{"id":10449,"date":"2014-01-09T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10449"},"modified":"2014-01-09T15:51:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T23:51:38","slug":"green-news-report-january-9-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10449","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; January 9, 2014"},"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_CBSFoxNewsChannel_60Minutes.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>):  <i>Nature<\/i> Bombshell: Observations point to 10\u00b0F warming by 2100; Global warming warning stickers at gas pumps?; Food industry&#8217;s secret plan for a GMO (non)-labeling law; Radio Disney&#8217;s pro-fracking elementary school tour sparks outrage; Mass Extinction: Let&#8217;s not.; Big Oil moves to overturn oil export ban in U.S.; The endgame of GMO controversy; Record heat wave kills 100k bats in Australia; Senegal siezes Russian factory trawler; Not enough bees for Europe&#8217;s crops; Hungarian town goes green after massive toxic sludge spill; Rising sea levels threaten L.A. &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Stephen Colbert calls out Fox News on climate change: &#8220;Well Done. All The Best News Reports End With &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Know Where We Got This'&#8221; &#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>Inside the CBS News\/60 Minutes Hit Piece on Clean Energy:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10444\"><b>The Fox &#8216;News&#8217;-ification of CBS News and &#8217;60 Minutes&#8217;: &#8216;The Cleantech Crash&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/01\/06\/3125561\/60-minutes-cleantech\/\"><b>Anatomy Of A Hit Job: Expert Featured On 60 Minutes Exposes How Show Knowingly Ignored Facts On Clean Energy<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/01\/05\/3120311\/60-minutes-cleantech-hit-job\/\"><b>60 Minutes Hit Job On Clean Energy Ignores The Facts<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">As documented in the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/sites\/prod\/files\/2013\/09\/f2\/Revolution%20Now%20--%20The%20Future%20Arrives%20for%20Four%20Clean%20Energy%20Technologies.pdf\">Department of Energy (DOE) report, <i>&#8220;Revolution Now: The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies<\/i><\/a>,&#8221;\u009d the only thing in cleantech that is crashing is the cost of key components.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/whats-the-matter-with-60-minutes-cleantech-edit\/197434\"><b>What&#8217;s The Matter With 60 Minutes?: Cleantech Edition<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/60-minutes-cleantech-crash-segment-misses-the-point-critics-charge\/\"><b>60 Minutes&#8217; &#8216;Cleantech Crash&#8217; segment misses the point, critics charge<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconbeat.com\/2014\/01\/05\/60-minutes-about-face-on-cleantech\/\"><b>&#8217;60 Minutes&#8217; does about-face on cleantech<\/b><\/a> (San Jose Mercury News) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">I&#8217;m not sure what the &#8220;Cleantech Crash&#8221;\u009d refers to, exactly: In the past four years, <b>the United States has more than doubled electricity generation from wind and solar<\/b>, even as we&#8217;ve experienced a boom in domestic oil and natural gas production. &#8230;  Jonathan Silver, who used to oversee the loan program for the DOE, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jms2841\">tweeted Monday<\/a> that <b>he spoke to the producer for over an hour but &#8220;facts did not seem to affect his analysis<\/b>.&#8221;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2014\/01\/06\/60-minutes-in-toilet-again-is-fox-in-the-henhouse\/\"><b>60 Minutes in Toilet Again. Is Fox in the Henhouse?<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/08\/clean-energy-entrepreneurs-call-on-60-minutes-f\/197489\"><b>Clean Energy Entrepreneurs Call On 60 Minutes For A Correction<\/b><\/a>: And Thousands Asking CBS To Appoint Public Editor (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/recode.net\/2014\/01\/06\/how-60-minutes-clean-tech-takedown-missed-the-bigger-picture\/\"><b>How the &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221;\u009d Clean-Tech Takedown Missed the Bigger Picture<\/b><\/a> (Re\/Code)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Don&#8217;t Tell CBS: &#8216;Clean Tech&#8217; Is Booming:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/bg\/news\/2321147\/official-wind-emerges-as-spains-dominant-power-source-as-emissions-plummet\"><b>Official: Wind emerges as Spain&#8217;s dominant power source as emissions plummet<\/b><\/a> (Business Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enn.com\/top_stories\/article\/46872\"><b>Renewables Now Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels in Australia (Without Subsidies)<\/b><\/a> (Environmental News Network)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/01\/04\/business\/energy-environment\/solar-power-craze-on-wall-st-propels-start-up.html?pagewanted=1&#038;_r=3\"><b>Solar Power Craze on Wall St. Propels Start-Up<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In all, an estimated $13 billion was invested in solar projects in 2013, a tenfold increase since 2007, according to GTM Research, which tracks the industry.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/renewable-energy\/more-rooftop-solar-was-installed-california-2013-past-30-years-combined.html\"><b>California added more rooftop solar capacity in 2013 than in the past 30 years combined<\/b><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/01\/09\/3139091\/cuomo-big-solar\/\"><b>NY Governor Announces $1 Billion For Solar Energy<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2014\/01\/08\/spain-achieves-renewable-milestone-italian-town-grows-with-renewables\/\"><b>Spain Achieves Renewable Milestone. Italian Town Grows With Renewables.<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-25623400\"><b>China on world&#8217;s &#8216;biggest push&#8217; for wind power<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-25451385\"><b>Renewable energy use at record high in Scotland<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/clean-energy-economy-three-charts\"><b>The Clean Energy Economy in Three Charts<\/b><\/a> (WhiteHouse.gov)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>It&#8217;s Official: 2013 California&#8217;s Driest Year on Record:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2014\/01\/look-shocking-picture-californias-drought\"><strong>Check Out This Shocking Map of California&#8217;s Drought<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/01\/05\/259779467\/no-relief-forecast-after-one-of-californias-driest-years-ever\"><b>No Relief Forecast After One Of California&#8217;s Driest Years Ever<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1ahYyzw\"><b>Record-setting drought threatens salmon survival<\/b><\/a> (Greenwire): California&#8217;s intensifying drought is forcing water managers to make tough choices that pit fish species against one another for survival.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydesert.com\/article\/20140104\/NEWS07\/301040049\/After-dry-year-for-California-experts-push-conservation\"><b>After California&#8217;s driest year on record, water experts push conservation<\/b><\/a> (MyDesert.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/2014\/01\/08\/6057110\/sacramento-officials-push-for.html\"><b>Sacramento officials push for mandatory water reductions by residents<\/b><\/a> (Sacramento Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/political\/la-me-pc-fracking-letter-levine-20140107,0,2569797.story#axzz2pwana3dM\"><b>Lawmakers call on Gov. Jerry Brown to halt fracking in California<\/b><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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\/2014\/01\/08\/3120061\/nature-high-climate-sensitivity\/\"><b><i>Nature<\/i> Bombshell: Observations Point To 10\u00b0F Warming by 2100<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A major <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatescience.org.au\/content\/680-solution-cloud-riddle-reveals-hotter-future\">new study<\/a> in <i>Nature<\/i> finds &#8220;our climate is more sensitive to carbon dioxide than most previous estimates.&#8221;\u009d &#8230; [O]n our current emissions path we are headed toward a &#8220;most-likely warming of roughly 5\u00b0C [9\u00b0F] above modern [i.e. current] temperatures or 6\u00b0C [11\u00b0F] above preindustrial&#8221;\u009d temperatures this century.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/08\/colbert-calls-out-foxs-hollow-climate-change-at\/197478\"><b>VIDEO:  Colbert Calls Out Fox&#8217;s Hollow Climate Change Attack:<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters): Colbert: &#8220;Well Done. All The Best News Reports End With &#8216;I Don&#8217;t Know Where We Got This'&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/articles\/2014\/1\/8\/radio-disney-s-partnershipwithgasindustryinohiohassomereeling.html\"><strong>Radio Disney&#8217;s pro-fracking elementary school tour sparks outrage<\/strong><\/a> (Al Jazeera America)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2014\/01\/09\/mass-extinction-lets-not\/\"><b>VIDEO: Mass Extinction: Let&#8217;s Not<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2014\/01\/08\/u-s-oil-exports-have-been-banned-for-40-years-is-it-time-for-that-to-change\/\"><b>U.S. oil exports have been banned for 40 years. Is it time for that to change?<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetark.org\/enviro-news\/item\/70801\"><strong>Thousands of railcars need updating after crude crashes: Greenbriar CEO<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/food\/food-industrys-secret-plan-for-a-gmo-non-labeling-law\/#.Us4E6oC-qry.twitter\"><b>Food industry&#8217;s secret plan for a GMO (non)-labeling law<\/b><\/a> (Grist) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The captains of the food industry have decided it&#8217;s time for a federal GMO-labeling law. Specifically, <b>they&#8217;re aiming for a labeling law that doesn&#8217;t actually require labeling at all<\/b> &#8220;\u201d but does pre-empt all of the more stringent labeling laws now making their way through state legislatures. In other words, they want a voluntary-labeling law that <b>stops states from enacting anything else<\/b>. (Yes, food makers can already voluntarily label their products as non-GM.)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/food\/what-i-learned-from-six-months-of-gmo-research-none-of-it-matters\/?utm_content=buffer7806a&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\"><b>What I learned from six months of GMO research: None of it matters<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/business\/article\/Global-warming-warning-stickers-at-gas-pumps-5125546.php\"><b>Global warming warning stickers at gas pumps?<\/b><\/a> (SF Gate):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A group of Bay Area environmentalists wants to slap warning stickers on gasoline pumps, telling drivers that the fuel they&#8217;re buying is cooking the planet. The stickers would constantly remind consumers of the link between driving and climate change.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-01-08\/hundred-thousand-dead-bats-after-qld-heatwave-rspca-says\/5190644\"><b>About 100,000 bats dead after heatwave in southern Queensland<\/b><\/a> (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jan\/09\/russia-greenpeace-senegal-trawler-fishing\"><b>Industrial Fishing: Russia accuses Greenpeace of encouraging Senegal to seize trawler<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK): Russian official renews hostilities with Greenpeace over the seizure and detention of factory trawler<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/science-environment-25656283\"><b>Bee shortage threatens crops<\/b><\/a> (BBC): Europe&#8217;s honeybees are struggling to keep crops pollinated because of a growing demand for biofuel.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jan\/08\/devecser-hungary-eco-town\"><b>How the Hungarian town flooded by red toxic sludge went green<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK): Devecser, an environmental disaster zone in 2010, reinvents itself as a hub for sustainable energy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/energy-efficiency\/looks-fluorescent-tube-its-actually-41-more-efficient-led-lamp.html\"><b>This looks like a fluorescent tube, but it&#8217;s actually a 41% more efficient LED lamp<\/b><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redorbit.com\/news\/science\/1113041572\/sea-level-rise-threaten-coastal-los-angeles-010814\/\"><b>Projected Sea-Level Rise Could Land Coastal Los Angeles Underwater<\/b><\/a> (Red Orbit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/shortcuts\/2014\/jan\/09\/how-to-repair-your-broken-goods-from-an-iphone-to-a-washing-machine\"><b>How to repair your broken goods &#8211; from an iPhone to a washing machine<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK): Cracked cupboards, socks, washing machines and iPhones can all be repaired at home &#8220;\u201c giving new life to items that may otherwise be thrown away.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jan\/09\/penguins-ice-walls-climate-change-antarctica\"><b>Antarctic penguins forced up 100-foot ice walls, study shows<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-consensus-97-per-cent\/2014\/jan\/09\/global-warming-humans-not-sun\"><b>Global warming is being caused by humans, not the sun, and is highly sensitive to carbon, new research shows<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/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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