{"id":11060,"date":"2015-03-03T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11060"},"modified":"2015-03-03T15:39:18","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T23:39:18","slug":"green-news-report-march-3-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11060","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 3, 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_SenatorJamesInhofe_Snowball_022615.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; display:block; margin-bottom:0; padding-bottom:0;\"><i>(Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; link below.)<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>IN TODAY&#8217;S RADIO REPORT:<\/strong>  A snowball&#8217;s chance in the US Senate; Warm winter records shattered in the US West; Two big oil companies call for a price on carbon emissions; <i>PLUS:<\/i> In 1983, scientists predicted global warming would trigger unrest in the Middle East.  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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>): Hundreds of illegal oil waste pits discovered in CA; Exxon Mobil settles with NJ over toxic waste; Keeping the dust down in Owens Valley, CA; Fracking opponents getting increased scrutiny from police; Flame retardants in hand-me-down foam products &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> As the Colorado River Runs Dry: Ongoing Battle Between Urban, Rural Water Users&#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=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11059\"><b>Warmest Winter Records Shattered in West, But Reporters Still Won&#8217;t Say &#8216;Climate Change&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Sen. James Inhofe: Senator &#8216;Snowball&#8217; Stunt to Disprove Global Warming:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/02\/sen-inhofes-embarrassing-snowball-stunt-is-cele\/202719\"><b>VIDEO: Sen. Inhofe&#8217;s Embarrassing Snowball Stunt Is Celebrated On Fox News<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/a-snowballs-chance\/2015\/03\/01\/46e9e00e-bec8-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html\"><b>Sen. Jim Inhofe embarrasses the GOP and the U.S.<\/b><\/a> (Op-ed, Washington Post Editorial Board)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3E0a_60PMR8\"><b>Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) Snowball in the Senate<\/b><\/a> (C-SPAN)<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3E0a_60PMR8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Debunks &#8216;Senator Snowball&#8217; &#8212; AGAIN:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oTdpdFUTyqs\"><b>VIDEO: You Can Believe the Senator With a Snowball or Every Major American Scientific Society<\/b><\/a> (Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse)<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oTdpdFUTyqs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><b>Big Oil CEOs Call For Price On Carbon:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2015\/02\/26\/big-oil-and-the-inevitabledealing-with-carbon-and-climate-change\/\"><b>VIDEO: Big Oil and the Inevitable: Coming to Grips with Carbon and Climate Change <\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Money Quote: &#8220;You will struggle now to find climate deniers inside the Oil Industry. It&#8217;s just become unacceptable.&#8221;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2015\/02\/12\/bomb-shell-shell-ceo-pivots-on-carbon-calls-for-carbon-pricing-system\/\"><b>ShellBOMB &#8220;\u201c Big Oil CEO Pivots on Carbon: Calls for &#8220;Carbon Pricing System&#8221;\u009d<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2015\/feb\/17\/bp-says-huge-rise-in-energy-demand-at-odds-with-climate-change-fight?utm_source=Daily+Carbon+Briefing&#038;utm_campaign=75983c3c04-cb_daily&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_876aab4fd7-75983c3c04-303421297\"><b>BP: huge rise in energy demand at odds with climate change fight<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/finance\/newsbysector\/energy\/11417968\/BP-says-CO2-emissions-unsustainable-warns-on-global-warming.html?utm_source=Daily+Carbon+Briefing&#038;utm_campaign=75983c3c04-cb_daily&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_876aab4fd7-75983c3c04-303421297\"><b>BP says CO2 emissions unsustainable, warns on global warming<\/b><\/a> (Telegraph UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Extreme Weather: Record Drought &#038; Warmth In US West:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvb.com\/story\/news\/local\/2015\/03\/02\/warmest-february-boise\/24289771\/\"><b>Warmest February on record in Boise<\/b><\/a> (KTVB Boise)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/50013-california-drought-climate-change.html\"><b>Global Warming Brought on California&#8217;s Severe Drought<\/b><\/a> (Live Science)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/climate-change-evolving-role-in-extreme-weather-18501\"><b>Climate Change&#8217;s Evolving Role in Extreme Weather<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.c2es.org\/newsroom\/articles\/scientific-american-series-extreme-weather-climate-change\"><b>Scientific American Series on Extreme Weather, Climate Change, and the Risks We Face<\/b><\/a> (Scientific American)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Unrest in Syria Triggered By Drought &#038; Global Warming:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/03\/02\/global-warming-syria-civil-war\/\"><strong>Seeds of war: Global warming helped trigger Syria&#8217;s bloody civil war<\/strong><\/a> (Mashable) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Manmade global warming helped spark the brutal civil war in Syria <strong>by doubling to tripling the odds that a crippling drought in the Fertile Crescent would occur<\/strong> shortly before the fighting broke out, according to a groundbreaking new study published on March 2.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/03\/03\/science\/earth\/study-links-syria-conflict-to-drought-caused-by-climate-change.html?_r=0\"><b>Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Dr. Kelley, who did the research while at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and is now at the University of California at Santa Barbara, said <b>there was no apparent natural cause for the warming and drying trend, which developed over the last 100 years, when humans&#8217; effect on climate has been greatest<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/future_tense\/2015\/03\/02\/study_climate_change_helped_spark_syrian_civil_war.html\"><b>New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War<\/b><\/a> (Slate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/climate-change-contributing-factor-syrian-conflict-18718\"><b>Climate Change a &#8216;Contributing Factor&#8217; in Syrian Conflict<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Moist air comes flowing off the Mediterranean into Syria each winter, unleashing rains that transform the dull brown countryside into myriad hues of green. <b>But in 2005, the rains never fully materialized, the first of five consecutive failed rainy seasons<\/b> that sparked the worst drought in Syria&#8217;s history&#8230;.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"Climate, Drought, and ISIS \"><b>VIDEO: 80s Climate Scientists Predict Drought and Political Tension in the Mideast<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Now another study showing links between climate-enhanced drought, and political instability in the Middle East&#8230;.<b>[S]cientists predicted this pattern of drought, and the resulting instability<\/b>, in news reports from 1983, and &#8217;88.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2iKF-hWUOHk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<\/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:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/arizona\/investigations\/2015\/02\/27\/southwest-water-crisis-urban-rural-battle\/24060879\/\"><b>As the Colorado River Runs Dry: Ongoing Battle Between Urban, Rural Water Users<\/b><\/a> (Arizona Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2015\/02\/26\/258032\/hundreds-of-pits-filled-with-oil.html\"><b>100s of Pits Full of Oil Wastewater Discovered in Calif.&#8217;s Kern County<\/b><\/a> (McClatchy DC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/28\/nyregion\/exxon-mobil-settles-with-new-jersey-over-environmental-damage.html?_r=0\"><b>Exxon Mobil Settles With New Jersey Over Environmental Damage<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcn.org\/issues\/47.4\/keeping-the-dust-down-in-californias-owens-valley\"><b>Keeping the Dust Down in California&#8217;s Owens Valley<\/b><\/a> (High Country News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/business\/georgia-power-says-price-of-nuclear-expansion-goin\/nkK69\/\"><b>Georgia Power Says Price of Nuclear Expansion Going Up<\/b><\/a> (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/breakingnews\/ci_27611030\/2-states-feds-appealing-judges-ruling-great-lakes\"><b>2 States, Feds Appealing Judge&#8217;s Ruling on Great Lakes Wolves<\/b><\/a> (Twin Cities.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2015\/03\/01\/389598765\/fracking-opponents-feel-police-pressure-in-some-drilling-hotspots\"><b>Fracking Opponents Feel Police Pressure In Some Drilling Hotspots<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ehp.niehs.nih.gov\/123-A56\/\"><b>Hand-Me-Down Hazard: Flame Retardants in Discarded Foam Products<\/b><\/a> (Enviornmenatl Health Perspectives)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/energy\/grijalva-climate-letters-went-too-far-in-seeking-correspondence-20150302\"><b>Rep. Grijalva: Climate Letters Went Too Far in Seeking Correspondence<\/b><\/a> (National Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/02032015\/can-fracking-pollute-drinking-water-dont-ask-epa-hydraulic-fracturing-obama-chesapeake-energy\"><b>Can Fracking Pollute Drinking Water? Don&#8217;t Ask the EPA<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/environment\/article11355200.html\"><b>Feds Say Many Central Valley Farmers Will Get No Water Deliveries<\/b><\/a> (Sacramento Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2015\/03\/02\/258296\/judge-chastises-epa-for-foia-failures.html\"><b>Judge Chastises EPA for FOIA Failures<\/b><\/a> (McClatchy DC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/science\/article\/Berkeley-experts-study-strengthens-human-link-6101054.php\"><b>Berkeley study directly IDs climate change culprit<\/b><\/a> (SF Gate) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;We have known for decades that there must be an effect, but getting a direct measurement and isolating the carbon dioxide component are a technological coup,&#8221; Christopher B. Field, a senior scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University who has led two major IPCC reports, said in an e-mail. The Berkeley scientists&#8217; study, he said, <b>provides concrete evidence for the first time of carbon dioxide&#8217;s effect on global warming.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2015\/02\/22\/the-slick-willie-of-climate-denial-science-as-deliverables-for-the-disinfo-machine\/\"><b>The Slick Willie of Climate Denial &#8211; Science as &#8220;Deliverables&#8221; for the Disinfo Machine<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/22\/us\/ties-to-corporate-cash-for-climate-change-researcher-Wei-Hock-Soon.html?ref=energy-environment&#038;_r=0\"><b>Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher<\/b><\/a> (NY Times) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[N]ewly released documents show <b>the extent to which Dr. Soon&#8217;s work has been tied to funding he received from corporate interests<\/b>. He has accepted <b>more than $1.2 million in money from the fossil-fuel industry<\/b> over the last decade while <b>failing to disclose that conflict of interest<\/b> in most of his scientific papers. At least 11 papers he has published since 2008 omitted such a disclosure, and in at least eight of those cases, he appears to have <b>violated ethical guidelines<\/b> of the journals that published his work.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/article\/2015\/02\/10\/nows-your-chance-help-save-monarch-butterfly\"><b>Now&#8217;s Your Chance to Help Save the Imperiled Monarch Butterfly-and Get Paid to Do So<\/b><\/a> (Take Part) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Another threat, according to Grant, has been w<b>ell-intentioned individuals who have planted a tropical form of milkweed, which competes with native varieties and is not beneficial to monarchs or other pollinators<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\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<\/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. 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