{"id":14982,"date":"2024-03-21T10:38:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14982"},"modified":"2024-06-21T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:06:02","slug":"green-news-report-march-21-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14982","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 21, 2024"},"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_ExxonKnewExxonLied.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>): Why Is the Sea So Hot?; Oil executives, meeting in Texas, cast doubts on &#8216;fantasy&#8217; energy transition; World &#8216;losing the battle&#8217; against electronic waste, UN finds; Natural gas industry blocks building codes meant to make going electric cheaper; Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds; Chevron agrees to pay over $13M in penalties for CA oil spills; Lead in water a threat to two-thirds of young children in Chicago; Petrochemicals are killing us, a new report warns in top medical journal&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> NASA scientist: 2023 heat may put world in &#8220;uncharted territory&#8221;&#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>Brazil: Astonishing heat index record shattered in Rio:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/gallery\/2024\/3\/18\/photos-record-heat-index-of-62-3c-scorches-rio-de-janeiro?traffic_source=rss\"><b>Record heat index of 62.3C\/144F scorches Brazil&#8217;s Rio de Janeiro<\/b><\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/extinction-adaptation-plague-wildfires-chile-160005260.html\"><b>Extinction or adaptation? The plague of wildfires in Chile is a warning for our future<\/b><\/a> (Salon\/MSN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/2024\/03\/18\/rio-de-janeiro-under-unprecedented-heat-wave\"><b>Rio de Janeiro under unprecedented heat wave<\/b><\/a> (Merco Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/16\/world\/americas\/chile-wildfires-water-drought.html\"><b>Chile&#8217;s Deadliest Wildfire Is Said to Have Been Made Worse by a Lack of Water<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>WMO: &#8216;Red alert&#8217; State of the Climate Report:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2024\/03\/1147716\"><b>The World Meteorological Organization&#8217;s State of the Global Climate report confirms 2023 broke every single climate indicator<\/b><\/a> (United Nations)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/mar\/19\/red-alert-last-year-was-hottest-year-ever-by-wide-margin-says-un-report\"><b>&#8216;Red alert&#8217;: last year was hottest on record by clear margin, says UN report<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wmo-un-climate-global-change-report-warming-2154285aabb0cf83dc9ca4015ea0016d\"><b>VIDEO: UN weather agency issues &#8216;red alert&#8217; on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The U.N. weather agency is sounding a &#8220;red alert&#8221; about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world&#8217;s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Exxon CEO says climate change is all <i>your<\/i> fault:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/companies\/exxon-ceo-blames-public-for-failure-to-fix-climate-change\/ar-BB1j43EO\"><b>Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change<\/b><\/a> (The Hill\/MSN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/mar\/04\/exxon-chief-public-climate-failures\"><b>Fury After Exxon Chief Says Public To Blame For Climate Failures<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/accountability\/reason-exxon-ceo-emissions-woods-investors\/\"><b>There&#8217;s a reason Exxon&#8217;s CEO says its emissions are your fault<\/b><\/a> (Grist):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Activist investors want the company to trim its biggest source of emissions. Exxon sees that as a threat.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/02\/27\/exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-pay-the-price-for-net-zero\/?ref=upstract.com\"><b>Exxon Mobil CEO on the &#8216;dirty secret&#8217; of Net Zero: &#8216;People who are generating the emissions need to be aware &#8230; and pay the price&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Fortune):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;The dirty secret nobody talks about is how much all this is going to cost and who&#8217;s willing to pay for it,&#8221; Woods, who replaced Rex Tillerson at the helm of Exxon Mobil in January 2017, said. &#8220;If you look at the policies [governments] are putting out, the cost is very implicit. It&#8217;s not an explicit cost.&#8221; Most objective analyses would suggest that &#8220;we&#8217;ve waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets in terms of what we need, as a society, to start reducing emissions,&#8221; Woods told Fortune CEO Alan Murray and editor-at-large Michal Lev-Ram on a recent episode of the Leadership Next podcast. Plus: &#8220;We&#8217;re not investing nearly enough in the technology.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ukw3jhkxm-Q\"><b>VIDEO: Exxon CEO Shares &#8220;Dirty Secret&#8221; Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals<\/b><\/a> (Fortune\/YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Biden EPA issues landmark new tailpipe emissions\/pollution rules:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/03\/20\/biden-car-emissions-rules\/\"><b>EPA sets strongest-ever climate change rules for cars<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The fossil fuel industry has sought to drum up opposition to the EPA rule, which could eat into demand for its petroleum products. The American Fuel &#038; Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM), an industry trade group, has launched a seven-figure campaign against what it [falsely] calls a de facto &#8220;gas car ban.&#8221; The campaign includes ads in battleground states warning that the rule will restrict consumer choice.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a\"><b>EPA issues new auto rules aimed at cutting carbon emissions, boosting electric vehicles and hybrids<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/biden-eases-ev-rule-but-keeps-heat-on-automakers\/\"><b>Biden eases EV rule but keeps heat on automakers<\/b><\/a> (E&#038;E News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/20\/climate\/epa-biden-electric-cars\/index.html\"><b>Biden administration rolls out new tailpipe rules that will boost EVs and hybrids <\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/epa-new-rules-carbon-emissions-boosts-electric-vehicles-hybrids\/\"><b>VIDEO: EPA&#8217;s new auto emissions rules boost electric vehicles and hybrids<\/b><\/a> (CBS News)<\/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<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=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/why-is-the-sea-so-hot\"><b>Why Is the Sea So Hot?: A startling rise in sea-surface temperatures suggests that we may not understand how fast the climate is changing.<\/b><\/a> (The New Yorker)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/19\/climate\/ceraweek-saudi-fantasy-energy-transition.html?stream=top\"><b>Oil Executives, Meeting in Texas, Cast Doubts on &#8216;Fantasy&#8217; Energy Transition<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/electronic-waste-kenya-united-nations-ewaste-environment-e37667e5a6b08fe8ef161d386eb3404d\"><b>E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn&#8217;t keeping pace, UN says<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/icc-iecc-building-codes-energy-climate_n_65f89e3de4b030e8357af5cc\"><b>Gas Industry Blocks Building Codes Meant To Make Going Electric Cheaper<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/mar\/19\/air-pollution-health-report?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco\"><b>Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/21\/climate-extreme-heat-2023?stream=top\"><b>Scientist: 2023 heat may put world in &#8220;uncharted territory&#8221;<\/b><\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/donald-trump\/media-outlets-are-falling-trumps-bloodbath-spin-auto-industry-under-biden-now-stronger\"><b>Media outlets are falling for Trump&#8217;s &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; spin: The auto industry under Biden is now stronger than it&#8217;s been in nearly 20 years <\/b><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/21\/california-oil-spills-chevron-fines\"><b>Chevron agrees to pay over $13M in penalties for California oil spills<\/b><\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.mercopress.com\/2024\/03\/20\/brazil-dengue-cases-so-far-in-2024-surpass-previous-yearly-figures\"><b>Brazil: Dengue cases so far in 2024 surpass previous yearly figures<\/b><\/a> (Merco Press)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thesightnews.com\/2024\/03\/20\/kyari-calls-for-differentiated-energy-transition-for-africa\/\"><b>CERAWeek: Kyari Calls for Differentiated Energy Transition for Africa<\/b><\/a> (The Sight News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/03\/20\/senators-probe-florida-insurance-fund-for-climate-risk\/\"><b>U.S. Senators Probe Florida Insurance Fund for Climate Risk<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/environment\/2024\/03\/18\/lead-service-lines-water-threaten-young-children-chicago\"><b>Lead In Water A Threat To Two-Thirds Of Young Children In Chicago<\/b><\/a> (Chicago Sun-Times)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/18032024\/fossil-fuels-toxic-chemicals-deadly-diseases\/\"><b>Petrochemicals Are Killing Us, a New Report Warns in Top Medical Journal<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yaleclimateconnections.org\/2024\/03\/as-threats-to-air-quality-rise-communities-deploy-low-cost-air-monitoring-networks\/\"><b>As Threats To Air Quality Rise, Communities Deploy Low-Cost Air Monitors<\/b><\/a> (Yale Climate Connections)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmog.com\/2024\/03\/18\/california-resources-corporation-aera-energy-merger-orphan-idle-wells-ab-1167\/\"><b>Merger Puts California&#8217;s Idle Well Regulations To The Test<\/b><\/a> (DeSmog Blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-redwood-tribes-agreement-8bd1b41d9bdc716c5c3ab62010a4469c\"><b>Calif. Tribe That Lost 90% Of Land During Gold Rush To Get Redwood Site<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/03\/ocean-heat-wave-cosmic-choice\/677672\/\"><b>The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/feb\/06\/trump-climate-change-fossil-fuels-second-term\"><b>&#8216;In A Word, Horrific&#8217;: Trump&#8217;s Extreme Anti-Environment Blueprint<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/01\/30\/plug-in-hybrid-car-worth-it\/\"><b>Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/14\/23951104\/apartment-rent-electrify-appliance-pollution-incentives\"><b>How to electrify your life when you rent<\/b><\/a> (The Verge)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2023\/06\/05\/complete-series-farmers-under-attack-for-supporting-clean-energy\/\"><b>Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy <\/b><\/a> (Climate Crocks)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/25\/world\/heatwaves-temperature-record-climate-intl\/index.html\"><b>These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms<\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/29092022\/inside-clean-energy-electrification\/\"><b>Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here&#8217;s How to Get Started<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/therevelator.org\/30-day-climate-action-plan\/\"><b>Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? 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