{"id":10533,"date":"2014-03-11T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10533"},"modified":"2014-03-11T21:25:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T04:25:56","slug":"green-news-report-march-11-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10533","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 11, 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_SheldonWhitehouse_WakeUp_UpAllNight_031114.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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NASA says long-term warming likely to be significant; Duke CEO: All customers to pay for coal ash cleanup &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> &#8216;Pollution burden&#8217; much higher for California&#8217;s minority populations &#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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/morning-joe\/watch\/joe-no-shortage-of-climate-change-media-talk-191182915529\"><strong>VIDEO: Morning Joe: No shortage of climate change talk in media<\/strong><\/a> (MSNBC Morning Joe)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>3rd Anniversary of Fukushima Nuclear Meltdown:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/inside-fukushima\/\"><strong>VIDEO: Inside the slow and dangerous clean up of the Fukushima nuclear crisis<\/strong><\/a> (PBS Newshour)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/mar\/10\/fukushima-operator-dump-contaminated-water-pacific?CMP=twt_gu\"><strong>Fukushima operator may have to dump contaminated water into Pacific<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK): As Japan marks the third anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, TEPCO is struggling to find a solution for hundreds of thousands of tons of contaminated water<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/fukushima-anniversary\/radiation-fears-force-fukushimas-children-inside-n48811\"><strong>Radiation Fears Force Fukushima&#8217;s Children Inside<\/strong><\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/asia-pacific\/2014\/03\/japan-marks-fukushima-disaster-anniversary-201431125331390373.html\"><strong>Japan marks Fukushima disaster anniversary<\/strong><\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2014\/03\/09\/japan-thousands-take-part-in-anti-nuclear-protests-ahead-of-fukushima-\/\"><strong>Thousands take part in anti-nuclear protests ahead of Fukushima anniversary<\/strong><\/a> (EuroNews)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/japandailypress.com\/267000-remain-evacuees-as-earthquake-tsunami-disasters-3rd-anniversary-approaches-1045530\/\"><strong>267,000 remain evacuees as earthquake-tsunami disasters&#8217; 3rd anniversary approaches<\/strong><\/a> (Japan Daily Press)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><strong>NBC News: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Downplayed Fukushima &#038; Nuclear Risks in US:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/fukushima-anniversary\/u-s-nuclear-agency-hid-concerns-hailed-safety-record-fukushima-n48561\"><strong>NBC News: U.S. Nuclear Agency Hid Concerns, Hailed Safety Record as Fukushima Melted<\/strong><\/a> (NBC News) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In the tense days after a powerful earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan on March 11, 2011, <strong>staff at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission made a concerted effort to play down the risk of earthquakes and tsunamis to America&#8217;s aging nuclear plants<\/strong>, according to thousands of internal emails reviewed by NBC News.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/fukushima-radiation-reach-west-coast-april-experts-weigh-how-dangerous-it-1560580\"><strong>Fukushima Radiation To Reach West Coast In April, Experts Weigh In On How Dangerous It Is<\/strong><\/a> (International Business Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wltx.com\/story\/news\/2014\/03\/10\/safety-enforcement-at-nuclear-plants-inconsistent\/6251227\/\"><strong>Report: Inconsistent Nuclear Plant Safety Enforcement<\/strong><\/a> (Greenville News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Iditarod Racers Struggle with Lack of Snow:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"www.latimes.com\/nation\/nationnow\/la-na-nn-iditarod-no-snow-20140310,0,917590.story\"><strong>Big problem with Iditarod: Plenty of mushers, sleds, but little snow<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskadispatch.com\/video\/video-musher-aliy-zirkle-explains-why-she-stopped-safety-during-iditarod-2014\"><b>VIDEO: Musher Aliy Zirkle explains why she stopped in Safety during Iditarod 2014<\/b><\/a> (Alaska Dispatch)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>US Senate Democrats: Up All Night For Climate:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bo.st\/1kJCSSE\"><strong>Now It&#8217;s the Dems Talking All Night, About Climate<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/mar\/10\/us-senate-climate-change-live?CMP=twt_gu\"><strong>Sleepless in the Senate: Democrats pull all-nighter for climate change &#8220;\u201c as it happened &#8211; live blog<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK): 28 Democrats have signed on to an all-night speechathon to try to push Congress to take up climate change<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/03\/11\/us\/politics\/26-democrats-plan-a-senate-all-nighter-on-climate-change.html?ref=energy-environment&#038;_r=1\"><strong>Senate Democrats&#8217; All-Nighter Flags Climate Change<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Climate caucus members say their objective is to raise the urgency of global warming and build toward a time when the political landscape may have shifted enough that a bill could pass. They argue that there are signs that the political winds may already be changing.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-fix\/wp\/2014\/03\/11\/how-talking-about-climate-change-might-actually-help-democrats-win-elections\/\"><strong>How talking about climate change might actually help Democrats win elections<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">That conventional wisdom of climate change as a dead weight issue is challenged by a Stanford University study based on the 2010 congressional elections, which found Americans voted, at least in part, on candidates&#8217; climate change positions.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/03\/10\/climate-change-oil-gas_n_4937396.html?utm_hp_ref=green&#038;ir=Green\"><strong>Climate Action Senators Raised Less From Oil And Gas Industry Than Those On The Sidelines<\/strong><\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/video\/2014\/03\/07\/fox-panel-laughs-at-senate-democrats-for-all-ni\/198409\"><strong>VIDEO: Fox Panel Laughs At Senate Democrats For All-Nighter On Climate Change<\/strong><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/post-politics\/wp\/2014\/03\/07\/senate-democrats-plan-an-all-nighter-monday-for-climate-change\/?tid=hpModule_ba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394\"><strong>Senate Democrats plan all-nighter tonight for climate change<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>California Breaks Its Solar Generation Record:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/03\/10\/utilities-california-solar-idUSL2N0M724F20140310\"><strong>California electric grid sets solar generation record<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters): California set back-to-back solar power records last week, the state grid operator said on Monday.<\/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\/2014\/03\/07\/3370481\/california-drought\/\"><strong>Climatologist Who Predicted California Drought 10 Years Ago Says It May Soon Be &#8216;Even More Dire&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">All this isn&#8217;t &#8220;proof&#8221;\u009d that human caused climate change helped shift and reduce precipitation in California during its record-setting drought. But <strong>a prediction this accurate can&#8217;t be ignored, either, especially because of its implications for the future<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reneweconomy.com.au\/2014\/iea-says-wind-and-solar-can-carry-bulk-of-energy-transformation-17616\"><strong>IEA says wind and solar can carry bulk of energy transformation<\/strong><\/a> (Renew Economy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/clean-technology\/daylight-savings-time-could-be-costing-billions-yearly-in-electricity.html\"><strong>Daylight Savings Time Could Be Costing Billions Yearly in Electricity<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The main finding? Daylight Saving Time actually increases electricity demand, instead of lessening it. DST caused electrical demand to rise almost 1 percent each year overall&#8211;with a much heavier increase of 2-4 percent in the fall, when residents &#8220;fall back&#8221; an hour.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1lEZ7Jr\"><strong>Canadian oil will take new route across US:<\/strong><\/a> (New York Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Canada&#8217;s energy producers received a rare boost in their efforts to expand the market for oil sands bitumen on Thursday when the country&#8217;s National Energy Board approved the reversal of a Canadian pipeline.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1fj5ui6\"><strong>New ozone-depleting gases found in atmosphere:<\/strong><\/a> (AFP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Scientists have found four new ozone-destroying gases in the atmosphere, most likely put there by humans in the last 50 years, despite a ban on these dangerous compounds.&#8221; AFP had the story March 10, 2014.<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1ekjWCc\"><strong>Get ready for next climate phenomenon: El Nino:<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">For West Coasters sick of the ridiculously resilient ridge of high pressure and East Coasters tired of hearing about the polar vortex, get ready for a new climate phenomenon to dominate headlines. El Ni\u00e0\u00b1o could be making a return this fall after a 4-year hiatus, changing rainfall and temperature patterns across the world. It could even boost the odds of 2014 being the globe&#8217;s hottest year on record.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2014\/03\/07\/news\/economy\/gas-exports\/\"><strong>The real reasons to export U.S. gas (hint: money!)<\/strong><\/a> (CNN) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> But ultimately the volume of gas the U.S. could export is relatively small, and is unlikely to alter the current energy markets over which Russia holds so much sway&#8230;A more solid reason to support more U.S. energy exports is money, and <strong>it&#8217;s no surprise that the loudest calls are coming from energy producing states<\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press\/2014\/march\/long-term-warming-likely-to-be-significant-despite-recent-slowdown\/#.Ux95noVPK2G\"><strong>Long-Term Warming Likely to Be Significant Despite Recent Slowdown<\/strong><\/a> (NASA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/1foqsMz\"><strong>NAFTA report warns of trade deal environmental disasters:<\/strong><\/a> (Huffington Post Green):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A report due to be released Tuesday aims to offer an object lesson to President Barack Obama: Free trade deals have high costs in unintended consequences for the environment, people&#8217;s way of life, and local sovereignty.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lat.ms\/1eogYwB\"><strong>Pollution burden higher for California&#8217;s Latinos and blacks: report:<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen>Latinos and African Americans make up a disproportionately high percentage of the population of California ZIP Codes most burdened by pollution, according to a report released Friday by state environmental officials.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bsun.md\/OhoIdr\"><strong>Maryland: Senators seek to stall pollution regulations on behalf of Big Ag:<\/strong><\/a> (Baltimore Sun):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Key senators have put language in the state budget bill that would stall Maryland&#8217;s efforts to limit one of the Chesapeake Bay&#8217;s main pollutants, phosphorus.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1kakrnn\"><strong>Duke CEO: All customers to pay for coal ash cleanup:<\/strong><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Duke Energy&#8217;s CEO says while the company and its shareholders will pay to clean up a coal ash spill in the Dan River, its customers will shoulder the costs of closing the rest of the utility&#8217;s coal ash ponds across North Carolina.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateandsecurity.org\/2014\/03\/04\/climate-change-and-national-security-in-the-2014-quadrennial-defense-review\/\"><strong>Climate Change and National Security in the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review<\/strong><\/a> (Center for Climate &#038; Security)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/renewable-energy\/roadmap-50-states-transition-renewable-energy-2050.html\"><strong>This roadmap shows how all 50 US states can transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/article\/science\/8-steps-sustainable-meat-and-milk\"><strong>8 Steps To Sustainable Meat And Milk<\/strong><\/a> (Popular Science):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Put down the bologna: &#8220;Quality, not quantity&#8221; is just one strategy that could make meat available to all while protecting the environment.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-americans-underestimate-personal-water-usage-study-says-20140227,0,3836890.story#axzz2vCZSIE3g\"><b>Americans use twice as much water as they think they do, study says<\/b><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Americans use twice the amount of water they think they do, and appear to be particularly oblivious about how much H2O they flush down the toilet on a daily basis, according to new research.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-03-05\/china-to-declare-war-on-pollution-as-smog-spreads-across-country.html\"><b>China Declares War on Pollution as Smog Spreads<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Pollution is &#8221;nature&#8217;s red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development,&#8221; Li said today in his work report at the start of this year&#8217;s National People&#8217;s Congress in Beijing. &#8221;Fostering a sound ecological environment is vital for people&#8217;s lives and the future of our nation.&#8221;\u009d <\/div>\n<\/li>\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<\/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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