{"id":15676,"date":"2026-03-24T10:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15676"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T23:06:46","slug":"green-news-report-march-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15676","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 24, 2026"},"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_ValeroRefineryFire-PortArthurTX032326.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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Drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:GreenNews@BradBlog.com\">GreenNews@BradBlog.com<\/a> or right here at the comments link below. 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>): Earth being &#8216;pushed beyond its limits&#8217; as energy imbalance reaches record high; Global news coverage of climate change falls for fourth straight year; If you teleport to start a race war and the Waffle House is closed? That&#8217;s really bad;<\/p>\n<p> &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> The Iran War is also a climate war &#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>Massive explosion at Valero refinery in Port Arthur, Texas:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/port-arthur-valero-explosion-prompts-shelter-in-place-what-we-know-11725000\"><b>Port Arthur Valero Explosion Prompts Shelter in Place: What We Know<\/b><\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/article\/valero-port-arthur-explosion-video-22093385.php\"><b>VIDEO: Explosion at Port Arthur Valero refinery prompts 12-hour shelter-in-place order<\/b><\/a> (Audin American-Stateman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/officials-investigate-cause-explosion-texas-123054871.html?guccounter=1&#038;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&#038;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEliKVxKFviqkE3v7nYKwCK9sTk4hw_sy3Mgx2BP9vfgaBS0ovsG4At6LoSR387q0aX5iAop_p04nFT\"><b>Officials Investigate Cause Of Explosion At Texas Valero Refinery In Port Arthur<\/b><\/a> (Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Trump backs off threat to bomb Iran&#8217;s power plants (a war crime):<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/middle-east\/live-blog\/live-updates-iran-war-trump-hormuz-deadline-energy-crisis-gulf-power-rcna264685\"><b>Trump says he&#8217;s postponing attacks on Iran power plants, citing &#8216;productive&#8217; talks to end war<\/b><\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A2a7bf937-3e75-40ca-97ca-afd2e9becf5b#post\"><b>US and Iran give differing accounts of potential talks<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/ce35wke27ynt?post=asset%3A31adf341-4807-426b-87ce-6067b3483ef2#post\"><b>Trump says Iran has &#8216;one more chance at peace&#8217; as Tehran calls reports of US talks &#8216;fake news&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/was-trump-s-big-iran-announcement-just-a-ploy-at-market-manipulation\/ar-AA1Zechs\"><b>Was Trump&#8217;s big Iran announcement just a ploy at market manipulation?<\/b><\/a> (The New Republic\/MSN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/guess-what-happened-to-oil-markets-just-before-trump-s-iran-post\/ar-AA1Zjr0Q\"><b>Guess what happened to oil markets just before Trump&#8217;s Iran post<\/b><\/a> (The New Republic\/MSN):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Oil traders wagered bets worth $580 million just minutes before Trump announced he had &#8220;productive conversations&#8221;\u009d with Iran to end the war, suggesting that the president&#8217;s announcement  was nothing more than a ploy to manipulate markets. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9d415g55nno\"><b>US lifts sanctions on some Iranian oil as energy prices soar<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Long-term damage to global oil\/gas sector and economy now baked in:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/mar\/22\/iran-war-global-economy-donald-trump-oil-prices-inflation\"><b>&#8216;The stakes are enormous&#8217;: how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economy<\/b><\/a> (Guardian):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8216;little excursion&#8217; is likely to have long-term effects, from oil prices to inflation to growth, say experts.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c3wlwnn05zqo\"><b>Russia, China and the US &#8220;\u201c the global winners and losers of the Iran war<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>New analysis calculates pollution, emissions impact of US-Israel War on Iran:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/21\/middle-east-iran-conflict-environment-climate\"><b>5 million tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds<\/b><\/a> (Guardian):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/2-weeks-of-iran-war-released-more-carbon-emissions-than-84-countries-do-yearly\/\"><b>2 Weeks of Iran War Released More Carbon Emissions Than 84 Countries Do Yearly<\/b><\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/mar\/19\/down-to-earth-iran-us-israeli-war-environmental-destruction\"><b>From black rain to marine pollution, the war in Iran is an environmental disaster<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/weather\/general\/incompatible-with-a-liveable-planet-climate-toll-of-us-israel-war-on-iran\/ar-AA1Z9Gtk\"><b>Incompatible with a liveable planet: Climate toll of US-Israel war on Iran<\/b><\/a> (NDTV World\/MSN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com\/p\/iran-war-pollution\"><b>Two weeks of war in Iran unleashed more carbon pollution than Iceland does in a year<\/b><\/a> (Climate and Community Institute):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Our analysis finds that the total greenhouse gas emissions from the first 14 days of assault is more than 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide&#8230;equivalent to the emissions from 1.1 million gas-powered cars over a year and represents over $1.3 billion in climate damage.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Iran War&#8217;s oil\/gas supply shock causing disruption around the world:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/20\/iran-war-shocks-across-globe-effects-key-takeaways\"><b>How the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globe<\/b><\/a> (Guardian):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">From restaurant closures in the Philippines and petrol rationing in Sri Lanka, to Asian food production crises due to fertiliser shortages, the effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran reverberate around the world.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.argusmedia.com\/en\/news-and-insights\/latest-market-news\/2803715-fuel-stations-run-out-of-diesel-across-australia-s-nsw\"><b>Fuel stations run out of diesel across Australia&#8217;s NSW<\/b><\/a> (Argus Media)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/economy\/philippine-government-starts-four-day-workweek-as-energy-prices-bite\"><b>Philippine government starts four-day workweek as energy prices bite<\/b><\/a> (Asia Nikkei)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/pakistan-announces-austerity-measures-save-fuel-amid-mideast-conflict-2026-03-09\/\"><b>Pakistan to close schools, take other measures to cut energy as oil spikes<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/nepal-ration-cooking-gas-due-panic-over-shortage-2026-03-12\/\"><b>Nepal to ration cooking gas due to panic over shortage<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/economy\/thailand-vietnam-push-remote-work-to-save-energy\/ar-AA1XTjBW?ocid=BingNewsVerp&#038;apiversion=v2&#038;domshim=1&#038;noservercache=1&#038;noservertelemetry=1&#038;batchservertelemetry=1&#038;renderwebcomponents=1&#038;wcseo=1\"><b>Thailand, Vietnam push remote work and other measures to save energy<\/b><\/a> (AFP\/MSN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Extreme heat dome in Southwestern US really is historic:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/record-heat-climate-warming-arizona-california-11dcebf8ba88cfcd3fd9bc1144a5df10\"><b>Record-smashing heat continues: &#8216;Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot,&#8221; Gallina said Monday. &#8220;The area of record temperatures is extremely large. That&#8217;s the thing that&#8217;s really bizarre.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/heat-southwest-warming-climate-disasters-extreme-deadly-0c3ef415241d3275fd9c260d57ccc3e5\"><b>Records shattered as summer heat hits Southwest in March; &#8216;This is what climate change looks like&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The dangerous heat wave shattering March records all over the U.S. Southwest is more than just another extreme weather blip. It&#8217;s the latest next-level weather wildness that is occurring ever more frequently as Earth&#8217;s warming builds. Experts said unprecedented and deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times and in unusual places are putting more people in danger.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldweatherattribution.org\/record-shattering-march-temperatures-in-western-north-america-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change\/\"><b>Record-shattering March temperatures in Western North America virtually impossible without climate change<\/b><\/a> (World Weather Attribution)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2026\/03\/21\/michael-mann-on-us-heat-wave\/\"><b>VIDEO:  Dr. Michael Mann on US Heat Wave<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/20\/weather\/us-heat-record-march-climate\"><strong>The US broke the all-time heat record for March. Yes, it&#8217;s climate change<\/strong><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/world-news\/us-news\/entire-us-going-to-be-hot-us-braces-for-largest-ever-heat-waves-as-massive-heat-dome-spreads-east\/4182034\/\"><strong>&#8216;Entire US going to be hot&#8217;: US braces for largest-ever heat waves as massive heat dome spreads East<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/nation-and-world\/dozens-of-temperature-records-shattered-across-socal-as-historic-march-heat-wave-sizzles-on-3726484\/\"><b>&#8216;Unprecedented heat wave&#8217;: Records shattered across Southern California<\/b><\/a> (Las Vegas Review-Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/dangerous-heat-wave-record-breaking-\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/climate-shift-index-alert?#climate-change-intensifies-record-breaking-early-spring-heatwave-across-the-west\"><b>Climate change intensifies record-breaking early-spring heatwave across the West<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Human-caused climate change is making this heat more likely and will also accelerate snowmelt, during a year already marked by widespread snow drought across the region&#8230; A CSI 5 indicates that human-caused climate change is making this event at least five times more likely, signaling a significant climate change event. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>French company accepts Trump&#8217;s offer of $1 billion to <i>not <\/i>build new wind farms:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-offshore-wind-energy-climate-totalenergies-interior-092eeeacc5d09730d4e20a95d7df7de1\"><b>Trump administration to pay French company $1B to walk away from US offshore wind leases<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/interior-totalenergies-strike-deal-ending-us-offshore-wind-projects\/\"><b>Interior, TotalEnergies strike deal ending US offshore wind projects<\/b><\/a> (E&#038;E News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The deal also leaves New Jersey without any workable offshore wind projects at a time when Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill is already searching for more clean energy to combat a regional power crunch. The project was supposed to provide more than 1,300 megawatts of power.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicnotice.co\/p\/trump-wind-farm-settlements\"><b>Trump wants to bribe energy companies to kill wind energy<\/b><\/a> (Public Notice):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Trump&#8217;s rage against the wind machines hasn&#8217;t lessened&#8230; Having failed to kill offshore wind through executive fiat and stymied by the courts, the Trump administration seems to have settled on a new strategy: paying companies to quit producing clean energy&#8230;This proposal aims to neutralize that advantage by disappearing both the permits and the preparations the company took in reliance on them. Trump&#8217;s loathing for wind turbines is so all-encompassing that he hopes to buy TotalEnergy off with taxpayer dollars and ensure that, even if a Democrat succeeds him, the projects will have to start from scratch. <\/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<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.theguardian.com\/environment\/2026\/mar\/23\/earth-being-pushed-beyond-its-limits-as-energy-imbalance-reaches-record-high\"><b>Earth being &#8216;pushed beyond its limits&#8217; as energy imbalance reaches record high<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/environment\/iran-war-climate-change\/\"><b>The Iran War Is Also a Climate War<\/b><\/a> (The Nation)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/digest\/climate-news-coverage\"><b>Global news coverage of climate change falls for fourth straight year<\/b><\/a> (Yale Environment 360)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hillheat.news\/p\/if-you-teleport-to-start-a-race-war-and-the-waffle-house-is-closed-that-s-really-bad?_bhlid=e4b670408baa142ec1862f76143f35a7d0e9b2ae\"><b>If you teleport to start a race war and the Waffle House is closed? That&#8217;s really bad<\/b><\/a> (Hill Heat)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/03\/21\/you-cant-live-without-us-have-fossil-fuel-giants-gone-back-on-their-green-promises\"><b>&#8216;Climate Gaslighting&#8217;: Fossil giants have abandoned their net zero pledges<\/b><\/a> (Euronews)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canarymedia.com\/articles\/clean-energy-manufacturing\/us-capacity-storage-cell-factories\"><b>Suddenly, the US manufactures a ton of grid batteries<\/b><\/a> (Canary Media)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsource.org\/beaver-county-shell-cracker-pollution-exceeds-permits-no-new-fines\/\"><b>Shell&#8217;s Cracker Has Polluted More Than Permitted With No New Fines For 3 Years<\/b><\/a> (Public Source)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23032026\/texas-rio-grande-border-buoy-environmental-risks\/\"><b>Border Communities Remain in Dark About DHS&#8217; Billion-Dollar Buoy Project<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23032026\/replacing-toxic-lead-pipes-could-drive-job-creation-in-illinois-report-finds\/\"><b>Replacing Toxic Lead Pipes Could Drive Job Creation in Illinois: Report<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/nebraska-fires-burn-grazing-lands-threaten-plans-grow-us-cattle-herd-2026-03-19\/\"><b>Nebraska Fires Burn Grazing Lands, Threaten Plans To Grow US Cattle Herd<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2026\/03\/22\/as-warming-climate-brings-bears-out-of-hibernation-earlier-preventing-backyards-from-becoming-buffets-is-key-to-coexistence\/\"><b>Warming Climate Brings Bears Out Of Hibernation, Into Vt. Backyards Earlier<\/b><\/a> (VT Digger)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/yes-climate-how-150454086\"><b>Yes, Climate Still Matters. Here&#8217;s How It Connects to Every Other Crisis in the World Today.<\/b><\/a> (Drilled)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yaleclimateconnections.org\/2026\/02\/what-are-the-biggest-climate-polluters-near-you\/\"><b>What Are The Biggest Climate Polluters Near You?<\/b><\/a> (Yale Climate Connections)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yaleclimateconnections.org\/2025\/09\/climate-change-is-accelerating-scientists-find-in-grim-report\/\"><b>Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in &#8216;grim&#8217; report<\/b><\/a> (Yale Climate Connections)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/features\/2025-trump-policies-climate-science\/?cmpid=BBD091325_GREENDAILY\"><b>How Trump&#8217;s War on Climate Science impacts all Americans<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/political-commentary\/solar-is-liberation-energy-climate-oligarchs-trump-1235396243\/\"><b>Solar Is Liberation<\/b><\/a> (Rolling Stone)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/23072025\/icj-rules-governments-are-legally-required-to-address-climate-change\/\"><b>Governments legally required to address climate change, global court says<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ocean-film-attenborough-climate-848a65883fc1ec2601550d3cbfb0e36a\"><b>David Attenborough&#8217;s &#8216;Ocean&#8217; is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2025\/03\/03\/wall-street-journal-clean-energy-transition-is-unstoppable\/\"><b>Wall Street Journal: Clean energy transition is unstoppable<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volts.wtf\/p\/can-we-avoid-the-enshittification\"><b>Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?<\/b><\/a> (David Roberts, Volts)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclimatebrink.com\/p\/climate-change-will-stop-when-we\"><b>Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check<\/b><\/a> (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)<\/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:\/\/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.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/apr\/14\/climate-disinformation-explainer\"><b>How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry&#8217;s Biggest Disinformation Tactics<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/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.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> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/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? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan<\/b><\/a> (The Revelator)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/climate-change-will-force-a-new-american-migration\"><b>Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration<\/b><\/a> (Pro Publica)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cjr.org\/special_report\/exxons_snake_oil.php?mc_cid=35c880dfb2&#038;mc_eid=7741025947\"><b>Exxon&#8217;s Snake Oil: 100 years of deception<\/b><\/a> (Columbia Journalism Review)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawdown.org\"><b>Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming<\/b><\/a> (Drawdown.org)<\/li>\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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