{"id":10412,"date":"2013-12-05T14:35:07","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T22:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10412"},"modified":"2014-07-01T17:48:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T00:48:40","slug":"green-news-report-december-5-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10412","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; December 5, 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_Obama_Solar.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> Obama &#8216;finds the courage&#8217;: orders federal government to increase use of renewable energy; Maine Gov. 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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>): No climate change deniers in the global re-insurance industry; Abrupt climate change: what&#8217;s in store for us?; Big Oil already prepared to pay carbon tax; Massive winter storms assault UK, EU, US; Experts worried rise in TX earthquakes caused by fracking injection wells; Hitachi unveils storage for solar, wind; Chicago tests pollution-eating concrete; We&#8217;re #1: Lake Superior heating up faster than any other lake on Earth &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Nelson Mandela led coalition of global elders to halt climate change &#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>The Stupid Is Strong: ME Gov. Paul LePage Thinks Climate Change Will Be A Bonus:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10415\"><b>Maine Governor Celebrates Global Warming For Opening Up Frozen Oil Shipping Passages<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/12\/05\/maine-gop-gov-applauds-global-warming-for-opening-ice-free-oil-shipping-routes\/\"><b>Maine GOP gov. applauds &#8216;global warming&#8217; for opening ice-free oil shipping routes<\/b><\/a> (Raw Story)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/news\/Regulators_scrap_shrimp_season_in_Gulf_of_Maine.html\"><b>Canceling of Gulf of Maine shrimp season a heavy blow<\/b><\/a> (Portland Press Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/blogs\/theroot\/198978101.html\"><b>Maine Maple Syrup and Effects of Climate Change on Maple Trees<\/b><\/a> (Portland Press Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.washingtonpost.com\/2012-08-05\/national\/35492904_1_sea-ice-climate-change-villages\"><b>Alaskan Arctic villages hit hard by climate change<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Obama: Federal Government to Use 20% Renewable Energy by 2020:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_OBAMA_RENEWABLE_ENERGY?SITE=AP&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\"><b>Obama to Feds: Boost Renewable Power 20 Percent<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The directive on renewable energy applies to all federal agencies, civilian and military. The Defense Department had previously set a goal that 25 percent of its energy needs should be supplied by renewable energy by 2025.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/12\/05\/presidential-memorandum-federal-leadership-energy-management\"><b>Presidential Memorandum &#8212; Federal Leadership on Energy Management<\/b><\/a> (White House.gov)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/nation\/politics\/politicsnow\/la-pn-obama-renewable-energy-use-20131205,0,3896287.story#axzz2mdmENDa8\"><b>Obama orders agencies to increase renewable energy use<\/b><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/news\/triple-threat-obama-orders-federal-agencies-to-boost-clean-energy-use-threefold\/\"><b>Triple threat: Obama orders federal agencies to boost clean energy use threefold<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>ALEC To Launch Attack on US Clean Energy Industry:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/dec\/04\/alec-freerider-homeowners-assault-clean-energy\"><strong>ALEC calls for penalties on &#8216;freerider&#8217; homeowners in assault on clean energy<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">\n&#8220;\u00a2 Documents reveal conservative group&#8217;s anti-green agenda<br \/>\n&#8220;\u00a2 Strategy to charge people who install their own solar panels<br \/>\n&#8220;\u00a2 Environmentalists accuse ALEC of protecting utility firms&#8217; profits<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2013\/12\/05\/right-wing-group-mobilizes-to-stop-solar-energy\/\"><b>VIDEO: Right Wing Group Mobilizes to Stop Solar Energy<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2013\/12\/05\/powerful-right-wing-lobby-alec-desperate-and-hurting-after-trayvon\/\"><b>VIDEO: Rachel Maddow: Powerful right-wing lobby ALEC desperate and hurting after Trayvon Martin<\/b><\/a> (Raw Story)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2013\/05\/03\/koch-brothers-alec-attack-maine-renewable-energy-standards\"><strong>Koch Brothers, ALEC Attack Maine Renewable Energy Standards<\/strong><\/a> (DeSmog Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/07\/09\/2267051\/koch-brothers-fund-effort-to-undermine-tea-party-support-of-solar-energy-in-georgia\/\"><strong>Koch Brothers Fund Effort To Undermine Tea Party Support Of Solar Energy in Georgia<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YaleClimateComm\/status\/408636171200122880\/photo\/1\"><b>Poll: Majority of Americans support renewable energy<\/b><\/a> (Yale Center for Climate Communication)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Toshiba New Business Model Threatens German Electricity Utilities:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/Toshiba-Just-Became-Germanys-Newest-Solar-Utility\"><b>Toshiba Just Became Germany&#8217;s Newest Solar Utility<\/b><\/a> (GreenTech Media) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> Toshiba, the Japanese electronics and engineering firm, announced plans today to <b>bypass utilities and offer solar electricity directly to German apartment dwellers<\/b>. The company calls it an &#8220;on-site consumption model&#8221; that will function outside Germany&#8217;s feed-in tariff program.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greentechmedia.com\/articles\/read\/germanys-largest-utility-shifts-strategy-saying-solar-will-threaten-the-com\"><b>Under Threat, Germany&#8217;s Second-Biggest Utility Says It Will Create a New &#8216;Prosumer Business Model&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (GreenTech Media)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Heartland Institute Lies Again: Deception Over American Meteorological Society Survey:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ametsoc.org\/uncategorized\/going-to-the-source-for-accurate-information\/\"><b>American Meteorological Society Reprimands Heartland Institute&#8217;s Deception: Going to the Source for Accurate Information<\/b><\/a> (American Meteorology Society):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A disturbing aspect of this e-mail is that it seems <b>some effort was placed in making it appear to have been sent by AMS<\/b>.  It was sent from an e-mail account with AMS in the name (though not from the &#8220;ametsoc.org&#8221;\u009d domain) and featured the AMS logo prominently (used without permission from AMS).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-consensus-97-per-cent\/2013\/dec\/02\/meteorologists-global-warming-consensus\"><b>How do meteorologists fit into the 97% global warming consensus?<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK): A new study examines meteorologists, the global warming consensus, political ideology, and climate expertise<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarsandrogues.com\/2013\/12\/01\/taylor-twists-new-ams-study-to-cast-doubt-upon-industrial-climate-disruption-consensus\/\"><b>James Taylor of Heartland Institute twists new AMS study to cast doubt upon industrial climate disruption consensus<\/b><\/a> (Scholars &#038; Rogues)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10410\"><b>AUDIO: KPFK &#8216;BradCast&#8217;: Dr. Michael Mann, the &#8216;Hockey Stick Graph&#8217; and His Report from the Front Lines (and Very Center) of the Climate Wars<\/b><\/a> [at about :23 minutes] (The BRAD BLOG)<\/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:\/\/panafricannews.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/mandela-leads-global-elders-coalition.html\"><b>Nelson Mandela Leads Global Elders Coalition to Halt Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (Pan Africa News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Elders, a group of eminent global leaders brought together by former South African president, Nelson Mandela, have told world leaders that nothing short of a decisive, ambitious, binding and effective deal would be expected from the meeting.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2013\/12\/02\/no-deniers-in-the-foxholes-insurance-industry-copes-with-climate-reality\/\"><b>No Deniers in the Foxholes: Insurance Industry Copes with Climate Reality<\/b><\/a> (Peter Sinclair&#8217;s Climate Crocks) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Climate deniers hate those pesky intrusions of reality.  <b>For Insurance giants like Munich Re, Swiss Re, and Lloyds of London, climate change is a reality that is showing up where it hurts most, on the ledgers<\/b>. The long piece excerpted below is quite an extraordinary investigation for a mainstream publication, and deserves a look.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2013\/12\/04\/what-surprises-could-climate-change-have-in-store-for-us\/\"><b>What surprises could climate change have in store for us?: Scientists on likelihood of abrupt climate shifts:<\/b><\/a> (Wahsington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/05\/business\/energy-environment\/large-companies-prepared-to-pay-price-on-carbon.html?smid=tw-share&#038;_r=0\"><b>Large Companies Prepared to Pay Price on Carbon:<\/b><\/a> (NY Times) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Tom Carnac, North American president of CDP, said that the five big oil companies seemed to have determined that a carbon price was an inevitable part of their financial future. <b>&#8220;It&#8217;s climate change as a line item,&#8221;\u009d Mr. Carnac said. &#8220;They&#8217;re looking at it from a rational perspective, making a profit. It drives internal decision-making.&#8221;\u009d<\/b>  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/let-them-eat-coal-why-cheap-dirty-fuels-arent-a-meal-ticket-for-developing-countries\/?utm_campaign=socialflow&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=tweet\"><b>&#8216;Let them eat coal&#8217;: Why cheap, dirty fuels aren&#8217;t a meal ticket for developing countries<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-25243460\"><b>European storm and tidal surge cause evacuations and travel chaos<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/stories\/1059991334\"><b>Shaking in Texas makes officials worry about injection from drilling<\/b><\/a> (E &#038; E News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plosone.org\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0082404\"><b>Coral Reef Habitat Response to Climate Change Scenarios<\/b><\/a> (PLOS One) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Anthropogenic climate change will alter many physical and chemical characteristics that comprise the niches of marine species and ecosystem habitats. <b>Changes in these physico-chemical conditions are already leading to shifts in the habitat ranges of some marine species<\/b>, and <b>extinction rates of marine species are expected to increase<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/business\/article\/Hitachi-unveils-storage-for-wind-solar-energy-5032196.php?utm_content=buffer55218&#038;utm_source=buffer&#038;utm_medium=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=Buffer\"><b>Hitachi unveils storage for wind, solar energy<\/b><\/a> (SF Gate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/05\/business\/energy-environment\/solarcity-to-use-batteries-from-tesla-for-energy-storage.html?smid=tw-share&#038;_r=0\"><b>SolarCity to Use Batteries From Tesla for Energy Storage<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbiatribune.com\/editorial_archive\/pollution-eating-concrete\/article_c82246f6-5cfa-11e3-9f03-10604b9f6eda.html\"><b>City of Chicago Testing Pollution-eating concrete<\/b><\/a> (Columbia Tribune)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/energy-policy\/will-your-tax-dollars-fund-highway-s-mountaintop-removal-coal-mine-disguise.html\"><b>Will Your Tax Dollars Fund a Highway that&#8217;s a Mountaintop Removal Coal Mine in Disguise?<\/b><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/2013\/12\/04\/monterey-shale-myth-economic-prosperity-fracking-california\/\"><b>Monterey Shale Report Exposes Myth of Economic Prosperity From Fracking California<\/b><\/a> (EcoWatch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2013\/dec\/05\/climate-change-affects-nw-snowpack-study-says\/\"><b>Climate change affects Northwest snowpack, study says<\/b><\/a> (Spokane Spokesman-Review)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/12\/05\/us-japan-nuclear-fukushima-labour-insigh-idUSBRE9B415P20131205?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=environmentNews\"><b>Fukushima water tanks: leaky and built with illegal labor<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/12\/05\/us-usa-biofuels-idUSBRE9B414P20131205?feedType=RSS&#038;feedName=environmentNews\"><b>Renewable fuel backers try to change EPA&#8217;s mind at hearing<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michiganradio.org\/post\/lake-superior-heating-faster-any-other-lake-earth\"><b>Lake Superior is heating up faster than any other lake on Earth<\/b><\/a> (Michigan Public Radio)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/switchboard.nrdc.org\/blogs\/nhorowitz\/nrdcs_green_electronics_holida.html\"><b>Just in Time for Black Friday: NRDC&#8217;s Green Electronics Holiday Shopping Guide 2013<\/b><\/a> (NRDC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/livinggreenmag.com\/2013\/04\/17\/green-business\/green-gadget-gift-guide\/\"><b>Living Green&#8217;s Green Gadget Gift Guide<\/b><\/a> (Living Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/report\/item\/warming_will_be_hard_to_reverse_20131125?ln\"><b>Warming &#8216;Will Be Hard to Reverse&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Climate News Network via Truthdig) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">They simulated a planet in which greenhouse gas emissions continued to rise&#8230; [A]fter an initial period in which temperatures started to drop,<b> something else happened. The simulated planet started to warm again, and go on warming for another 400 years or more.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<hr width=\"50%\"><\/center><\/p>\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><\/strong><\/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><\/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><\/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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