{"id":12322,"date":"2017-10-05T11:01:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12322"},"modified":"2017-10-05T11:01:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T18:01:29","slug":"green-news-report-october-5-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12322","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; October 5, 2017"},"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_TrumpTossesPaperTowels_PuertoRico100317.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>):  TransCanada abandons Energy East, Eastern Mainline projects; Interior Department whistleblower resigns, calling Ryan Zinke&#8217;s leadership a failure; Scientists mapping Greenland have produced some surprising &#8211; and worrying &#8211; results; Interior Department rejects 25 endangered species petitions; Federal judge rebukes Trump Admin, reinstates federal methane emissions rules; Solar energy boom sets records, shatters expectations; Trump takes first step toward scrapping Obama&#8217;s Clean Power Plan; Scientists may have solved &#8216;missing&#8217; methane mystery; Harvey damage at San Jacinto waste pits shows bigger problems for EPA&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Climate change could nearly triple airplane turbulence in the next decades&#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>Trump downplays the disaster in Puerto Rico:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2017\/10\/3\/16411488\/trump-remarks-puerto-rico\"><b>VIDEO: Trump to Puerto Rico &#8211; your hurricane isn&#8217;t a real catastrophe like Katrina. And its throwing our budget a little out of whack.<\/b><\/a> (Vox)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2017\/10\/3\/16400510\/fema-puerto-rico-hurricane\"><b>FEMA has yet to authorize full disaster help for Puerto Rico<\/b><\/a> (Vox):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Texas got it 10 days after Hurricane Harvey hit.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/rundown\/trump-administration-asks-congress-29-billion-disaster-aid\/\"><b>Trump administration asks Congress for $29 billion in disaster aid<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The request would bring the price tag for this year&#8217;s costly hurricane season to about $44 billion \u2014 and that&#8217;s before rebuilding efforts get under way in earnest.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/a-tale-of-two-puerto-ricos-what-trump-saw--and-what-he-didnt\/2017\/10\/04\/2eeee62e-a8b9-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.a49ef2349468\"><b>A tale of two Puerto Ricos: What Trump saw, and what he didn&#8217;t<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Puerto Rico that President Trump saw during his four-hour visit on Tuesday afternoon was that of Angel P\u00e9rez Otero, the mayor of Guaynabo, a wealthy San Juan suburb known for its amenity-driven gated communities that was largely spared when Hurricane Maria hit two weeks ago.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keyt.com\/news\/national-world\/marias-puerto-rico-death-toll-rises-to-34\/630555874\"><b>Maria&#8217;s Puerto Rico death toll rises to 34<\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/03\/politics\/trump-puerto-rico\/index.html\"><b>Trump&#8217;s Puerto Rico event was way worse than his tweets<\/b><\/a> (CNN):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The whole 13+ minutes is surreal. Time and time again, Trump makes the whole thing about him &#8212; using the various officials, military and otherwise, around him to reinforce the ideas that he is doing a great job. On display is someone wholly wrapped up in himself, incapable of understanding that this moment &#8212; on the ground of a historic natural disaster for the Puerto Rican people &#8211;was not about him.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/trump-heads-to-puerto-rico-to-survey-hurricane-damage\/449186003\/\"><b>Trump comes face to face with stricken Puerto Rico<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2017\/09\/puerto-ricos-drinking-water-crisis-isnt-going-away-anytime-soon\/\"><b>Puerto Rico&#8217;s Drinking Water Crisis Isn&#8217;t Going Away Anytime Soon<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Hurricane Maria caused vast power outages, causing pumps at water treatment plants to fail across the island. After loss of water pressure, especially in a water system that&#8217;s as aging and leaky as Puerto Rico&#8217;s, there&#8217;s an immediate threat of bacteria and other contaminants seeping into the water supply. &#8220;The lack of ability to treat the water means that the raw sewage and floodwaters can contaminate the drinking source,&#8221; says Erik Olson a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/10\/04\/trump-puerto-rico-debt-white-house-response-243452\"><b>White House walks back Trump&#8217;s Puerto Rico comments as Wall Street reels<\/b><\/a> (Politico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Hidden costs of climate change already cost U.S. $240 billion a year:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2017\/09\/climate-change-costs-us-economy-billions-report\/\"><b>Hidden Costs of Climate Change Running Hundreds of Billions a Year<\/b><\/a> (National Geographic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A new report warns of a high price tag on the impacts of global warming, from storm damage to health costs. But solutions can provide better value, the authors say.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-09-27\/climate-shocks-may-cost-u-s-1-billion-a-day-as-planet-heats-up\"><b>Climate Shocks May Cost U.S. $1 Billion a Day<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;The increasing damage from climate-change related storms, wild fires, human health, agriculture loss and the like are taxing the potential of economic growth,&#8221; said James McCarthy, a Harvard University professor whose co-authors included Robert Watson, former chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The researchers weren&#8217;t paid for their work.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-climatechange-usa\/weather-extremes-fossil-fuel-pollution-cost-us-240-billion-study-idUSKCN1C22AM\"><b>Hidden Costs of Climate Change: weather extremes, fossil fuel pollution cost US $240 billion: study<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Former FEMA director warns US not ready for climate shocks:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/fugate-hurricane-recovery-f9b013e9fe5e\/\"><b>Former FEMA director issues warning to America on future hurricanes<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">While President Donald Trump on Tuesday toured the post-hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico, former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate warned that disasters are going to exceed U.S. response capabilities, especially if the country does not improve its infrastructure.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/events\/2017\/09\/20\/439321\/former-fema-administrator-craig-fugate-lessons-learned-superstorm-sandy\/\"><b>VIDEO: Fmr. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate on Lessons Learned from Superstorm Sandy<\/b><\/a> (Center for American Progress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>U.S. taxpayer subsidies to Big OIl top $20 billion a year:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/9k389e\/the-us-is-paying-big-oil-to-keep-fossil-fuels-profitable?platform=hootsuite\"><b>The US Is Paying Big Oil to Keep Fossil Fuels Profitable: Subsidies are keeping &#8220;zombie energy&#8221; alive.<\/b><\/a> (Motherboard):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8216;Zombie oil&#8217; that ought to stay in the ground is kept alive thanks to federal and state governments in the US feeding it billions of dollars. This is oil consumers don&#8217;t need, and that oil companies therefore wouldn&#8217;t touch without these subsidies, a new analysis published in Nature Energy reveals. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/03102017\/high-oil-subsidies-ensure-profit-undermine-climate-change-goals\"><b>High Oil Subsidies Ensure Profit for Nearly Half New U.S. Investments, Study Shows<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The findings suggests U.S. oil may be more dependent on subsidies than previously thought. The subsidies could also undermine international climate goals.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Scotland bans fracking:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2017\/oct\/03\/scottish-government-bans-fracking-scotland-paul-wheelhouse\"><b>Scottish government bans fracking after public opposition<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Energy minister Paul Wheelhouse says allowing unconventional extraction of coal and gas would put climate goals at risk<\/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<p><i>For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sej.org\/headlines\/list\">Society of Environmental Journalists&#8217; Daily Headlines<\/a> page<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-41488956\"><b>TransCanada abandons Energy East, Eastern Mainline projects<\/b><\/a> (BBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">It will no longer proceed with its proposed Energy East Pipeline and Eastern Mainline projects. The decision comes after Canada&#8217;s national energy regulator expanded its review of the projects in August. The Energy East has faced fierce opposition in some communities along the pipeline&#8217;s route and from some indigenous groups. In a statement on Thursday, TransCanada president Russ Girling said the decision comes &#8220;after careful review of changed circumstances&#8221;.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/10\/04\/whistleblower-resigns-keeping-my-voice-more-important-than-keeping-my-job\/?utm_term=.678e2923a511\"><b>Interior Department whistleblower resigns, calling Ryan Zinke&#8217;s leadership a failure<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/10\/04\/scientists-mapping-greenland-have-produced-some-surprising-and-worrying-results\/?tid=pm_business_pop&#038;utm_term=.e2c317d6a3e4\"><b>Scientists mapping Greenland have produced some surprising \u2014 and worrying \u2014 results<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/10\/05\/interior-department-rejects-25-endangered-species-petitions-including-several-linked-to-climate-change\/?tid=pm_business_pop&#038;utm_term=.d187dff081b7\"><b>Interior Department rejects 25 endangered species petitions, including several linked to climate change<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wunc.org\/post\/contrary-original-plan-atlantic-coast-pipeline-may-extend-beyond-north-carolina#stream\/0\"><b>Contrary To Original Plan, Atlantic Coast Pipeline May Extend Beyond North Carolina <\/b><\/a> (WUNC)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/10\/04\/putin-says-oil-cut-deal-with-opec-could-last-to-end-of-2018.html\"><b>Putin says oil cut deal with OPEC could last to end of 2018<\/b><\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Travel\/climate-change-triple-airplane-turbulence-decades-study\/story?id=50276748\"><b>Climate change could nearly triple airplane turbulence in the next decades, study says<\/b><\/a> (ABC News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/10\/04\/senate-to-weigh-key-epa-nominees-with-close-ties-to-chemical-fossil-fuels-industries\/?utm_term=.811e7bf8b82f\"><b>Senate Weighs Key EPA Nominees With Close Ties To Chemical, Fossil Fuels<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/10\/04\/senate-to-weigh-key-epa-nominees-with-close-ties-to-chemical-fossil-fuels-industries\/?utm_term=.811e7bf8b82f\"><b>Federal Judge Reinstates Obama-Era Rule On Methane Emissions<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/04102017\/solar-power-record-growth-china-america-nrdc-iea-forecast-report\"><b>Solar Energy Boom Sets New Records, Shattering Expectations<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/04\/climate\/trump-climate-change.html?_r=0\"><b>Trump Takes a First Step Toward Scrapping Obama&#8217;s Global Warming Policy<\/b><\/a> (NY times)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/09\/29\/scientists-find-that-belching-cows-could-solve-a-key-mystery-about-the-atmosphere\/?utm_term=.37f38b97d51a\"><b>Scientists May Have Found Solution To The Atmosphere&#8217;s Methane Mystery<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/2017\/09\/29\/239715\/harvey-damage-at-the-san-jacinto-waste-pits-illustrates-bigger-problems-with-how-the-epa-monitor-such-sites\/\"><b>Harvey Damage At San Jacinto Waste Pits Shows Bigger Problems For EPA<\/b><\/a> (KUHT)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-10-04\/putin-says-he-d-drive-a-tesla-though-natural-gas-cars-go-greener\"><b>Putin says he&#8217;d drive a Tesla as the world shifts toward greener forms of transport<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/agenda\/story\/2017\/09\/13\/food-nutrients-carbon-dioxide-000511\"><b>The great nutrient collapse: The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat<\/b><\/a> (Politico):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Could carbon dioxide have an effect on human health we haven&#8217;t accounted for yet? The answer appears to be yes&#8230;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2017\/07\/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html\"><b>The Uninhabitable Earth: When will climate change make earth too hot for humans?<\/b><\/a> (New York Magazine):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak &#8211; sooner than you think.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/energy-and-environment\/2017\/4\/4\/14942764\/100-renewable-energy-debate\"><b>A beginner&#8217;s guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy<\/b><\/a> (Vox):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Clean-energy enthusiasts frequently claim that we can go bigger, that it&#8217;s possible for the whole world to run on renewables &#8211; we merely lack the &#8220;political will.&#8221; So, is it true? Do we know how get to an all-renewables system? Not yet. 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