{"id":10515,"date":"2014-02-25T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T22:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10515"},"modified":"2014-02-25T14:56:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T22:56:36","slug":"green-news-report-february-25-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10515","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; February 25, 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_RexTillerson_ExxonMobil.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>): Hog factories poisoning Iowa&#8217;s drinking water; Enbridge tar sands pipeline had 35 unreported spills; Small volcanoes tamping down atmospheric warming; CNN: Why are we still &#8216;debating&#8217; climate change?; Legal setback for Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska; Supreme Court justices question EPA emissions authority; IPCC: Climate impacts &#8216;very evident&#8217;, &#8216;we are not prepared&#8217; &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Global Shift to Clean Energy No Longer &#8216;Theoretical&#8217; &#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>This Week&#8217;s Oil Spill Closes 65 Miles of Mississippi River:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weather.com\/news\/science\/environment\/oil-spill-mississippi-river-port-new-orleans-20140223\"><b>Mississippi River Back Open After Oil Spill :<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Gresham said a study after the 2008 spill estimated that closing the river is a $290 million-a-day blow to the national economy, with higher daily figures after the first several days.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>EPA Underestimates Methane Leaks From Oil &#038; Gas Production:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2014\/02\/19\/ooops-excuse-me-methane-leakage-underestimated-by-50-percent\/\"><b>VIDEO: Ooops. Excuse Me. Methane Leakage Underestimated by 50 Percent<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/news\/2014\/february\/methane-leaky-gas-021314.html\"><b>America&#8217;s natural gas system is leaky and in need of a fix, new study finds<\/b><\/a> (Stanford University) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">U.S. <b>emissions of methane are considerably higher than official estimates<\/b>. Leaks from the nation&#8217;s natural gas system are an important part of the problem. This finding has<b> important implications<\/b> for natural gas as a possible replacement fuel for coal.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/02\/19\/3296831\/natural-gas-climate-benefit\/\"><b>By The Time Natural Gas Has A Net Climate Benefit You&#8217;ll Likely Be Dead And The Climate Ruined<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The evidence is mounting that natural gas has no net climate benefit in any timescale that matters to humanity. In the real world, <b>natural gas is not a &#8220;bridge&#8221;\u009d fuel<\/b> to a carbon-free economy for two key reasons&#8230;Sadly as a comprehensive new Stanford study reconfirms, &#8220;America&#8217;s natural gas system is leaky.&#8221;\u009d &#8230;Second, <b>natural gas doesn&#8217;t just displace coal &#8220;\u201d it also displaces carbon-free sources of power such as renewable energy, nuclear power, and energy efficiency<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Colorado 1st State to Regulate Methane Emissions from Oil &#038; Gas Production:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kdvr.com\/2014\/02\/23\/colorado-approves-historic-air-quality-rules-for-oil-and-gas-industry\/\"><b>VIDEO: Colorado approves historic air quality rules for oil and gas industry<\/b><\/a> (KDVR-TV Denver)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-02-24\/colorado-first-state-to-clamp-down-on-fracking-methane-pollution.html\"><b>Colorado First State to Clamp Down on Fracking Methane Pollution<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/12\/19\/3081771\/bakken-end-flaring\/\"><b>North Dakota Drillers Will Stop Wasting Gas When They Feel Like It<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Exxon CEO: Fracking For You But Not For Me:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/video.msnbc.msn.com\/all-in-\/54502868#54502868\"><b>VIDEO: Rex Tillerson, Exxon CEO, Sues to Stop Fracking in His Backyard<\/b><\/a> (Chris Hayes, MSNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/2014\/02\/24\/5597785\/water-tower-suit-involving-exxons.html\"><b>Water tower suit involving Exxon&#8217;s CEO prompts a fracking fracas<\/b><\/a> (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">But its argument is quite a bit more nuanced than most of the Internet headlines, which zero in on one sentence in the lawsuit which warns that <b>water could be sold for drilling operations and lead to heavy truck traffic<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>It&#8217;s Official: 2014 Winter Olympics Warmest On Record:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/future_tense\/2014\/02\/24\/sochi_s_average_temperature_it_was_the_warmest_winter_olympics_ever.html\"><b>It&#8217;s Official: Sochi Was the Warmest Winter Olympics Ever<\/b><\/a> (Slate):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">As it turned out, not one moment of the Sochi Olympics was below freezing, as measured in Adler, Russia, 17 miles away (and at the same altitude). That&#8217;s never happened before.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/adiabat.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/17\/winter-olympics-weather-in-context\/\"><b>Analysis: The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Weather in Context<\/b><\/a> (Meteorologist Matt Lanza, State of Occlusion blog) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>This year&#8217;s weather issues at the winter games <i>probably<\/i> fall under the category of bad luck<\/b>&#8230; [C]ertainly in recent years, the actual temperatures have warmed too. Should this be a surprise? Maybe, maybe not. The anomalies relative to normal haven&#8217;t been terribly impressive in recent years, but if the Sochi forecast verifies that will change a bit.<\/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=\"thetyee.ca\/News\/2014\/02\/22\/Clean-Energy-Global-Shift\/\"><b>Global Shift to Clean Energy No Longer &#8216;Theoretical&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (The Tyee):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">These days the data tell a powerful story. Recent price declines for solar energy have been &#8220;massive,&#8221; [Ethan Zindler, Bloomberg New Energy Finance] explained, while merely &#8220;substantial&#8221; for wind, meaning that a global shift away from fossil fuels is no longer &#8220;theoretical.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/torontopipeline\/2014\/02\/22\/enbridge_line_9_w5_uncovers_unreported_spills_alarming_communities_along_830km_pipe.html\"><b>Enbridge Pipeline: unreported spills, alarming communities along 830-km pipe<\/b><\/a> (Toronto Star):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Investigation unveils 35 spills along Enbridge&#8217;s suddenly controversial 830-km pipeline, many not revealed to communities until now.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/small-volcanic-eruptions-add-to-larger-impact-on-climate-17112\"><b>Small Volcanic Eruptions Add to Larger Impact on Climate<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The recent slow down in global warming has been attributed to a number of factors, including excess heat being stored in the deep ocean and reductions of certain greenhouse gases. Now add volcanic eruptions to the mix of contributing factors.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/video\/2014\/02\/23\/cnns-reliable-sources-questions-why-media-prese\/198185\"><b>CNN&#8217;s Reliable Sources Questions Why Media Present Existence Of Climate Change As A Debate<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/02\/24\/3323341\/keystone\/\"><b>After Legal Setback In Nebraska, What&#8217;s Next For Keystone XL?<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetark.org\/enviro-news\/item\/71131\"><b>Supreme Court justices question Obama EPA climate change regulations for biggest polluters<\/b><\/a> (Reuters) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The justices are weighing just one aspect of the administration&#8217;s first wave of climate change regulations, <b>focusing on whether the agency has authority<\/b> to regulate greenhouse gases under a program <b>for stationary sources of pollution, such as power plants and oil refineries<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/02\/25\/3326541\/ipcc-climate-impacts\/\"><b>IPCC: Climate Impacts &#8216;Are Very Evident, They&#8217;re Widespread&#8217; And &#8216;We Are Not Prepared&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The next big report from the world&#8217;s leading climate scientists is on impacts, it&#8217;s due the end of March, and it isn&#8217;t pretty&#8230; Stanford&#8217;s Chris Field, who co-chairs the working group drafting the report, told reporters Monday that &#8220;the impacts of climate change that have already occurred are very evident, they&#8217;re widespread, they have consequences&#8230; <b>[I]t&#8217;s very clear we&#8217;re not prepared for the kinds of event we&#8217;re already seeing.<\/b>&#8220;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onearth.org\/articles\/2014\/02\/factory-farms-are-poisoning-iowa-water?utm_campaign=socialmedia&#038;utm_source=tw&#038;utm_medium=tweet\"><b>Hog Wild: Factory Farms are Poisoning Iowa&#8217;s Drinking Water<\/b><\/a> (On Earth Magazine):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Millions of pigs are crammed into overcrowded barns all across the state, being fattened for slaughter while breeding superbugs&#8221;\u201dall to feed China&#8217;s growing appetite for Spam.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/green.autoblog.com\/2014\/02\/21\/sun-wind-could-power-tesla-gigafactory-ev-batteries-nevada\/#continued\"><b>Sun and wind could power Tesla Gigafactory for EV batteries in Nevada<\/b><\/a> (Autoblog Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/02\/25\/nyregion\/in-plan-to-dump-contaminated-soil-classic-new-jersey-politics-emerge.html\"><b>In Plan to Dump Contaminated Soil, Classic New Jersey Politics Emerge<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Decades ago, American Cyanamid ruined this wetlands expanse, once home to rich oyster beds, with cyanide-contaminated sludge, the chemical detritus of the past century&#8230;The scientific staff at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection examined this proposal, and a number of members came away appalled. They said a flood could erode the Rahway River bank and cause the mound to collapse into the water.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2014\/02\/25\/one-more-way-fossil-fuels-make-life-better-bakken-fields-boast-highest-rents-in-america\/\"><b>One More Way Fossil Fuels Make Life Better: Bakken Fields Boast Highest Rents in America<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/business\/energy\/cooling-tubes-at-fpl-st-lucie-nuke-plant-show-significant-wear\/2166886\"><b>Cooling tubes at FPL St. Lucie nuke plant show significant wear<\/b><\/a> (Tampa Bay Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/20\/conservative-medias-favorite-climate-scientist\/198161\"><b>Conservative Media&#8217;s Favorite Climate Scientist Fulfills Godwin&#8217;s Law<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Roy Spencer: Climate Activists &#8220;Support Policies That Will Kill More People Than The Nazis Ever Did&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wvgazette.com\/coaltattoo\/2014\/02\/24\/gov-tomblin-criticizes-unreasonable-epa-rules\/\"><b>Gov. Tomblin criticizes &#8216;unreasonable&#8217; EPA rules<\/b><\/a> (Charleston Gazette)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/touch.latimes.com\/#section\/-1\/article\/p2p-79403386\/\"><b>BP gets slick in trying to undermine gulf oil spill settlement<\/b><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">BP is going down this path at a time when one would expect it to display maximum agreeability and contrition. The company is negotiating with federal agencies to end its more than year-old exclusion from new government contracts, dating back to its guilty plea.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/america.aljazeera.com\/watch\/shows\/america-tonight\/america-tonight-blog\/2014\/2\/17\/calif-city-leaderslockhornswithoilgiantoverhealthworries.html\"><b>California city wages war against &#8216;environmental racism&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Al Jazeera America)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/02\/13\/3280421\/arctic-autumn-staggering-warming\/#\"><b>Arctic Autumns On Track To Warm A Staggering 23F, NOAA Warns<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/02\/11\/271537401\/economist-says-best-climate-fix-a-tough-sell-but-worth-it\"><b>Economist Says Best Climate Fix A Tough Sell, But Worth It<\/b><\/a> (NPR) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>If people would simply pay the cost of using the atmosphere as a dump for carbon dioxide, that would create a powerful incentive to dump less<\/b> and invest in cleaner ways to generate energy. But how do you do that?  &#8220;We need to put a price on carbon, so that when anyone, anywhere, anytime does something that puts carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, there&#8217;s a price tag on that,&#8221; he says.<\/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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