{"id":7248,"date":"2009-06-23T12:28:22","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T19:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7248"},"modified":"2009-06-23T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T22:40:45","slug":"green-news-report-june-23-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7248","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; June 23, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"[<em><strong>Ed Note<\/strong>: Desi will be joining me on the Mike Malloy Show tonight, which I&#8217;m guest hosting this week, for a live version of the Green News Report and to take your calls! <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7250\">Details here&#8230;<\/a> -BF<\/em>]\n<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_CuyahogaRiverFire.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 AUDIO REPORT:<\/strong>  Saving the planet on less than 50 cents a day!; Energy companies sued for conspiracy; Do not ask for whom the Toll House cookie crumbles&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Flaming rivers of fire &#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail, delicious E. coli cookies?  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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_062309.mp3\"><i>Download MP3<\/a> (6 mins), or listen online here&#8230;<\/i><script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/player.swf\" id=\"audioplayer1\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/player.swf\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0x5ADA04&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0x2F7B02&amp;rightbghover=0xD4F907&amp;righticon=0xFFFF7C&amp;righticonhover=0x2F7B02&amp;text=0x07400B&amp;slider=0x2F42F7&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xD4F907&amp;loop=no&amp;autostart=no&amp;soundFile=https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062309.mp3\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/object><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 13px;\">\n<tr>\n<td>\nLink:<\/td>\n<td><input style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" size=\"45\" value=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7248\" onClick=\"javascript:this.select();\" onChange=\"javascript:this.value='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7248'\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Embed:<\/td>\n<td><input style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" size=\"45\" value=\"&lt;div style=&quot;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px; background: url('https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_EmbedGraphic.png') top left no-repeat;width:400px;height:120px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-left:80px;padding-top:5px;font-family:times new roman, times, serif;font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;'Green News Report' w\/ Brad Friedman &#038; Desi Doyen&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;i&gt;June 23, 2009&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/player.swf&quot;  height=&quot;24&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; type=&quot;application\/x-shockwave-flash&quot;  pluginspage=&quot;http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer&quot;  flashvars=&quot;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0x5ADA04&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0x2F7B02&amp;rightbghover=0xD4F907&amp;righticon=0xFFFF7C&amp;righticonhover=0x2F7B02&amp;text=0x07400B&amp;slider=0x2F42F7&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xD4F907&amp;loop=no&amp;autostart=no&amp;soundFile=https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062309.mp3&quot; scale=&quot;showall&quot; name=&quot;index&quot; \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Click to listen (or &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062309.mp3&quot;&gt;download&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;i&gt;More info on today's report &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7248&quot;&gt;here...&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" onClick=\"javascript:this.select();\" onChange=\"javascript:this.value=''\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>IN &#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/strong> (<em>links below<\/em>):  Navajo homes demolished due to uranium contamination; &#8220;Cash for Clunkers&#8221; program &#8212; What you need to know; TN Coal ash spill cleanup slow, cause remains unknown &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: &#8216;Green&#8217; cattle? Nature&#8217;s diet reduces cows&#8217; <em>emissions<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><i><b>Info\/links on those stories and all the ones we talked about on today&#8217;s episode follow below&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/06\/22\/cbo-stunner-waxman-markey-postage-stamp-a-day-low-income-families-efficiency-savings\/\"><strong>CBO stunner: Waxman-Markey cuts U.S. GHGs sharply but costs only a postage stamp a day &#8220;\u201d without counting the efficiency savings<\/strong><\/a> (ClimateProgress.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-06-18-gop-circulating-coal-doc\/\"><strong>House GOP circulating anti&#8221;\u201cclimate bill document created by coal lobby<br \/>\n <\/strong><\/a>(Grist.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/story?id=7879705&#038;page=1\"><strong>Nestle Voluntarily Recalls Raw Cookie Dough<\/strong><\/a>:  E. Coli in More Than Two Dozen States; Many Who Are Sick Ate Cookie Dough (ABC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/HEALTH\/06\/22\/cookie.dough.ecoli\/index.html\"><strong>Likely fallout from cookie-dough illnesses: more than 200 layoffs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090615\/ap_on_bi_ge\/us_exxon_valdez\"><strong>Exxon told to pay interest on Alaska spill award<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/blog\/20090615\/alaskas-soon-be-climate-refugees-sue-energy-companies-relocation\"><strong>Alaska&#8217;s Soon-To-Be Climate Refugees Sue Energy Companies for Relocation<\/strong><\/a> (SolveClimate.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/21\/us\/21river.html?hpw\"><strong>From the Ashes of &#8217;69, a River Reborn<\/strong><\/a> (NYTimes):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Problems remain, however. The E.P.A. sued the City of Akron in February for dumping excessive amounts of sewage into the Cuyahoga. Along the last 5 of its 100 miles, the river is enclosed by steel walls and dredged regularly for commercial ships, making it difficult for habitats to recover.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good news is that we know what the problems are, and we know what the solutions are,&#8221;\u009d Mr. Davis said. &#8220;Now it&#8217;s a matter of getting the funding, rolling up our sleeves and doing the work.&#8221;\u009d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;: More green news <em>not<\/em> covered in today&#8217;s audio report&#8230;<\/strong> See below!  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2009\/06\/21\/MN8B1873S2.DTL&#038;type=printable\"><strong>Navajo homes razed due to uranium contamination<\/strong><\/a> (SF Gate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/earth2tech.com\/2009\/06\/19\/cash-for-clunkers-what-you-need-to-know\/\"><strong>Cash for Clunkers: What You Need to Know<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/31473983\/ns\/us_news-environment\/\/\"><strong>Coal ash spill cleanup slow; cause still unknown<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tenn. utility has paid out $20 million so far to neighbors in cleanup zone<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;I was going to be here the rest of my life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now I don&#8217;t know what I am going to do.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nDaugherty said TVA won&#8217;t pay enough to replace his home, and he refuses to take on debt at his age.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Daugherty said his wife&#8217;s doctor advised them: &#8220;Which is more important to you &#8220;\u201d your house or your health? 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