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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)
Investigate GANG STALKING!!!!!
The government, with citizen help, harasses those who are intelligent, independent, free thinkers, in order to destroy them, their lives, livelihood, etc.
“They” use every means at their disposal.
George Orwell’s 1984 is reality!!
Okay… Thanks for the comment, Patricia, but it is completely off topic for this post, and rather difficult to discern just what you are referring to…
Hallelujah! It’s about time somebody put the brakes on mountaintop removal! Gobama!