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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: China takes the lead on clean energy, while the U.S. dithers; Obama gives out goodies for nuclear power ... PLUS: Coal protests in West Virginia ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Solar energy’s dirty little secret; Obama orders government to cut greenhouse emissions by 28%; Pentagon to rank global warming as destabilizing force; Americans cool on global warming; Smart meters save money, energy and dollars ... PLUS: With help from Sweden, four Northern Virginia families are 'climate pilots' ....

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

• U.S. Officially Commits to Copenhagen Accord:
• US Makes Copenhagen Climate Pledge Official (Sort of) (Mother Jones)
• Where things stand on the Copenhagen Accord and international climate politics (Grist)
• Copenhagen Deadline Comes And Goes. Now What? (The New Republic)
• Davos 2010: China Takes Global Lead in Clean Energy:
• Davos 2010: Race Is on to Develop Green, Clean Technology (NY Times)
• China Leading Global Race to Make Clean Energy: China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States last year to become the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, and is poised to expand even further this year. (NY Times)
• China powers the global green tech revolution (Grist)
• Obama Administration Budget: Boost for Nukes, Busts for Oil Tax Breaks:
• Budget Blueprint: Obama Unveils $3.8 T Budget (Greenwire)
• Obama's Budget Request Ups DOE Spending (Sustainable Business.com)
• Renewables in Vogue at Obama's DOE: Nuclear, solar and wind power are the popular kids in the Energy Department schoolyard this year, while oil, gas and coal have been sent to detention. (Greenwire)
• White House Goes After Oil And Gas Subsidies--Again (The New Republic)
• Obama’s nuclear error: $54 billion in loan guarantees make little policy or political sense (Climate Progress)
• MEANWHILE....
• Budget will eliminate Yucca: Reid (E&E News)
• BUDGET: Sky may be falling over Yucca: Funding cutoff, DOE plans may close door on project (Las Vegas Review Journal)
• The Administration Puts Its Own Stamp on a Possible Nuclear Revival (Climatewire)
• Nuclear Renaissance Dealt Blow by South Texas Project Troubles (Public Citizen)
• Vermont nuke plant leaks renew debate over aging plants (SF Gate)
• Leaks imperil nuclear industry: Leak of radioactive water at Vermont Yankee, along with similar incidents at more than 20 other US nuclear plants in recent years, has kindled doubts about the reliability, durability, and maintenance of the nation’s aging nuclear installations. (Boston Globe)
• Obama Budget Increases Hanford Nuclear Site Clean-up Spending (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Texas: Nuclear cost estimate rises by as much as $4 billion (San Antonio Express News)
• Activists Sit-In --- Literally --- to Block Mountaintop Removal:
• For eighth day, climate activists block bulldozers at WV’s Coal River Mountain. (Think Progress)
• Massey Sues Coal River Mountain Tree-Sitters in Federal Court (It's Getting Hot In Here)
• Judge bars protesters from Massey mines in W.Va. (West Virginia Gazette)
• Reminder: Spike Maynard on the Massey Aracoma Mine fire (Coal Tattoo)
• Tree Sits, Air Horns and Helicopters: The Fight to Save Coal River Mountain (It's Getting Hot In Here)
• The Activists: Climate Ground Zero

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

• Solar energy’s dirty little secret (Grist)
• U.S. government to cut greenhouse emissions by 28 percent (AFP)
• Pentagon to rank global warming as destabilising force: US defence review says military planners should factor climate change into long-term strategy (Guardian UK)
• American Opinion Cools on Global Warming (Science Daily)
• Smart Meters Save Money, Energy and Dollars (Grist)
• With help from Sweden, 4 Northern Virginia families are 'Climate Pilots' (Washington Post)

                 

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