{"id":10356,"date":"2013-11-07T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T23:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2013-11-07T15:42:08","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T23:42:08","slug":"green-news-report-november-7-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10356","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; November 7, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center; background-color:#f3fdf4; padding:10px 5px 4px 5px; line-height:20px; background-image:url('\/Images\/GradientDarkGreen_headline.jpg'); background-repeat:repeat-y;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_KenCuccinelli_defeat_110713.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin:10px auto;\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i>Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!&#8230;<\/i><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNewsReport.bsky.social\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Bluesky-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenNewsReport\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Twitter-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Facebook-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journa.host\/@GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Mastodon-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman\/id788236916\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Apple Podcasts' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/itunes-listen-on-apple-podcast-logo-png.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman-desi-doyen\/PC:1000011151\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Pandora' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-Pandora-badge.png'><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-green-news-report-w-brad-f-30973644\/\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on iHeart' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-IHeartRadio.png'><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-News-Report-Friedman-Doyen\/dp\/B08JJRX3TP\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Amazon Music' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/AmazonMusic-badge_690.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Green-News-Report-p477566\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on TuneIn' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/ListenOnTuneIn.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/GNR\/feed.xml\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='RSS\/XML Feed' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/RSS-XML-Feed.png\"><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px; display:block; margin-bottom:0; padding-bottom:0;\"><i>(Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; link below.)<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>IN TODAY&#8217;S RADIO REPORT:<\/strong> ELECTION 2013: the first climate election? 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All GNRs are always archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\">GreenNews.BradBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN &#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/strong> (<em>see links below<\/em>): Fukushima cleanup enters dangerous phase; Western black rhino now extinct; Fossil fuels get $500B annual subsidies; China solar panel makers invest in solar farms; New investment project for North Africa solar; Whopping CO2 footprint for Australian coal mines; Debating &#8216;Pandora&#8217;s Promise&#8217;; PA gives fracking industry $1 billion; ExxonMobil fined $2 million for AR pipeline spill &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i>  It&#8217;s time to adapt to unstoppable climate change, say scientists &#8230; and much, <i>MUCH<\/i> more! &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Historic Super Typhoon Hits Philippines:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/dangerous-super-typhoon-haiyan-assaults-philippines-16712\"><b>Historic Super Typhoon Haiyan Assaults Philippines<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">For the past 24 hours, <b>the storm has remained at a strength close to the theoretical upper limit that cyclones can reach<\/b>. Unlike in the tropical North Atlantic, there is no aircraft reconnaissance of tropical storms and typhoons in the Western Pacific, so the actual wind speeds and minimum central air pressure &#8220;\u201d two key parameters used to classify such storms &#8220;\u201d are being estimated using satellites.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Climate Denier Cuccinelli Defeated &#8212; But Denier Chris Christie Re-elected:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/stories\/1059990052\"><b>Elections show climate contrasts as a &#8216;denier&#8217; loses in Va., Christie wins in N.J.<\/b><\/a> (E &#038; E News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/06\/2899121\/mann-cuccinelli-climate-denial-wedge-issue\/\"><b>Mann 2, Cuccinelli 0: Climate Denial Becomes Wedge Issue, As Hockey Stick Beats Tea Party<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The pro-science side has won the latest skirmish in the climate wars. In a tight race where climate denial became a focus, pro-science candidate Terry McAuliffe was elected governor of Virginia over anti-science candidate Ken Cuccinelli, who infamously launched a (losing) witch hunt against leading climatologist Michael Mann.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ianmasters.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mp3\/2013mp3\/bbriefing_2013_11_06a_michael%20mann.mp3\"><b>AUDIO: Climate Scientist Michael Mann on Cuccinelli Defeat<\/b><\/a> (Ian Masters, KPFK Pacifica Radio, <a href=\"http:\/\/kpfk.org\/\">KPFK.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2013\/11\/07\/1253878\/-Shhhh-Don-t-tell-the-media-but-2013-marks-the-first-climate-election\"><b>Shhhh&#8230;. Don&#8217;t tell the media, but 2013 marks the first climate election<\/b><\/a> (Mike Stark, Daily Kos)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Re-Elected Gov. Chris Christie, Climate Science Denier, Backed by Billionaire Koch Brothers:<\/b>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10335\"><b>David Koch Introduces Chris Christie at Secret 2011 Koch Brothers Billionaire Summit as &#8216;My Kind of Guy&#8217;, &#8216;A True Political Hero&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Exclusive audio revealed Rightwing gathering cheered NJ Guv&#8217;s rejection of landmark greenhouse gas initiative weeks after secret one-on-one with billionaire brother, just months before state coast devastated by global warming-linked &#8216;Superstorm Sandy&#8217;&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/chris-christie-is-no-moderate-on-the-environment\/#.UnwgXPtX2xg.twitter\"><strong>Chris Christie is no moderate on the environment<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/politics\/2013\/11\/06\/2894261\/chris-christies-moderation\/\"><b>Is Chris Christie A Moderate? [NO.]<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2013\/05\/20\/chris-christie-joins-the-yahoos-says-no-proof-climate-change-caused-sandy.html\"><b>Chris Christie Joins the Yahoos, Says No &#8216;Proof&#8217; Climate Change Caused Sandy<\/b><\/a> (Daily Beast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Washington State: Big Food Wins, Big Coal Loses:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/09\/30\/2679151\/coal-exports-washington\/\"><b>The Local Election That Could Determine The Future Of American Coal<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/magazine\/the-obscure-county-election-that-could-change-the-planet-20130523\"><b>The Obscure County Election That Could Change the Planet<\/b><\/a> (National Journal): A little-watched race in Washington state will determine how America uses its coal&#8221;\u201dand the future of the global climate. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Colorado: Cities Vote Against Fossil Fuels:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/11\/06\/us-usa-fracking-colorado-idUSBRE9A50QT20131106\"><b>Colorado an energy battleground as towns ban fracking<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/06\/2897641\/western-voters-fossil-fuels\/\"><b>Western Voters Say No To Fossil Fuels<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/05\/2889161\/vote-boulder-climate-change\/\"><b>Boulder, Colorado Faces Key Vote In Fight Against Carbon Pollution<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycamera.com\/news\/boulder\/ci_23810588\/boulder-moves-toward-acquisition-xcels-system\"><b>Boulder moves toward acquisition of Xcel&#8217;s system<\/b><\/a> (Boulder Daily Camera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kunc.org\/post\/boulder-owned-utility-takes-another-step-forward\"><b>Boulder-Owned Utility Takes Another Step Forward<\/b><\/a> (KUNC Denver)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kunc.org\/post\/boulder-municipalization-measures-face-tuesdays-ballot\"><b>Boulder Municipalization Measures Face Off On Tuesday&#8217;s Ballot<\/b><\/a> (KUNC Denver)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>UN: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Record High:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmo.int\/pages\/mediacentre\/press_releases\/pr_980_en.html\"><b>WMO: Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in Atmosphere Reach New Record<\/b><\/a> (World Meteorological Organization):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2012, continuing an upward and accelerating trend which is driving climate change and will shape the future of our planet for hundreds and thousands of years.<\/p>\n<p>The World Meteorological Organization&#8217;s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin shows that between 1990 and 2012 there was a 32% increase in radiative forcing &#8220;\u201c the warming effect on our climate &#8220;\u201c because of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping long-lived gases such as methane and nitrous oxide.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/11\/06\/environment-greenhouse-idUSL5N0IR2EK20131106\"><b>WMO: Greenhouse gas volumes reached new high in 2012<\/b><\/a> (Reuters) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Atmospheric volumes of greenhouse gases blamed for climate change hit a new record in 2012, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For all these major greenhouse gases the concentrations are reaching once again record levels,&#8221; WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud told a news conference in Geneva at which he presented the U.N. climate agency&#8217;s annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. Jarraud said the accelerating trend was driving climate change, <b>making it harder to keep global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius<\/b>, a target agreed at a Copenhagen summit in 2009&#8230;.<b>The concentrations were the highest for more than 800,000 years<\/b>, he said.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/martin-bashir\/energy-efficiency-rankings-revealed\"><b>Greenhouse gas levels at record high: WMO report<\/b><\/a> (MSNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unep.org\/publications\/ebooks\/emissionsgapreport2013\/\"><b>: The Emissions Gap Report 2013<\/b><\/a> (UN Environment Programme)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/06\/world\/europe\/united-nations-group-warns-on-emissions.html?smid=tw-share&#038;_r=0\"><b>United Nations Group Warns on Emissions<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Major polluters must immediately begin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the rise in global temperatures is to be held in check, or else a higher price will have to be paid later, according to a report released Tuesday by the United Nations Environment Program.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/i> (Stuff we didn&#8217;t have time for in today&#8217;s audio report)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2013\/nov\/07\/fukushima-nuclear-cleanup-spent-fuel\"><strong>Fukushima nuclear cleanup enters critical phase<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK): Tokyo Electric Power to begin removing more than 1,500 fuel assemblies from spent fuel pool in unprecedented operation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/07\/2908361\/rich-countries-fossil-fuel-subsidies\/\"><b>Fossil Fuels Receive $500 Billion A Year In Government Subsidies Worldwide<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;If their aim is to avoid dangerous climate change, governments are shooting themselves in both feet,&#8221;\u009d the report, headed by ODI research fellow Shelagh Whitley, said. &#8220;They are subsidizing the very activities that are pushing the world towards dangerous climate change, and creating barriers to investment in low-carbon development and subsidy incentives that encourage investment in carbon-intensive energy.&#8221;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/its-time-adapt-unstoppable-global-warming-scientists-say-8C11554338\"><b>It&#8217;s time to adapt to unstoppable global warming, scientists say<\/b><\/a> (NBC News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Even if the world&#8217;s 7 billion people magically stop burning fossil fuels and chopping down forests today, the greenhouse gases already emitted to the atmosphere will warm the planet by about 2 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century, according to scientists who are urging a focused scientific effort to help humanity adapt to the changing climate.<\/p>\n<p>And reality shows no sign of such a magic reduction in emissions. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/11\/07\/us-china-solar-diversification-idUSBRE9A61B520131107?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=environmentNews\"><b>China&#8217;s ailing solar panel makers see the light, on a farm<\/b><\/a> (Reuters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">China&#8217;s loss-making solar panel makers believe they may have found a way out of their nightmare &#8211; by becoming one-stop renewable energy shops with their own solar farms.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/07\/2910671\/renewable-energy-global-poor\/\"><b>A New Investment Project Could Point The Way To Renewables For The Global Poor<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;North Africa and the Middle East are at the beginning of an impressive energy transition based on wind and sun,&#8221;\u009d said Dii CEO Paul van Son. &#8220;A well-developed, shovel-ready project then builds the basis for the much larger amounts of private sector investment necessary for constructing a renewable energy power plant.&#8221;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/planet-oz\/2013\/nov\/07\/climate-change-keystone-galilee-queensland-coal-mining\"><b>The whopping climate change footprint of two Australian coalmining projects<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Two Queensland mines would emit triple the greenhouse gas emissions of the Keystone XL pipeline, or six times the UK&#8217;s annual footprint<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/11\/10\/world\/africa\/rhino-extinct-species-report\/index.html\"><b>Western black rhino declared extinct<\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2013\/11\/07\/debating-pandoras-promise\/\"><b>VIDEO: Debating Pandora&#8217;s Promise<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> Pandora&#8217;s Promise is a new movie that producers, I guess, hoped would jumpstart the nuclear industry by convincing doubting environmentalists that nuclear is a good idea. The premise is flawed, because, nobody ever consults environmentalists about new industrial projects &#8220;\u201c so <b>it doesn&#8217;t really matter what environmentalists think. It matters what investors think, and they will not invest in nuclear energy without massive government subsidies and guarantees<\/b>. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/07\/2904691\/handouts-frackers\/\"><b>Handouts For Frackers: The Pennsylvania Plan To Give Drillers $1 Billion<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[I]n Pennsylvania, taxpayers could have to pick up the tab for gas drillers to extract highly-valuable natural gas, to the tune of $1 billion over a decade.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/07\/us\/arkansas-exxonmobil-fines-proposed-after-oil-spill.html?src=recg\"><b>Arkansas: ExxonMobil Fines Proposed After Oil Spill<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/11\/05\/2893261\/flooding-medberry-managed-reallingment\/\"><b>Britain&#8217;s New Flood Protection Plan: Surrender To The Ocean<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/16CN2MQ\"><b>Flying the coop: Antibiotic resistance spreads to birds &#038; wildlife:<\/b><\/a> (Environmental Health News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Julie Ellis unfurled a long, white tarp under a stand of trees near Coes Pond where hundreds of crows roost. Her mission: to collect as much bird poop as possible. Back in the laboratory, Ellis&#8217; colleagues combed through the feces. Testing its bacteria, they discovered something unusual &#8212; genes that make the crows resistant to antibiotics.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/science.time.com\/2013\/10\/21\/why-we-dont-care-about-saving-our-grandchildren-from-climate-change\/\"><b>Why we don&#8217;t care about saving our grandchildren from climate change:<\/b><\/a> (TIME&#8217;s Eco-Centric Blog) <i>[emphasis added]<\/i>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A new study shows that <b>human beings are too selfish to endure present pain to avert future climate change<\/b>. That&#8217;s why we need win-win solutions now&#8230;.The <i>Nature Climate Change<\/i> study also underscores why &#8220;win-win&#8221; climate policies &#8211; like innovation investments that can lead directly to cheap clean energy, rather than policies that make dirty energy more expensive &#8211; are likely to be the most effective ones.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<hr width=\"50%\"><\/center><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticalscience.com\"><b>Skeptical Science: Database with FULL DEBUNKING of ALL Climate Science Denier Myths<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/apocalypse-now-climate-change-is-going-to-kick-our-asses\/\"><b>Warning: Even in the best-case scenario, climate change will kick our asses<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE on Climate Science and Climate Change, go to our<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=10012\"><strong><i>Green News Report: Essential Background Page<\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<li><b>NASA Video: Warming over the last 130 years, and into the next 100 years:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10167\"><b>Video Proof That Global Warming is a &#8216;Hoax&#8217;!: NASA Temperature Data 1888-2011<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG):<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoOrtvYTKeE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=39cBqY1sszY&#038;feature=c4-overview&#038;list=UUAY-SMFNfynqz1bdoaV8BeQ\"><b>NASA climate change video: This is the U.S. in 2100<\/b><\/a> (NASA).<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39cBqY1sszY?list=UUAY-SMFNfynqz1bdoaV8BeQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!&#8230;(Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; link below.) 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