{"id":7019,"date":"2009-03-26T12:46:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T19:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7019"},"modified":"2009-04-25T21:56:05","modified_gmt":"2009-04-26T04:56:05","slug":"green-news-report-march-26-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7019","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 26, 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_USALights.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>  Democrats undermine Obama&#8217;s climate legislation; the EPA steps up and gets stepped on?  PLUS:  Worldwide Blackout &#038; more volcanic &#8220;fallout&#8221; for Bobby Jindal&#8230;All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, tips, hate mail, love letters? 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<div class=\"mediagreen\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_032609.mp3\"><i>Download MP3<\/a> (6 mins), or listen online here&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_032609.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\/cwire\/2009\/03\/23\/23climatewire-dems-to-shelve-fasttrack-process-on-capandtr-10245.html\">Democrats to shelve fast-track process on climate bill, for now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2009\/3\/11\/154810\/369\">Nice package: Will combining climate and energy into one big bill help or hurt the climate cause?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2009\/3\/23\/75731\/6397\">Pep squad: Obama hypes the green aspects of his budget plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2009\/3\/23\/174219\/721\">Endangerment ahead: EPA tells White House that greenhouse gases are threat to public welfare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2008\/6\/25\/10526\/4230\">Return to sender: White House refuses to open email about regulating greenhouse gases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/E\/EPA_MOUNTAINTOP_MINING?SITE=MAFAL&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">EPA review of mining permits signals policy shift<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/03\/24\/AR2009032401607.html?hpid=moreheadlines\">EPA to Scrutinize Permits for Mountaintop-Removal Mining<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/article\/20090325\/NEWS01\/90325025\">Controversial mine granted federal permit: Corps of Engineers&#8217; approval comes after EPA voices concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themudflats.net\/2009\/03\/25\/chevron-tanks-endangered-by-volcano-drain-baby-drain\/\">Chevron Tanks on Cook Inlet Endangered by Volcano. Drain, Baby, Drain! (Updated)<\/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:\/\/features.csmonitor.com\/environment\/2009\/03\/25\/house-passes-bill-protecting-2-million-acres-of-wilderness\/\">House passes bill protecting 2 million acres of wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/29887849\">Automakers Likely To Get More Aid: Levin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciam.com\/article.cfm?id=top-10-myths-about-sustainability\">Top 10 Myths about Sustainability:  Even advocates for more responsible, environmentally benign ways of life harbor misunderstandings of what &#8220;sustainability&#8221; is all about<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gristmill.grist.org\/story\/2009\/3\/23\/135625\/645\">No, I said &#8216;dessert.&#8217; I want more dessert: Does Sen. Feinstein get global warming, desertification, and California&#8217;s looming demise?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2009\/03\/almost_a_third_of_the.html\">U.S. birds threatened by habitat loss, invasives, report says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/business-green\/news\/2238954\/tampa-bay-runs-surface-water\">Tampa Bay runs out of surface water: Water supplies for Florida region ruled &#8220;critically low&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessgreen.com\/business-green\/news\/2238817\/chief-scientist-warns-perfect\">Chief scientist warns of &#8220;perfect storm&#8221; for resource shortages by 2030:  Food, energy and water supplies all under threat from combination of climate change and growing population<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/\">Action on climate to harm Gulf economies: Saudi official<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciam.com\/article.cfm?id=taking-the-salt-out-of-seawater\">Drink Up: Taking the Salt Out of Seawater &#8211; Removing the salt from briny water is becoming more affordable<\/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.) IN TODAY&#8217;S REPORT: Democrats undermine Obama&#8217;s climate legislation; the EPA steps up and gets stepped on? PLUS: Worldwide Blackout &#038; more volcanic &#8220;fallout&#8221; for Bobby Jindal&#8230;All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report! Got comments, tips, hate mail, love letters? 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