{"id":6958,"date":"2009-03-03T11:39:18","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2009-04-25T22:33:50","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T05:33:50","slug":"green-news-report-march-3-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6958","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 3, 2009"},"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_CoalIsDirty_CapitolHillPowerPlant_030209.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 REPORT:<\/strong>  March begins with a march on the Capitol Hill power plant; California and China want for water; John Kerry challenges George Will to a green fight in the schoolyard!<\/p>\n<p>The creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/BuzzFlash.com\">Buzz Flash<\/a>, Mark Karlin, <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6946#comment-384987\">says<\/a> the Green News Report is &#8220;exciting and informative,&#8221; and adds: &#8220;Brad and Desi dare not to bore! BuzzFlash listens to every Green News Report.&#8221; Thanks Mark!<\/p>\n<p>Have your own opinion of GRN? Leave &#8217;em here in comments, or drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:GreenNews@BradBlog.com\">GreenNews@BradBlog.com<\/a>! All reports are archived for your listening and reading pleasure at <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\">GreenNews.BradBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_030309.mp3\"><i>Download MP3<\/a> (6 mins), or listen online here&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_030309.mp3]<\/div>\n<p><i><b>Info\/links on stuff we talked about on today&#8217;s episode, plus MORE green news, all follows below&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.usatoday.com\/ondeadline\/2009\/03\/thousands-march.html\">Thousands march on Capitol&#8217;s power plant, urge pollution cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090302\/ap_on_go_co\/congress_power_plant\">Hundreds rally for legislation on climate change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/03\/02\/capitol-power-plant-a-sym_n_170973.html\">Capitol Power Plant: A Symbolic Clean Energy Hurdle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/830\/story\/1659203.html\">Schwarzenegger declares Calif. drought emergency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/topstories\/story\/1663578.html\">Delta cutbacks put Valley farm town on edge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iht.com\/articles\/2009\/02\/24\/asia\/drought.5-437326.php?page=1\">China wheat harvest withers in drought<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/25\/world\/asia\/25drought.html\">Worst Drought in Half Century Shrivels the Wheat Belt of China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/john-kerry\/facts-are-stubborn-things_b_170657.html\">Facts Are Stubborn Things: George Will and Climate Change<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tnr.com\/tnr\/blogs\/environmentandenergy\/archive\/2009\/02\/15\/can-george-will-save-the-quot-global-cooling-quot-myth-sadly-no.aspx\">Can George Will Save The &#8220;Global Cooling&#8221; Myth? Uh, No.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/bottled-water-uses-82322000-times-more-energy-than-tap8232-water\/11123\/\">Bottled water uses 2000 times more energy than tap water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/03\/companies-water-use-and-water-footprint-pacific-institute-report.php?dcitc=daily_nl\">Companies Should Conserve Water and Disclose Water Use Says New Report by Pacific Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacinst.org\/press_center\/press_releases\/ceres_report_0209.html\">Pacific Institute: Report Warns Businesses and Investors about Growing Water Scarcity Impacts from Climate Change<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More green news <em>not<\/em> covered in today&#8217;s episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/topstories\/story\/1663443.html\">Sacramento sewage agency looks at selling wastewater<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/hsn\/20090303\/hl_hsn\/citykidsfindthebreathiniseasierelsewhere;_ylt=ArWQfajuWR9GWV9jRyaA51xpl88F\">City Kids&#8217; Asthma Improves After Just One Week in the Country<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/02\/storing-solar-power-in-salt\/#more-1203\">Storing Solar Power in Salt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.cnet.com\/8301-13746_7-10184993-48.html?tag=mncol;txt\">Ford Fusion Hybrid gets soy-based foam seats<\/a><\/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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