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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>):  Parts of Great Barrier Reef dying at record rate, alarmed researchers say; &#8220;worst fears&#8221; confirmed; China&#8217;s soaring emissions are upending climate politics; Fossil fuel transition talks rescued from brink of collapse at COP29; Super Typhoon Man-yi devastates Philippines, 6th typhoon to hit country in 4 weeks; Beekeeper mourns millions of bees killed in Mountain fire; FEMA worker tells of avoiding MAGA homes due to threats of violence&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Giraffes are up next on the endangered species list&#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>&#8216;Bomb&#8217; cyclone and atmospheric river pummel Pacific Northwest:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/11\/21\/bomb-cyclone-weather-washington-oregon-updates\/76473165007\/\"><b>VIDEO: Bomb cyclone pounds Pacific Northwest &#8220;\u201c and another storm is on the way<\/b><\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/california-oregon-washington-atmospheric-river-bomb-cyclone-d5006d946cda1fc1f4ecb8fe5b94ba59\"><b>&#8216;Bomb cyclone&#8217; brings high winds and soaking rain to Northern California and Pacific Northwest<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/weather\/storms\/washington-state-bomb-cyclone-california-rcna181164\"><b>Washington state reels from bomb cyclone as atmospheric river drenches California<\/b><\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/21\/weather\/bomb-cyclone-atmospheric-river-west-coast-hnk\/index.html\"><b>Northern California faces possible record-breaking rainfall from atmospheric river and another storm is coming <\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/11\/21\/mathew-cappucci-on-double-bomb-cyclone\/\"><b>VIDEO: Mathew Cappucci explains &#8220;Double Bomb&#8221; Cyclone<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Climate change intensified every hurricane in 2024:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hurricanes-climate-change-helene-beryl-milton-florida-24c2cbbb58d85903c22f40b9690e28f6\"><b>Climate change goosed hurricane wind strength by 18 mph since 2019, study says<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/20\/hurricane-wind-speeds-intensity-climate-change\"><b>Climate change is increasing hurricane wind speeds, study finds<\/b><\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/report\/2024-hurricane-attribution\"><b>Climate change increased wind speeds for every 2024 Atlantic hurricane: Analysis<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">All eleven hurricanes in 2024 (as of November 10) intensified by 9-28 mph during the record-breaking ocean warmth of the 2024 hurricane season, strengthening over waters made as much as 2.5\u00b0F warmer because of climate change.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Biden Admin. asks for $100 billion to refill FEMA&#8217;s Disaster Relief Fund:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/18\/politics\/biden-administration-request-disaster-relief\/index.html\"><b>Biden administration requesting roughly $100 billion for disaster relief <\/b><\/a> (CNN):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> It includes $40 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency&#8217;s Disaster Relief Fund, after the federal government rapidly spent a recent infusion of around $20 billion from Congress to respond to hurricane season after it ran out of money amid other tornadoes, wildfires and floods&#8230;The whopping topline number is roughly five times the amount Congress initially gave FEMA in its yearly budget process. ..The request includes funding for a number of other key areas of assistance for those impacted by natural disasters.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/18\/g-s1-34690\/biden-congress-disaster-relief-hurricanes\"><b>Biden asks Congress for about $100 billion in disaster relief funding<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Trump nominates climate science denier Gov. Kristi Noem for DHS (FEMA):<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/kristi-noem-rejected-climate-change-and-money-to-fight-it\/\"><b>Kristi Noem rejected climate change and money to fight it<\/b><\/a> (E&#038;E News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s pick to run the department in charge of disaster recovery has been skeptical of climate change, declined to accept federal climate money and been criticized for her own handling of a natural catastrophe. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ngIO6zmfLQg\"><b>VIDEO: Kristi Noem doesn&#8217;t believe in climate change because it hasn&#8217;t been proven to her that it is human-caused<\/b><\/a> (Heartland Signal\/YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/kristi-noem-knows-nothing-about-homeland-security-ex-trump-official\/ar-AA1uctPP\"><b>Kristi Noem &#8216;Knows Nothing&#8217; About Homeland Security: Ex-Trump Official<\/b><\/a> (MSN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/11\/18\/24299573\/donald-trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright-oil-gas-nuclear-ai\"><b>Donald Trump&#8217;s pick for energy secretary says &#8216;there is no climate crisis&#8217; <\/b><\/a> (The Verge)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/11\/15\/doug-burgum-trump-interior-department-secretary\"><b>What to know about Doug Burgum, Trump&#8217;s Interior secretary pick<\/b><\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>US coal ash waste ponds contain billions of dollars&#8217; worth of rare earth elements:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.utexas.edu\/2024\/11\/19\/enormous-cache-of-rare-earth-elements-hidden-inside-coal-ash-waste\/\"><b>Enormous Cache of Rare Earth Elements Hidden Inside Coal Ash Waste<\/b><\/a> (Univ. of Texas at Austin):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;This really exemplifies the &#8216;trash to treasure&#8217; mantra,&#8221; said co-lead author Bridget Scanlon, a research professor at UT&#8217;s Bureau of Economic Geology at the Jackson School of Geosciences. &#8220;We&#8217;re basically trying to close the cycle and use waste and recover resources in the waste, while at the same time reducing environmental impacts.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s40789-024-00710-z\"><b>Coal ash resources and potential for rare earth element production in the United States<\/b><\/a> (International Journal of Coal Science and Technology)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/media\/audio\/rare-earth-elements-us-not-so-rare\"><b>Rare Earth Elements in U.S. Not So Rare<\/b><\/a> (US Geological Survey)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-26687605\"><b>Rare earths: Neither rare, nor earths<\/b><\/a> (BBC, 3\/24\/2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>NY Gov. Hochul revives congestion pricing in NYC:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/manhattan\/congestion-pricing-pause-may-end-with-hochul-expected-to-announce-a-decision-today\/5983964\/\"><b>Congestion pricing will begin in January with reduced $9 toll. Here&#8217;s what drivers should know <\/b><\/a> (NBC-New York):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;We brought our lawsuits to ensure that congestion pricing would go into effect as required by law &#8220;\u201c and it couldn&#8217;t come at a more urgent time. If we don&#8217;t get the system in operation before Donald Trump becomes President, we&#8217;ll lose $15 billion in critical transit investments that we&#8217;ll never see again,&#8221; said [NYC Comptroller Brad] Lander.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/13\/nyregion\/congestion-pricing-nine-dollars.html\"><b>New York to Revive Congestion Pricing With $9 Toll<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to announce the revised program on Thursday with the aim of putting it in place before Donald J. Trump takes office&#8230;Five House Republicans representing parts of New York City and its suburbs wrote to Mr. Trump on Tuesday blasting the program as &#8220;oppressive taxation regime&#8221;\u009d and asking the president-elect to try to quash it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/hochul-s-congestion-pricing-revival-approved-by-mta-clearing-the-way-for-9-tolls-starting-jan-5\/ar-AA1ujdW1\"><b>Hochul&#8217;s congestion pricing revival approved by MTA &#8220;\u201c clearing the way for $9 tolls starting Jan. 5<\/b><\/a> (MSN)<\/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.cbsnews.com\/news\/great-barrier-reef-parts-dying-record-rate\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&#038;linkId=660507661\"><b>Parts of Great Barrier Reef dying at record rate, alarmed researchers say; &#8220;worst fears&#8221; confirmed<\/b><\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/11\/21\/cop29-bulletin-day-10-presidency-finally-releases-draft-finance-text\/\"><b>COP29 Bulletin Day 10: Draft finance text missing numbers, more effort sought on emissions-cutting <\/b><\/a> (Climate Home News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/11\/19\/climate\/china-emissions-fossil-fuels-climate.html\"><b>China&#8217;s soaring emissions are upending climate politics<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2024\/11\/18\/fossil-fuel-transition-talks-rescued-from-brink-of-collapse-at-cop29\/\"><b>Fossil fuel transition talks rescued from brink of collapse at COP29 <\/b><\/a> (Climate Home News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/photos-super-typhoon-man-yi-devastates-philippines-4th-typhoon-to-hit-country-in-2-weeks\/ar-AA1uj3bG\"><b>Super Typhoon Man-yi devastates Philippines, 4th typhoon to hit country in 2 weeks<\/b><\/a> (Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2024-11-18\/beekeeper-mourns-millions-of-bees-killed-in-mountain-fire\"><b>&#8216;All we could do was watch&#8217;: Beekeeper mourns millions of bees killed in Mountain fire<\/b><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/11\/20\/fema-worker-tells-of-avoiding-maga-homes-due-to-threats-of-violence\/\"><b>FEMA worker tells of avoiding MAGA homes due to threats of violence<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com\/article\/news\/local\/marshall-mesa-coal-fire-mitigation\/73-e5fcc5eb-cf41-4329-969c-d46b66dc561f\"><b>An up-close look at the Marshall Mesa coal fire mitigation project<\/b><\/a> (NBC-Denver)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewlede.org\/2024\/11\/a-call-for-epa-action-on-climate-risks-to-hazardous-waste-facilities\/\"><b>A call for EPA action on climate risks to hazardous waste facilities<\/b><\/a> (The New Lede)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/20\/climate\/giraffes-endangered-species-list\/index.html\"><b>Giraffes Are Up Next On The Endangered Species List: US Wildlife Officials<\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/nov\/20\/five-firms-in-plastic-pollution-alliance-made-1000-times-more-waste-than-they-saved-analysis-shows\"><b>5 firms in alliance &#8216;made 1,000 time more plastic than they cleaned up&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/regulation\/us-backtracks-production-caps-global-plastics-treaty-united-nations\/\"><b>The US no longer supports capping plastic production in UN treaty<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/11\/13\/the-climate-fight-will-continue\/\"><b>The Climate Fight Will Continue<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/climate-change-migration-hurricane-helene\"><b>Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?<\/b><\/a> (Pro Publica)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/environment\/2024-09-24-americas-climate-economy-on-ballot\/\"><b>America&#8217;s Climate and Economy Are on the Ballot<\/b><\/a> (The American Prospect)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-solutions\/2024\/07\/14\/solar-generator-battery-power-outage\/\"><b>How to power your home through an outage without a gas generator<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/06\/18\/john-oliver-on-trumps-project-2025-the-death-of-democracy\/\"><b>VIDEO: John Oliver on Trump&#8217;s Project 2025: Blueprint for the Death of Democracy<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-point\"><b>Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point?<\/b><\/a> (The Oceanography Society)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drilled.media\/news\/senate-hearing-media\"><b>How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists<\/b><\/a> (Drilled)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-024-01442-3#Sec9\"><b>Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming<\/b><\/a> (Nature)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a 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