{"id":10424,"date":"2013-12-17T15:55:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T23:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10424"},"modified":"2013-12-17T15:55:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T23:55:38","slug":"green-news-report-december-17-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10424","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; December 17, 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_SnowCoveredCamel_Cairo_121313.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; 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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>): 45 fossil fuel disasters industry doesn&#8217;t want you to know about; Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in water at CO fracking sites; Reddit Science bans climate science deniers; BP targets celebrity chef over oil spill payments; Warren Buffet buys $1B in wind energy; Even slight global warming endangers water supplies; PacNW coal terminals threatened by low coal prices; Only endangered species that provide &#8216;economic benefit&#8217; will be saved &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Funny: How the media will report the apocalypse! &#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>Rachel Maddow Show Now <em>Sponsored<\/em> By ExxonMobil:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/tags\/msnbc\"><b>MSNBC &#8220;Leans Forward&#8221; Into Running &#8220;Native Ads&#8221; Promoting Fracking<\/b><\/a> (DeSmog Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boldnebraska.org\/maddow-exxon\"><b>Rachel Maddow Calls Exxon Out for Poor Response to Mayflower Oil Spill<\/b><\/a> (Bold Nebraska)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/polhudson.lohudblogs.com\/2013\/03\/28\/exxon-mobil-doled-out-2-million-for-ny-fracking-ad-campaign\/\"><b>Exxon Mobil doled out $2 million for NY fracking advertisements<\/b><\/a> (Politics on the Hudson Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalgaswatch.org\/?p=671\"><b>Natural Gas Spends Big Dollars to Convince People of the Benefits of Fracking<\/b><\/a> (Natural Gas Watch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theenergycollective.com\/mitchell-beer\/305376\/26000-social-media-campaign-trumps-900000-oil-and-gas-ad-buy\"><b>Social Media Campaign Trumps $900,000 Oil and Gas Ad Buy<\/b><\/a> (The Energy Collective)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Clean Air Act 50th Anniversary:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2012\/09\/how-the-clean-air-act-has-saved-22-trillion-in-health-care-costs\/262071\/\"><b>How the Clean Air Act Has Saved $22 Trillion in Health-Care Costs<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Every study that has examined benefits and costs associated with curtailing sources of air pollution has shown that the benefits outweigh the costs by huge margins.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/air\/caa\/\"><b>Air Pollution and the Economic Benefits of the Clean Air Act<\/b><\/a> (EPA.gov)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Wacky Winter Weather Extremes:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/17\/3076461\/late-season-wildfire-california\/\"><b>California 2013 Wildfire Season Goes Out With A Blaze<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtsp.com\/weather\/article\/349081\/3\/Central-Florida-city-assesses-tornado-damage\"><b>Central Florida city of Palm Coast assesses tornado damage<\/b><\/a> (WTSP Tampa Bay)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/worldnow\/la-fg-wn-snow-israel-egypt-20131213,0,1691393.story#axzz2nm0t9v9P\"><b>Snow closes roads in Israel, is a source of wonder in Egypt<\/b><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/michaelrusch\/heres-definitive-proof-the-photos-of-the-sphinx-covered-in-s\"><b>Photos Of The Sphinx Covered In Snow Are Fake<\/b><\/a> (Buzzfeed)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><b>It&#8217;s Official: November 2013 is Hottest November On Record:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/comment.html?entrynum=2600\"><b>Earth has its Warmest November in Recorded History<\/b><\/a> (Dr. Jeff Masters&#8217; Weather Underground)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/15\/3065961\/faux-pause-warmest-november-nasa\/\"><b>Faux Pause 2: Warmest November On Record, Reports NASA, As New Studies Confirm Warming Trend<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/12\/16\/global_warming_new_study_shows_pause_doesn_t_exist.html\"><b>Yeah, About That Global Warming &#8220;Pause&#8221;\u009d &#8220;\u00a6<\/b><\/a> (Phil Plait, Slate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Italian Alps Warming Twice As Fast As Global Average:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/16\/3068161\/alps-warming-rapidly-climate-change\/\"><b>Alps Warming At Double The Average Global Rate, New Study Confirms<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A 2,600-year-old leaf found from a larch tree near the site of \u00e0\u2013tzi&#8217;s discovery reconfirms that glaciers on the Italian Alps, which had remained frozen year-round for thousands of years, are now melting. &#8220;Our first results indicate that the current atmospheric warming at high elevation in the Alps is outside the normal cold range held for millennia,&#8221; Paolo Gabrielli, a scientist at Ohio State University and leader of a six-nation team of glaciologists who made the find, said.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatenewsnetwork.net\/2013\/12\/tree-find-confirms-italian-alpine-melt\/\"><b>Tree find confirms Italian alpine melt<\/b><\/a> (Climate News Network)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Plastic Pollution Confirmed in the Great Lakes:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/news\/ci_23981003\/scientists-find-plastic-all-great-lakes\"><b>Scientists find plastic in all of Great Lakes<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Scientists have found tiny plastic particles in all of the Great Lakes. &#8230;The <b>particles are tiny enough to slip through the screens at wastewater treatment plants<\/b> and then start their journey across the Great Lakes. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/12\/15\/us\/scientists-turn-their-gaze-toward-tiny-threats-to-great-lakes.html\"><b>Scientists Turn Their Gaze Toward Tiny Threats to Great Lakes<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Plastic Pollution Contaminating Fish &#038; May Be Contaminating Your Food:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2013\/12\/12\/250438904\/how-plastic-in-the-ocean-is-contaminating-your-seafood\"><b>How Plastic In The Ocean Is Contaminating Your Seafood<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/srep\/2013\/131121\/srep03263\/full\/srep03263.html\"><b>Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress<\/b><\/a> (Nature):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Here, we show that fish, exposed to a mixture of polyethylene with chemical pollutants sorbed from the marine environment, bioaccumulate these chemical pollutants and suffer liver toxicity and pathology.<.div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>New Recycling Solution to Plastic Pollution Problem:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/clean-technology\/harvesting-waste-plastic-reduce-poverty-plastic-bank.html\"><b>VIDEO: Harvesting waste plastic for 3D printers to reduce poverty: Plastic Bank<\/b><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/plasticbank.org\/\"><b>PlasticBank.org:<\/b><\/a> (PlasticBank.org):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Plastic Bank is setting up plastic repurposing centers around the world, where there&#8217;s an abundance of both waste plastic and poverty. We are empowering people to harvest plastics as a currency they can exchange for tools, household items, parts &#038; 3D printing.<\/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:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/17\/3056321\/year-fossil-fuel-disasters\/\"><b>What A Year: 45 Fossil Fuel Disasters The Industry Doesn&#8217;t Want You To Know About<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">While coal, oil, and gas are an integral part of everyday life around the world, 2013 brought a stark reminder of the inherent risk that comes with a fossil-fuel dependent world, with numerous pipeline spills, explosions, derailments, landslides, and the death of 20 coal miners in the U.S. alone.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/tomphillips\/how-the-media-will-report-the-apocalypse\"><b>How The Media Will Report The Apocalypse: It&#8217;s the end of the world as we know it.<\/b><\/a> (Buzzfeed)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/17\/3071641\/reddit-banned-climate-deniers\/\"><b>Why Reddit&#8217;s Science Forum Banned Climate Deniers<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/bad_astronomy\/2013\/12\/16\/global_warming_new_study_shows_pause_doesn_t_exist.html\"><b>Yeah, About That Global Warming &#8220;Pause&#8221;\u009d &#8220;\u00a6<\/b><\/a> (Phil Plait, Slate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/business\/index.ssf\/2013\/12\/celebrity_chef_emeril_lagasse.html\"><b>BP targets celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse in fight over oil spill payments<\/b><\/a> (NOLA.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/renewable-energy\/warren-buffetts-buys-1-billion-wind-turbines-biggest-land-based-wind-power-purchase-ever.html\"><b>Warren Buffett buys $1 billion of wind turbines, the biggest land-based wind power purchase ever<\/b><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/17\/3076101\/global-warming-water-scarcity\/\"><b>It Doesn&#8217;t Take Much Global Warming To Drive Global Water Scarcity Way Up<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/12\/17\/251781788\/environmentalists-split-over-need-for-nuclear-power\"><b>Environmentalists Split Over Need For Nuclear Power<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/southern-crossroads\/2013\/dec\/15\/great-barrier-reef-destruction-abbot-point-greg-hunt\"><b>Australia approves to build coal export terminal in the Great Barrier Reef<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/17\/3073851\/chemicals-fracking-water\/\"><b>Chemicals Found In Water At Fracking Sites Linked To Infertility, Cancer<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2013\/12\/viability_of_oregon_washington.html#incart_river\"><b>Viability of Oregon, Washington coal export terminals threatened by falling Asian prices<\/b><\/a> (Oregon Live)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/environment\/animals\/government-formula-to-save-threatened-animals-20131213-2zcvm.html\"><b>Australia applies economic benefit formula to decide which threatened animals to save:<\/b><\/a> (Sydney Morning Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2013\/12\/11\/case-studies-in-the-failure-of-journalism-iraq-and-climate-change\/\"><b>Case Studies in the Failure of Journalism: Iraq, and Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[An] ironic similarity is that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com\/issue\/bad-news-murdochs-australian-and-shaping-nation\">same newspapers<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/georgemonbiot\/2010\/dec\/08\/david-rose-climate-science\">same journalists<\/a> who beat the war drums a decade ago are now also frequently misrepresenting the risk the world is facing from climate change. After WMDs failed to materialize in post-invasion Iraq, this led to occasional <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/debate\/article-1247424\/I-feel-shame-regret-having-supported-Iraq-war---Blair.html\">anguish among journalists who regretted that they used &#8220;&#8216;evidence&#8217; now known to be bogus&#8221; to push for war<\/a>. The lethal fallout from misinformation a decade ago primarily affected the people of Iraq. The fallout from misinformation about climate change is likely to affect us all.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/food\/meat-the-press-what-rolling-stones-scary-farm-expose-gets-right-and-wrong\/\"><b>Meat the press: What Rolling Stone&#8217;s scary farm expos\u00e9 gets right &#8211; and wrong<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/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<\/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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