{"id":11026,"date":"2015-01-29T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T23:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11026"},"modified":"2015-01-30T13:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T21:42:58","slug":"green-news-report-january-29-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11026","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; January 29, 2015"},"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_RedFoxx.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>):  It&#8217;s not too late to stop climate change, and it&#8217;ll be super-cheap; Americans are out of step with science on pretty much everything; Climate models don&#8217;t over-predict warming; Big Utilties&#8217; &#8216;Kodak Moment&#8217;: a phase-change builds; Air pollution plunges in AL; Feds open waters to largest offshore wind farm; EPA sued over industrial livestock pollution&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Oceans on the verge of a &#8216;mass bleaching event&#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>GOP Senate Passes Keystone XL Legislation:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/01\/30\/us\/politics\/keystone-xl-pipeline-bill-senate-vote.html?_r=0\"><b>Senate Passes Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Bill<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The five-year fight over the Keystone pipeline has become a proxy symbol for far broader fights over climate change, energy and the economy, and for the conflict between Mr. Obama and congressional Republicans.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/01\/senate-approves-keystone-obama-veto-looms-114738.html\"><b>Senate approves Keystone, Obama veto looms<\/b><\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/05\/keystone-xl-pipeline-transcanada-barack-obama-106473.html\"><b>Cashing in on Keystone XL millions: Who benefits?<\/b><\/a> (Politico) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Longtime Beltway operators say the scope of <b>the Keystone battle has grown to an astonishing scale &#8211; perhaps the largest ever<\/b> for a standoff over energy and the environment, and at the very least one that rivals the years-long and decades-old fights over acid rain and Arctic drilling.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/energy\/here-are-the-9-senate-democrats-who-voted-for-keystone-20150129?ref=t.co&#038;mrefid=walkingheader\"><b>Here are the 9 Senate Democrats Who Voted for Keystone<\/b><\/a> (National Journal):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">1. Michael Bennet, Colo.<br \/>\n2. Thomas Carper, Del.<br \/>\n3. Robert Casey, Pa.<br \/>\n4. Joe Donnelly, Ind.<br \/>\n5. Heidi Heitkamp, N.D.<br \/>\n6. Joe Manchin, W. Va.<br \/>\n7. Claire McCaskill, Mo.<br \/>\n8. Jon Tester, Mont.<br \/>\n9. Mark Warner, Va.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow\/watch\/amid-pipeline-spills--dearth-of-inspectors-390615107558\"><b>VIDEO: 5 US Pipeline Ruptures in January; North Dakota Has Zero State Inspectors:<\/b><\/a> (The Rachel Maddow Show):<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe src='http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_3pipe_150128_461756' height='315' width='400' scrolling='no' border='no' ><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<li><b>NTSB: &#8220;Systemic Flaws&#8221; in US Pipeline Safety And Oversight:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/news\/press-releases\/Pages\/PR20150127c.aspx\"><b>NTSB Releases Study To Better Manage Gas Pipeline Integrity<\/b><\/a> (Natl Transportation and Safety Board)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/safety-board-systemic-flaws-gas-pipelines-oversight-180716227--finance.html\"><b>NTSB: Systemic flaws in safety oversight of gas pipelines<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The concern then and now is that <b>aging pipelines will rupture in populated areas<\/b>. The U.S. is crisscrossed by nearly 300,000 miles of gas transmission pipelines, more than half of which were installed before 1970&#8230;.There is wide variation in states&#8217; approaches to pipeline safety oversight in high-consequence areas&#8230; [and] <b>state inspectors often lack the expertise<\/b> in some areas necessary to safety oversight..<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bigstory.ap.org\/article\/0d471e0488cb486f9c29d75d09a53def\/warm-weather-snowmelt-slow-north-dakota-saltwater-cleanup\"><b>Pipeline Not State-Inspected Before 3-Million-Gallon Saltwater Leak<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/triblive.com\/news\/allegheny\/7652285-74\/gas-report-pipeline#axzz3QFeedUjl\"><b>NTSB: Better oversight needed to prevent natural gas pipeline accidents<\/b><\/a> (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The report found intrastate pipelines &#8211; <b>those most often regulated by state agencies &#8211; had an incident rate 27 percent higher<\/b> than the interstate pipelines usually inspected by federal regulators.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Obama&#8217;s Trip To India: Boost For US Nuclear Industry:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2015-01-25\/obama-modi-say-breakthrough-reached-on-india-s-nuclear-program.html\"><b>India PM Modi&#8217;s Clean-Energy Goals Face Funding, Political Hurdles<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>India is one of the few nations that do not exempt nuclear suppliers from accident liability<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2015\/01\/25\/obama-indias-modi-hail-breakthrough-nuclear-deal-limits-us-corporate-liability\"><b>Obama, India&#8217;s Modi Hail &#8216;Breakthrough&#8217; Nuclear Deal that Limits US Corporate Liability<\/b><\/a> (Common Dreams):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;We think we came to an understanding of the liability&#8221; issue, stated U.S. Ambassador Richard Verma.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/01\/25\/3615232\/us-india-climate-agreement\/\"><b>U.S. And India Announce &#8216;Cooperation&#8217; On Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-30978152\"><b>Will the India-US nuclear deal work?<\/b><\/a> (BBC India)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>IMF Calls For End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p02h4wh7\"><b>VIDEO: IMF Director Christine LeGarde Calls For End to Energy Subsidies: A Richer World, but for Whom?<\/b><\/a> (BBC World Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/1\/29\/7945525\/fossil-fuel-subsidies\"><b>One upside of cheap oil &#8211; countries are ditching their fossil-fuel subsidies<\/b><\/a> (Vox.com):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> The price of oil is plummeting, and gasoline is getting cheaper. That&#8217;s made it far less painful to pare back these fossil-fuel subsidies. Last summer, Egypt took the opportunity to start slashing billions in energy subsidies and tame its budget. Indonesia has been doing the same. Jordan and Morocco are too.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/jan\/28\/scotland-announces-moratorium-on-fracking-for-shale-gas\"><b>Scotland announces moratorium on fracking for shale gas<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;There is overwhelming public opinion in favour of cleaner forms of energy and a sufficient body of evidence why unconventional oil and gas are neither good for people or the planet. While this rightly puts a hold on fracking for now, we hope the final decision will be to rule it out completely.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>PA Governor Bans Fracking in State Parks:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/politics\/20150130_Wolf_restores_fracking_ban_in_state_parkland.html\"><b>Wolf restores fracking ban in state parkland<\/b><\/a> (Philadelphia Enquirer):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Fracking companies that already have leases on public lands can continue to operate. And new leases may be signed to drill under land for which the state lacks &#8220;sub-surface&#8221; rights.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/01\/29\/3616856\/tom-wolf-pennsylvania-fracking-ban-state-parks\/\"><b>Pennsylvania&#8217;s New Governor Will Ban Fracking In State Parks And Forests<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Pennsylvania&#8217;s fracking boom has fueled its economy for years, but the state has also seen its fair share of environmental problems, including 243 cases of contaminated private drinking water wells across 22 counties. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/01\/27\/3616010\/pennsylvania-fracking-violations-report\/\"><b>Pennsylvania Fracking Companies Regularly Commit Serious Environmental Violations<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>&#8220;Rare, Elusive&#8221; Red Fox Sighted In Yosemite<\/b>:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/yose\/parknews\/rare-sierra-nevada-red-fox-spotted-in-yosemite-national-park.htm\"><b>Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox Spotted in Yosemite National Park<\/b><\/a> (National Park Service):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Yosemite National Park is excited to report the first confirmed sighting in the park of a rare Sierra Nevada red fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes necator<\/i>) in nearly 100 years. Park wildlife biologists had gone on a five-day backcountry trip to the far northern part of the park to check on previously deployed motion-sensitive cameras.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capradio.org\/41146\"><b>AUDIO: Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox Sighted In Yosemite National Park<\/b><\/a> (Capitol Public Radio)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thetwo-way\/2015\/01\/28\/382243042\/rare-fox-takes-a-walk-in-the-park-and-yosemite-staff-cheer\"><b>Rare Fox Takes A Walk In The Park, And Yosemite Staff Cheer<\/b><\/a> NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Redd_Foxx\"><strong>For Those Too Young To Remember: The <em>Other<\/em> Redd Foxx<\/strong><\/a> (Wikipedia)<\/li>\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\/2015\/01\/29\/3616382\/solving-climate-change-cheap\/\"><b>It&#8217;s Not Too Late To Stop Climate Change, And It&#8217;ll Be Super-Cheap<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">I rarely disagree with Dave Roberts. But he has a <a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/we-can-solve-climate-change-but-it-wont-be-cheap-or-easy\/\">column on Grist<\/a>, &#8220;We can solve climate change, but it won&#8217;t be cheap or easy,&#8221; that is wrong, pure and simple&#8230;.<b>The most important climate issue is the cost and consequences of <i>inaction.<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/tom-philpott\/2015\/01\/noaa-globes-coral-reefs-face-massive-bleaching-event-2015\"><strong>Oceans about to experience a &#8216;mass bleaching event&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[C]oral scientist C. Mark Eakin, who coordinates the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#8217;s Coral Reef Watch program, is surprised that the warning he has been sounding since last year (PDF)&#8221;\u201dthat the globe&#8217;s reefs appear to be on the verge of a mass-scale bleaching event&#8221;\u201dhasn&#8217;t drawn more media attention.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2015\/01\/chart-shows-how-science-public\"><b>Americans Are Way Out of Step With Scientists on Pretty Much Everything<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Despite the wide consensus among scientists that it&#8217;s real and caused by humans, the general public-not to mention a disconcerting number of prominent politicians-remains divided. It&#8217;s not just climate change. <b>On a range of pressing social issues, scientists and the public rarely see eye-to-eye.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-climate-models-predict-warming-20150128-story.html\"><b>Climate models don&#8217;t over-predict warming, study shows<\/b><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A study that combined 114 possible 15-year trends since 1900 found that there was nothing statistically biased in the ways model-generated data differed from actual measurements of global mean surface temperatures. These short trends cannot predict &#8220;chaotic&#8221; fluctuations in such factors as ocean currents, according to the study.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2015\/01\/28\/big-energys-kodak-moment-phase-change-as-solar-cheaper-than-gas-in-dubai\/\"><b>Big Energy&#8217;s Kodak Moment &#8211; &#8220;Phase Change&#8221; as Solar Cheaper than Gas in Dubai<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> Fast forward, wrap your mind around this fact. Solar energy is now cheaper than gas, in Dubai. And Texas.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/air-pollution-plunges-in-alabama\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><b>Air Pollution Plunges in Alabama<\/b><\/a> (Scientific American)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/feds-largest-us-offshore-wind-farm-18604\"><b>Feds Opening Waters to Largest U.S. Offshore Wind Farm<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Currently, there is not a single wind turbine generating even a watt of electricity in American waters as oil platforms represent the only offshore energy development in the U.S. But the race is on to change that, beginning with a landmark wind rights auction on Thursday, which aims to open a vast swath in the Atlantic off the Massachusetts coast for <b>what could be the the first and largest offshore wind power project in the U.S.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/20150128\/groups-sue-obamas-epa-over-emissions-industrial-livestock-production\"><b>Groups Sue EPA Over Emissions From Industrial Livestock Production<\/b><\/a> (InsideClimate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Two new lawsuits are part of an effort to push EPA to regulate methane from agriculture, the country&#8217;s biggest source of methane.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/greenwire\/stories\/1060012454\"><b>Court Backs EPA, Greens In CAFO Privacy Lawsuit<\/b><\/a> (Greenwire):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A federal judge ruled for U.S. EPA yesterday in a lawsuit filed by agribusinesses angry about the agency providing information on large livestock farms to environmentalists.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2015\/01\/28\/the-gops-plan-to-stop-environmental-protections-attack-science\/\"><b>The GOP&#8217;s Plan To Stop Environmental Protections: Attack Science<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Congressional Republicans plan to re-launch some bills they fielded last year &#8212; bills attacking the science on which environmental and health regulations are based. But this time, with GOP control of the Senate, the bills may clear Congress.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/01\/27\/381887197\/southern-california-s-water-supply-threatened-by-next-major-quake\"><b>Southern California&#8217;s Water Supply Threatened By Next Major Quake<\/b><\/a> (NPR) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Southern California gets the vast majority of its water from four aqueducts that flow from the north, but all of them cross the San Andreas Fault. That means <b>millions of people are just one major earthquake away from drying out for a year or more<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-30985039\"><b>Study: Global warming &#8216;doubles risk&#8217; of extreme weather<\/b><\/a> (BBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Extreme weather arising from a climate phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean will get much worse as the world warms, according to climate modelling&#8230;.The latest data &#8211; based on detailed climate modelling work &#8211; suggests extreme La Nina events in the Pacific Ocean will almost double with global warming, from one in 23 years to one in 13 years.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11010\"><b>Another Climate Denial Myth Scuttled as 2014 Confirmed Planet&#8217;s Hottest Year Ever Recorded<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">How fossil-fueled global warming hoaxsters cherry-pick scientific data to con the incurious&#8230;<\/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:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3034316\/4-scenarios-show-what-climate-change-will-do-to-the-earth-from-pretty-bad-to-disaster#1\"><b>4 Scenarios Show What Climate Change Will Do To The Earth, From Pretty Bad To Disaster<\/b><\/a> (Fast CoExist):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">But exactly how bad is still an open question, and a lot depends not only on how we react, but how quickly. The rate at which humans cut down on greenhouse gas emissions&#8211;if we do choose to cut them&#8211;will have a large bearing on how the world turns out by 2100, the forecasts reveal.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-to-solve-global-warming-its-the-energy-supply\/\"><b>How to Solve Global Warming: It&#8217;s the Energy Supply<\/b><\/a> (Scientific American):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Restraining global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius will require <b>changing how the world produces and uses energy to power its cities and factories, heats and cools buildings, as well as moves people and goods in airplanes, trains, cars, ships and trucks<\/b>, according to the IPCC. Changes are required not just in technology, but also in people&#8217;s behavior.<\/div>\n<\/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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