{"id":6999,"date":"2009-03-19T12:27:40","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T19:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=6999"},"modified":"2009-04-25T22:26:51","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T05:26:51","slug":"green-news-report-march-19-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=6999","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 19, 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_DrillBabyDrill.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>  Whatever happened to &#8220;DRILL, BABY, DRILL!&#8221;???; Cities help homeowners go solar &#038; make cash; PLUS: Sarah Palin&#8217;s new war on wildlife! All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, baby, comments? 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 for your drilling 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_031909.mp3\"><i>Download MP3<\/a> (6 mins), or listen online here&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_031909.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:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/15\/business\/15drilling.html\">As Oil and Gas Prices Plunge, Drilling Frenzy Ends<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2009\/03\/17\/3\">OIL AND GAS: Industry has &#8216;little obligation&#8217; to produce on leases &#8212; Interior IG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/business\/t-p\/petroleum\/index.ssf?\/base\/money-0\/1236493259275190.xml&#038;coll=1\">Obama proposes tax on oil, gas from Gulf<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bostonglobe\/editorial_opinion\/oped\/articles\/2009\/03\/10\/a_risk_big_oil_companies_can_afford_to_share\/\">A risk big oil companies can afford to share<\/a><\/li>\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">IN HIS 2010 budget, President Obama wants $31.5 billion from oil companies over the next 10 years with new taxes and by closing tax loopholes. This is a mere $3.15 billion a year&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Obama&#8217;s proposal, if anything, is relatively modest. ExxonMobil alone set a new annual record for profits last year, at $45 billion. Chevron made a record $24 billion. Royal Dutch Shell made $26 billion. BP made $21 billion. ConocoPhillips, despite major write-downs in asset values, still turned a profit of $16 billion. That alone is $132 billion in profits last year, as a desperate America goes nearly $800 billion deeper into the red with the stimulus package.<\/p><\/div>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/15\/science\/earth\/15solar.html\">Harnessing the Sun, With Help From Cities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonmonthly.com\/features\/2009\/0903.blake.html\">The Rooftop Revolution:  A little-known policy is turning sleepy central Florida into a green energy hub. Could it do the same for America at large?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/13\/words-of-caution-on-a-renewable-energy-financing-scheme\/#more-2451\">Words of Caution on a Renewable Energy Financing Idea<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskadispatch.com\/tundra-talk\/9-talk-of-the-tundra\/970--states-predator-kills-are-out-of-control\">State&#8217;s predator kills are out of control<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/outposts\/2009\/03\/alaskas-predato.html\">Alaska&#8217;s predator control program now allows hunters to use bear paw snares<\/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.independent.co.uk\/environment\/climate-change\/water-scarcity-now-bigger-threat-than-financial-crisis-1645358.html\">Water scarcity &#8216;now bigger threat than financial crisis&#8217;:  By 2030, more than half the world&#8217;s population will live in high-risk areas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/lifestyle\/green\/greenblog\/2009\/03\/childrens_bath_products_tainte.html?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed1\">Children&#8217;s bath products tainted with probable carcinogens<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSTRE52G4SU20090317\">Shell goes cold on wind, solar, hydrogen energy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20126990.500-from-ac-to-dc-going-green-with-supergrids.html?DCMP=OTC-rss\">From AC to DC: Going green with supergrids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/13\/AR2009031303023.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">Could the Volt Jump-Start GM?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2009\/mar\/11\/sahara-solar-investment-copenhagen\">\u00a350bn of European investment needed to kick-start Saharan solar plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2009\/03\/16\/16greenwire-lowlevel-waste-emerges-as-hurdle-for-new-react-10146.html\">Low-level waste emerges as hurdle for new nuclear reactors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn16774-new-york-will-bear-brunt-of-uneven-sea-level-rise.html\">New York will bear brunt of uneven sea level rise<\/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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