{"id":11261,"date":"2015-07-09T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T19:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11261"},"modified":"2015-07-09T12:27:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T19:27:04","slug":"green-news-report-july-9-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11261","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; July 9, 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_JimWebb_StandUpForCoal.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>): Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, funded deniers for 27 years; Episcopal church votes to divest from fossil fuels; Bernie Sanders&#8217; Plan To Make Solar Power More Accessible; Farmers vs. Fish: Water War Heats Up With Probe Into Who Got Millions; &#8216;Sustainable&#8217; Fishery Is Harming Native Alaskans; Mining Heads Into The Deep Sea; Methane Emissions in Texas Fracking Region 50% Above EPA Estimates&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> The Global Coal Renaissance Is the Most Important Climate Story Today&#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>Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) Enters 2016 Race:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/jim-webb-sucks-on-climate-change\/\"><b>Jim Webb sucks on climate change<\/b><\/a> (Grist) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">So<b> it&#8217;s a problem that Webb sucks on climate change<\/b>. The next president has to be a climate hawk. We&#8217;re rapidly running out of time to stave off the worst effects of warming. And, with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives until at least 2022 <b>thanks to gerrymandering, federal progress on emissions reductions will only happen through executive action<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluevirginia.us\/diary\/2027\/webb-turns-back-on-appalachia-cozies-up-to-big-coal\"><b>VIDEO: Webb Turns Back on Appalachia, Cozies Up to Big Coal<\/b><\/a> (Blue Virginia):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">This video from a recent Virginia Chamber of Commerce event shows Webb promising to fight any effort to rein in coal&#8217;s destructive, polluting, poverty-sustaining excesses.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/getenergysmartnow.com\/2014\/11\/21\/blunt-badler-jimwebbusa-sucks-on-climate-change\/\"><b>VIDEO: During his Senate term, Webb spouted language that could have come from denialist propaganda<\/b><\/a> (Get Energy Smart NOW)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2014\/12\/jim-webb-climate-change\"><b>Jim Webb Wants to Be President. Too Bad He&#8217;s Awful on Climate Change.<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The former Virginia senator has a record of standing up for dirty energy.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2011\/03\/31\/207799\/jim-webb-dead-wrong-on-global-warming-pollution\/\"><b>Jim Webb dead wrong on global warming pollution<\/b><\/a> (Climate Porgress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/updates\/jim-webb-believe-candidate-stands-10-issues\/\"><b>What does Jim Webb believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues<\/b><\/a> (PBS NewsHour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>BP Oil Spill: Largest Environmental Damages Settlement in U.S. History:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11257\"><b>AUDIO: BradCast 7\/6\/15: Antonia Juhasz on BP Gulf Spill settlement<\/b><\/a> (The BradBlog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/bp-got-off-cheaply-with-18-7-billion-settlement-20150703\"><b>BP &#8216;Got Off Cheaply&#8217; With $18.7 Billion Settlement<\/b><\/a> (Rolling Stone):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> &#8220;The judge had already found gross negligence, and based on the Clean Water Act formulas, BP should have been looking at $13 to $18 billion for the oil spill alone. Add to that the natural resource damages and the fact that there is enough research on oil spills in general and the shock to Gulf in particular to say that a settlement at this level is both premature and cheap. It&#8217;s a bargain for BP.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/07\/02\/3676487\/bp-spill-state-cwa-settlement\/\"><b>BP Agrees To Pay &#8216;The Largest Environmental Settlement In History&#8217; Over Its 2010 Oil Spill<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In simultaneous press conferences in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida, the attorneys general of the states most directly impacted by the massive 2010 BP spill announced a &#8220;global deal&#8221;\u009d to settle years of litigation with the oil giant for a total of $18.7 billion.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2015\/07\/is_bps_187_billion_settlement.html\"><b>Is BP&#8217;s $18.7 billion oil spill settlement tax deductible? Deal could save BP billions, group says<\/b><\/a> (AL.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2015\/07\/bp_to_pay_billion_to_settle_de.html\"><b>BP to pay $18.7 billion to federal government, 5 states to settle oil spill claims<\/b><\/a> (NOLA.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Record Exteme Heat Waves Shatter Records on Four Continents:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/comment.html?entrynum=3031\"><b>Unprecedented June Heat on Four Continents; Wimbledon Roasts in Record Heat<\/b><\/a> (Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Unprecedented June heat scorched portions of four continents during the past week, and many all-time heat records are likely to fall across multiple continents this July as the peak heat of summer arrives for what has been the hottest year in recorded human history.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wunderground.com\/blog\/JeffMasters\/comment.html?entrynum=3034&#038;cm_ven=tw-jm\"><b>Germany Breaks its All-Time Heat Record<\/b><\/a> (Dr. Jeff Masters, Weather Underground)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2015\/07\/02\/summer-2015-smashing-records\/\"><b>Summer 2015: WTFUWT<\/b><\/a> (Open Mind):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">What&#8217;s puzzling is Watts&#8217;s reaction: he reports recent record-tying and record-breaking temperatures from Washington state. What&#8217;s surprising is not that the recent heat wave tied or broke record highs for so many locations, but by how much.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/technology\/future_tense\/2015\/07\/heat_waves_in_pakistan_europe_are_a_harbinger_of_the_climate_change_future.html\"><b>The Heat Is On: Climate change will make deadly heat waves like Pakistan&#8217;s and Europe&#8217;s worse than ever.<\/b><\/a> (Slate):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Predictably, the city&#8217;s poorest areas experienced disproportionately long power outages and diminished access to water during the heat wave. Although residents took to the streets in protest, the government was unable to respond to those most in need. They were, as usual, left to take care of themselves.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Solar Impulse Flies Into Aviation, Clean Energy History:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/info.solarimpulse.com\/en\/our-adventure\/solar-impulse-2\/\"><b>Solar Impulse 2 Official Website: The Future Is Clean.org<\/b><\/a> (Solar Impulse)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/khon2.com\/2015\/07\/02\/solar-plane-lands-in-hawaii-next-stop-phoenix\/\"><b>VIDEO: Solar plane lands in Hawaii, next stop Phoenix<\/b><\/a> (KHON Honolulu)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2015\/07\/solar-impulse-2-surprising-zen-of-a-5-day-flight-over-the-pacific\/\"><b>The Surprising Zen of a 5-Day Flight Over the Pacific<\/b><\/a> (Wired) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">His five-day flight from Japan to Hawaii was a crucial leg in the round-the-world journey of Solar Impulse 2, a solar-powered single-seater that may make people rethink the idea of sustainable aviation. If nothing else, Borschberg has <b>proven the innovative aircraft can generate sufficient power while in the air to stay aloft for days on end<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-33383521\"><b>VIDEO: Solar Impulse completes epic flight to Hawaii<\/b><\/a> (BBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Solar Impulse, the aeroplane that is powered only by the sun, has landed in Hawaii after making a historic 7,200km flight across the Pacific from Japan.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2015\/07\/06\/solar-impulse-sets-world-record-117-hours-52-minutes-longest-solo-flight-ever-video\/\"><b>Solar Impulse Sets World Record: 117 Hours &#038; 52 Minutes &#8220;\u201d Longest Solo Flight Ever (Video)<\/b><\/a> (Clean Technica)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/jul\/03\/solar-impulse-lands-in-hawaii-after-longest-non-stop-solo-flight-in-history\"><b>VIDEO: Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii after longest non-stop solo flight in history<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Veteran pilot tested to the limit of endurance on record-breaking solar-powered flight across the Pacific, on the eighth leg of round-the-world journey<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2015\/jul\/08\/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding\"><b>Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says &#8220;\u201c but it funded deniers for 27 more years<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A newly unearthed missive from Lenny Bernstein, a climate expert with the oil firm for 30 years, shows concerns over high presence of carbon dioxide in enormous gas field in south-east Asia factored into decision not to tap it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/jul\/03\/episcopal-church-fossil-fuel-divestment\"><b>Episcopal church votes to divest from fossil fuels: &#8216;This is a moral issue&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Warning of threat to &#8216;human life itself&#8217;, Christian denomination commits to re-investing in clean energy following pope&#8217;s pastoral letter on the environment<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/07\/07\/3677745\/bernie-sanders-introduces-solar-legislation\/\"><b>Bernie Sanders&#8217; Plan To Make Solar Power More Accessible<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">On Tuesday, Vermont Senator and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced legislation aimed at making it easier for low-income families to take advantage of solar power. The bill, called the &#8220;Low Income Solar Act,&#8221;\u009d came the same day that the Obama Administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/07\/07\/fact-sheet-administration-announces-new-initiative-increase-solar-access\">announced<\/a> a similar program aimed at installing 300 megawatts of renewable energy in federally subsidized housing by 2020.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/federal-eye\/wp\/2015\/07\/08\/farmers-vs-fish-water-war-heats-up-with-probe-into-who-got-millions-of-dollars\/\"><b>Farmers vs. Fish: Water War Heats Up With Probe Into Who Got Millions<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The site of some of the fiercest environmental wars over water in recent years is now the subject of a federal investigation into millions of dollars that whistleblowers say were intended to secure water for drought-stricken fish but flowed instead to farmers and ranchers.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/invw.org\/2015\/07\/08\/a-supposedly-sustainable-fishery-is-harming-native-alaskans-2\/?utm_content=bufferb6fe1&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\"><b>A Supposedly Sustainable Fishery Is Harming Native Alaskans<\/b><\/a> (InvestigateWest):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">When you buy a McDonald&#8217;s Filet-O-Fish sandwich, you might notice the little blue label that tells you the fish you&#8217;re about to eat is certified as environmentally sustainable. That sounds like good news for the environment, for fish, and for customers. But what the label doesn&#8217;t tell you is that Native American communities in Western Alaska are endangered, in part because of the Seattle-based trawl boats that bring you products like McDonald&#8217;s famous fish sandwich.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2015\/07\/07\/deep-sea-mining-nautilus_n_7748484.html\"><b>Mining Heads Into The Deep Sea, Raising Environmental Concerns<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Mining in the deep sea for minerals is uncharted territory, but one company is well on its way to making it a reality. Now, the company is trying to convince skeptical audiences it&#8217;s a good idea.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/08072015\/methane-emissions-texas-fracking-region-50-higher-epa-estimates-oil-gas-drilling-barnett-shale-environmental-defense-fund\"><b>Methane Emissions in Texas Fracking Region 50% Above EPA Estimates<\/b><\/a> (InsideClimate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Environmental Defense Fund-backed studies of 30,000 Barnett Shale wells shows the EPA has vastly underestimated emissions.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/7\/7\/8908179\/coal-global-climate-change\"><b>The Global Coal Renaissance Is the Most Important Climate Story Today<\/b><\/a> (Vox.com):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">If you only focused on the United States, you might think coal&#8217;s days were numbered.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ens-newswire.com\/2015\/07\/07\/one-of-shells-arctic-drilling-ships-hits-a-snag\/\"><b>One of Shell&#8217;s Arctic Drilling Ships Hits a Snag<\/b><\/a> (ENS):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In another setback for Shell Oil&#8217;s summer Arctic drilling plans, a ship headed for the Shell prospect in the Chukchi Sea off northwest Alaska was forced to return to Dutch Harbor Friday after a hole was discovered in its hull.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2015\/07\/01\/bill-maher-interviews-prof-jay-famiglietti-californias-unseen-water-crisis\/\"><b>VIDEO: Bill Maher interviews Prof. Jay Famiglietti &#8220;\u201c California&#8217;s unseen Water Crisis<\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/01\/the-best-and-worst-media-interviews-with-climat\/204206\"><b>The Best And Worst Media Interviews With Climate-Denying Presidential Candidates<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2015\/06\/30\/u-s-china-and-brazil-make-climate-pledges-ahead-of-paris-summit\/?utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=Flashpoints&#038;utm_campaign=2014_FlashPoints%20[Manual]fyfjhfhj\"><b>U.S., China, and Brazil Make Climate Pledges Ahead of Paris Summit<\/b><\/a> (Foreign Policy):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Major economies, rich and poor alike, are taking serious steps to curb emissions of greenhouse gases. That&#8217;s a sea change in global efforts to fight rising temperatures.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2015\/6\/15\/8783141\/IEA-UN-climate-pledges\"><b>Every country is now pledging to tackle CO2 emissions. It&#8217;s still not enough.<\/b><\/a> (Vox.com):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In other words, if the world wants to stay below 2\u00b0C of global warming &#8211; which has long been considered the danger zone for climate change &#8211; these pledges are only a first step. Countries will have to do a whole lot more than they&#8217;re currently promising. And the IEA has a few ideas for what &#8220;do a whole lot more&#8221; might entail.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n1. Increase energy efficiency in the industry, buildings, and transport sectors.<br \/>\n2. Progressively reduce the use of the least efficient coal-fired power plants and banning their construction.<br \/>\n3. Increase investment in renewable energy technologies in the power sector from $270 billion in 2014 to $400 billion in 2030.<br \/>\n4. Gradually phase out fossil fuel subsidies to end-users by 2030.<br \/>\n5. Reduce methane emissions in oil and gas production. <\/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<\/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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