IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Here we go again: another oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound; Mercury rising --- in Americans; Senate Democrats get squishy on climate and clean energy legislation ... PLUS: What really happened in Copenhagen? ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Famous California alpine lakes warmer faster than surrounding region; First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US; The Rise of Super Bacteria: Disinfectants Cause Some Bacteria to Adapt, Thrive; Oklahoma Company Recalls 248,000 Pounds of Beef; More than 125 whales die in New Zealand strandings... PLUS: Really? Carbon Dioxide Gift Certificates?....

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

• Oh, the Irony: Another Oil Spill In Alaska:
• Tug Grounds on Same Reef as Exxon Valdez Tanker: A tugboat put in service to help prevent another oil spill disaster in Prince William Sound ran aground on the same reef as the Exxon Valdez 20 years ago in what remains the nation's worst oil spill. (AP)
• Tugboat Spills Fuel Oil After Hitting Same Reef as Exxon Valdez in ’89 Accident (AP)
• Crews abandon efforts to skim oil: Rock made infamous by Exxon Valdez is site of another spill (Anchorage Daily News)
• Investigation into tugboat grounding on Bligh Reef begins: Coast Guard has little to say about the accident. (Anchorage Daily News)
• Crews prepare to remove remaining fuel from crippled tug (Anchorage Daily News)
• But wait --there's more!!: BP Spokesman: No Production Impact Due To Alaska Oil Spill (Wall St. Journal)
• And just for "fun": Alaska coast erosion threat to oil, wildlife: A portion of Alaska's North Slope coastline is eroding at a rate of up to 45 feet a year, posing a threat to oil operations and wildlife in the area, according to a new report issued by scientists at the University of Colorado. (Reuters)
• Mercury Emissions From Coal Rising in Illinois, Texas, Michigan:
• Mercury emissions rise in Illinois, even as figures drop nationwide: Illinois' mercury pollution from coal-fired plants increased 7 percent in 2008, U.S. says; Texas and Michigan tied for top spot (Chicago Tribune)
• Mercury emissions rise in Illinois: The increase was blamed on high-mercury coal, which contains less sulfur and helps utility companies meet federal limits on acid rain pollution, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.9UPI)
• Mercury found in all fish caught in U.S.-tested streams (USA Today)
• EPA Finds Widespread Mercury Contamination in Freshwater Fish (CNS News)
• FACT SHEET: Mercury in the Environment (U.S. Geological Survey)
• And just for 'fun': Arctic food affects mercury in polar bears (UPI)
• Mercury Rising IN Americans, Too:
• New CDC Survey Tracks Mercury Levels in Americans (Greenwire)
• What Really Happened in Copenhagen?:
• How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room: As recriminations fly post-Copenhagen, one writer offers a fly-on-the-wall account of how talks failed. (Guardian UK)
• China tried to hijack Copenhagen climate deal: UK
  Climate secretary accuses China, Sudan, Bolivia and other leftwing Latin American countries of trying to hijack Copenhagen (Guardian UK)
• Views on China’s Role in the Greenhouse (Dot Earth)
• Conservative Senate Democrats Warn Climate Legislation 'Too Hard':
• Center-Right Dems Throwing Cold Water on Climate Bill (Washington Monthly)
• Memo to swing Senators: You are going to vote on a bipartisan, economy-wide climate and clean energy jobs bill this spring. Get over it.: Memo to Politico: Do you really aspire to being nothing more than a new media version of the MSM --- stenographers of the status quo? (Climate Progress)
• Or You Could Call It a Lie: Did Jim Inhofe Manipulate Poll Data On Climate Change Policy? (Talking Points Memo)
• CBO: Boxer climate plan won't increase deficit (The Hill)
• CBO Scores Kerry-Boxer and The News Is Good (Treehugger)
• READ IT YOURSELF: Congressional BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE: S. 1733, The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act [.pdf] (Congressional Budget Office)
• CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back 'cap and trade' (CNN)
• Modest Support for "Cap and Trade" Policy (Pew Reserch)
• On Energy, Obama Finds Broad Support (Washington Post)

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

• Regional lake study points to faster warming: Lake Tahoe, Clear Lake and four other large lakes in Northern California and Nevada are warming faster than the surrounding atmosphere, suggesting climate change may affect aquatic environments faster and sooner. (Sacramento Bee)
• Disinfectants Cause Some Bacteria to Adapt, Thrive (Live Science)
• Oklahoma Company Recalls 248,000 Pounds of Beef: National Steak and Poultry recalls 248,000 pounds of beef, could be contaminated with E. coli (ABC News)
• First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)
• More than 125 whales die in New Zealand strandings (AFP)
• For Caring Consumers, the Gift of Carbon Dioxide (NY Times)

                 

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