{"id":11402,"date":"2015-10-15T10:57:07","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T17:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11402"},"modified":"2015-10-15T10:57:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T17:57:07","slug":"green-news-report-october-15-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11402","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; October 15, 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_DemocraticPresidentialDebate_WynnHotelTrees_101315.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>  <i>Green News Report<\/i> Special Coverage:  Finally &#8212; Climate change takes the spotlight, at least for a few minutes, in a Presidential Debate&#8230;. 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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>): Mississippi River Basin Gets A Grade Of D; From March to a Movement: Climate Events Stretch From Sea to Rising Sea; Chesapeake Waters Warming, Study Says, Posing Challenges To Healing Bay; Alpha Natural Discloses Payments to Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner; Lawsuit Alleges Illegal Water Use by Nestl\u00e9 in Drought-Stricken Calif.; Massachusetts: With Expenses Rising, Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Will Close&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> State, Feds Won&#8217;t Pursue $92M More in &#8217;89 Exxon Valdez Spill&#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>The 1st 2016 Demcratic Presidential Debate:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Mr1KJR5UZjM\"><b>VIDEO: Watch the full 2016 Democratic Presidential Debate in Las Vegas, 20\/14\/15:<\/b><\/a> (YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2015\/10\/13\/the-oct-13-democratic-debate-who-said-what-and-what-it-means\/\"><b>Transcript: The CNN Democratic debate transcript, annotated<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Climate Change in the 2016 Presidential Campaign:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newrepublic.com\/article\/123112\/its-wonderful-watch-democrats-compete-over-climate-change\"><b>It&#8217;s Wonderful to Watch Democrats Compete Over Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (The New Republic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Climate change has officially entered prime-time politics. In the initial moments of this year&#8217;s first Democratic presidential primary debate, four of the five candidates raised the issue in their opening statements&#8221;\u201da stark contrast not only to the Republican candidates, who hardly mentioned climate change at all in their two debates to date, but also to previous election cycles&#8230;.[N]ow the Democratic candidates have at long last internalized it as a central part of their platforms, and that came through on Tuesday night.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2015\/10\/climate-change-democratic-debate-clinton-sanders-omalley-chafee\"><b>Clinton and Sanders Just Came Out Hard on the Issue Republicans Refuse to Talk About<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">During the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas, climate change roared into focus.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/10\/14\/3712153\/democratic-debate-national-security-climate\/\"><b>The Gulf Between Democrats And Republicans On Climate Change And National Security<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2015\/10\/climate-change-features-heavily-in-the-democratic-debate\/\"><b>Climate change: The only argument is over how much should be done about it.<\/b><\/a> (Ars Technica)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2015\/10\/14\/democratic-debate-climate-chasm\/#MLNI6w_Rp8qF\"><b>Democratic presidential debate reveals climate change chasm between the parties<\/b><\/a> (Mashable)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Republican-Turned-Democrat Former Senator Jim Webb:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webb2016.com\/on-the-issues\/\"><b>Jim Webb 2016 Official Campaign Website<\/b><\/a> (Webb2016.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/10\/14\/jim-webb-is-basically-a-republican-when-it-comes-to-global-warming\/\"><b>Jim Webb Is Basically A Republican When It Comes To Global Warming<\/b><\/a> (Daily Caller):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;You&#8217;re pro-coal, you&#8217;re pro-offshore drilling, you&#8217;re pro-Keystone pipeline. Are &#8220;\u201d again, are you &#8220;\u201d the question is, are you out of step with the Democratic party?&#8221;\u009d CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper asked the former Virginia senator during the debate.<\/div>\n<\/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:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/jim-webb-sucks-on-climate-change\/\"><b>Jim Webb sucks on climate change<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Republican-Turned-Independent-Turned-Democrat Lincoln Chafee:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chafee2016.com\/policy\/\"><b>Lincoln Chafee Official 2016 campaign website<\/b><\/a> (Chafee2016.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/turnto10.com\/archive\/chafee-to-create-council-on-climate-change\"><b>Chafee creates council on climate change<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecori.org\/government\/2014\/8\/2\/gov-chafee-signs-climate-change-bill-into-law.html\"><b>Gov. Chafee Signs Climate-Change Bill Into Law<\/b><\/a> (Eco Rhode Island)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Hillary Clinton: &#8216;US Should Be the World&#8217;s Clean Energy Superpower&#8221;:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillaryclinton.com\/issues\/climate\/\"><b>Making America the clean energy superpower of the 21st century<\/b><\/a> (HillaryClinton.com 2016 campaign site)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/28\/us\/politics\/hillary-clinton-lays-out-climate-change-plan.html?_r=0\"><b>Hillary Clinton Lays Out Climate Change Plan<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/04\/11\/3645951\/hillary-clinton-democratic-field-climate-change\/\"><b>How Does Hillary Match Up With Other Dems On Climate Change?<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/carbon-copy\/27072015\/hillary-clinton%E2%80%99s-climate-policy-ambitious-falls-short-bold-democratic-primary\"><b>Hillary Clinton&#8217;s Climate Policy Ambitious, but Falls Short of Bold<\/b><\/a> (InsideClimate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;Hillary Clinton is half the way there,&#8221; said Bill McKibben, co-founder of the advocacy group 350.org. &#8220;This is a credible commitment&#8230;Now, we need Clinton to show she understands the other half of the climate change equation&#8221;\u201dand prove she has the courage to stand up against fossil fuel projects.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Bernie Sanders: &#8216;Climate Change Biggest National Security Threat&#8217;:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/berniesanders.com\/issues\/climate-change\/\"><b>Bernie Sanders: Climate Change &#038; Environment<\/b><\/a> (Bernie Sanders 2016 campaign website)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/bernie-sanders-climate-change_561db3bbe4b0c5a1ce610f4c\"><b>Bernie Sanders: Climate Change Is The Biggest National Security Threat: &#8220;That is a major crisis.&#8221;<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2015\/05\/bernie-sanders-greenest-presidential-candidate\"><b>Is Bernie Sanders the Best Candidate on Climate Change?<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">He was recently ranked as the Senate&#8217;s top leader on global warming.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Martin O&#8217;Malley: &#8216;100% Clean Electricity by 2050&#8217;:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/martinomalley.com\/climate\/\"><b>Martin O&#8217;Malley: New Climate Leadership:<\/b><\/a> (Martin O&#8217;Malley 2016 official webiste)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2015\/06\/22\/this_is_what_a_real_climate_plan_looks_like_martin_omalleys_bold_approach_sets_the_standard\/\"><b>This is what a real climate plan looks like: Martin O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s bold approach sets the standard<\/b><\/a> (Salon):\n<div class=\"mediagreen>Martin O&#8217;Malley laid out an aggressive, moral case for tackling climate change. Let&#8217;s hope it catches on.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/politics\/martin-omalley-long-shot-presidential-hopeful-is-a-real-climate-hawk\/\"><b>Martin O&#8217;Malley, long-shot presidential hopeful, is a real climate hawk<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2015\/9\/10\/martin_omalley_climate_change_helped_spark\"><b>Martin O&#8217;Malley: Climate Change Helped Spark Destabilization of Syria, Rise of Islamic State<\/b><\/a> (Democracy Now!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2015\/07\/martin-omalley-isis-climate-change\/399131\/\"><b>A Link Between Climate Change and ISIS Isn&#8217;t Crazy<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Conservatives mock the Democratic presidential candidate Martin O&#8217;Malley, but there&#8217;s evidence of a connection between drought and the Syrian civil war.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/13102015\/march-people-climate-movement-activists\"><b>From March to a Movement: Climate Events Stretch From Sea to Rising Sea<\/b><\/a> (InsideClimate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Activists across the U.S. will push for quick and aggressive climate action Wednesday by staging protests, collecting signatures, organizing panels and even floating 30 miles down the Missouri River from Columbia to Jefferson City, Mo.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2015\/10\/14\/448636385\/mississippi-river-basin-gets-a-grade-of-d\"><b>Mississippi River Basin Gets A Grade Of D+<\/b><\/a> (NPR):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Mississippi River basin has gotten a report card from a group that monitors watershed health and economic impact &#8220;\u201d and the grade is D+.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/features\/green\/blog\/bs-md-warming-bay-20151013-story.html\"><b>Chesapeake Waters Warming, Study Says, Posing Challenges To Healing Bay<\/b><\/a> (Baltimore Sun):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Chesapeake Bay&#8217;s waters are warming, in some places more rapidly than the region&#8217;s air temperatures, researchers from the University of Maryland say. If unchecked, scientists say, the trend could complicate costly, long-running efforts to restore the ailing estuary, worsen fish-suffocating dead zones and alter the food web on which the bay&#8217;s fish and crabs depend.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/state-feds-pursue-92m-89-exxon-valdez-spill-34482929\"><b>State, Feds Won&#8217;t Pursue $92M More in &#8217;89 Exxon Valdez Spill<\/b><\/a> (ABC News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The state and federal governments have decided not to pursue $92 million in additional damages from Exxon Mobil Corp., citing the recovery of ducks and sea otters in Alaska&#8217;s Prince William Sound following a devastating oil spill more than two decades ago.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/bankruptcy\/2015\/10\/15\/alpha-natural-discloses-payments-to-climate-change-skeptic-chris-horner\/\"><b>Alpha Natural Discloses Payments to Climate Change Skeptic Chris Horner<\/b><\/a> (Wall St. Journal):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Bankrupt coal company Alpha Natural Resources Inc. paid lawyer Chris Horner $18,600 before it filed for chapter 11 this summer.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4072913\/nestle-lawsuit-drought-california\/\"><b>Lawsuit Alleges Illegal Water Use by Nestl\u00e9 in Drought-Stricken Calif.<\/b><\/a> (TIME):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A group of environmental organizations filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday alleging that the government agency allowed Nestl\u00e9 to bottle water in California on an expired permit.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/10\/14\/us\/massachusetts-with-expenses-rising-pilgrim-nuclear-plant-will-close.html?ref=energy-environment\"><b>Massachusetts: With Expenses Rising, Pilgrim Nuclear Plant Will Close<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, the only nuclear power plant in Massachusetts, will close by June 2019 because it is becoming too expensive to run, its owner announced Tuesday.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2015\/09\/republican-debate-cnn-climate-fact-check-rubio-walker-christie\"><b>We Fact-Checked What the Republicans Said About Climate Change During the Debate: &#8220;America is not a planet&#8221;&#8230;True!<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">More than 70 percent of Republicans believe humans are contributing to global warming, according to one recent study. Many conservatives no longer reject climate science itself. Rather, they reject the solutions, which they view as economically onerous. So, predictably, the GOP candidates largely portrayed Obama&#8217;s landmark Clean Power Plan as job-killing overregulation.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2015\/10\/15\/paris-climate-talks-not-a-north-south-fight\/\"><b>Paris climate talks &#8216;not a north-south fight&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Climate Change News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Developing countries are owning their climate plans, say experts on Climate Home panel, as national interests drive low carbon engagement<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/climate-consensus-97-per-cent\/2015\/oct\/15\/propaganda-trumps-journalism-in-conservative-media-climate-reporting?CMP=share_btn_tw\"><b>Propaganda trumps journalism in conservative media climate reporting<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A study&#8217;s results are badly mischaracterized by The Register, Express, and Breitbart to push a political agenda of climate denial<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/bg\/news\/2429863\/de-boer-copenhagen-was-a-lemon-but-paris-is-the-orange\"><b>De Boer: &#8216;Copenhagen was a lemon, but Paris is the orange&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Business Green):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Former UN climate change chief says there are many reasons to be hopeful ahead of Paris summit, but issues stark warning over slow pace of talks<\/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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