OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUTS THE BRAKES ON MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL...AGAIN:
  • EPA: All 79 mining permits need more review (West Virginia Gazette)
  • Mountaintop Mining Impact Is Reined In (Wall St Journal)
  • Big coal gone wild: The sequel (Grist)
  • 130 Million Tons of Waste: Sixty Minutes Covers Coal Ash Story (Locust Fork News):
    
    If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents in a Tennessee town being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled?
• MUTINY AT THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
  • Apple Leaves U.S. Chamber Over Its Climate Position (Washington Post)
  • Apple Unplugs Itself From Chamber of Commerce (The New Republic)
  • Apple Resigns From Chamber Over Climate (Green Inc.)
• CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS STRIKE AGAIN:
  • The Two Arguments Against Reducing Emissions (The New Republic)
  • Memo to WashPost, George Will: Cassandra was right (Climate Progress)
  • George Will's wrongheaded, debunked OP-ED: Cooling Down the Cassandras (Washington Post)
• TODAY'S CLOSING SONG: They Might Be Giants, "Science is Real"
  

'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': More green news not covered in today's audio report...

• Malawian boy uses wind to power hope, electrify village (CNN)
• Interior Bid for Supreme Court Hearing on $19B Royalties Case Fails (Greenwire)
• China says rich need to honor climate commitments (Reuters)
• Agencies Told To Reduce Emissions (Washington Post)
• EPA Announces Toxics Reform (Mother Jones)
• These Smart Clothes Dryers Could Reduce Electricity Demand by the Equivalent of 6 Coal Power Plants (Treehugger)
• The Copenhagen Wrangling, Explained (The New Republic)

                 

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