{"id":7269,"date":"2009-06-30T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T19:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7269"},"modified":"2009-06-30T12:02:23","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T19:02:23","slug":"green-news-report-june-30-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7269","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; June 30, 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_CapitolDome.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>  The heat was on as members of the U.S. House of Representatives angrily debated and narrowly passed the landmark American Clean Energy &#038; Security Act, a sweeping overhaul of the nation&#8217;s energy systems and the first attempt to address the oncoming freight train of climate change&#8230;in this <em>special<\/em> edition of the Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail?  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_063009.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_063009.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=7269\" onClick=\"javascript:this.select();\" onChange=\"javascript:this.value='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7269\" \/><\/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 30, 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_063009.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_063009.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=7269&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>):  Canada&#8217;s problems with new nuke power plants; Beijing&#8217;s air still polluted, even after olympic effort for Olympics; Q&#038;A on CFLs wtih Consumer Reports&#8230;. <em>PLUS<\/em>: Is it <em>illegal <\/em>to capture rainwater in your area?  <\/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:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/06\/26\/AR2009062600444.html\">In Close Vote, House Passes Climate Bill; Measure Aims to Change Energy Use<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li>House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer&#8217;s empassioned speech in favor of Waxman-Markey (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoyer.house.gov\/Newsroom\/index.asp?ID=1392&#038;DocumentType=Multimedia\">Transcript<\/a>):<br \/>\n<center><object width=\"240\" height=\"198\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/65XwWb72w8U&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/65XwWb72w8U&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"240\" height=\"198\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-06-29-improve-waxman-markey\/\">Next on climate: Improve Waxman-Markey innovation provisions in Senate<\/a> (Grist.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/29\/europeans-demand-more-from-americans\/\">Europeans &#8216;Demand More&#8217; From Americans<\/a> (Green Inc., NYT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tnr.com\/tnr\/blogs\/environmentandenergy\/archive\/2009\/06\/22\/is-the-cbo-giving-a-boost-to-climate-policy.aspx\">The CBO Gives A Big Boost To Climate Policy<\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/\">One at a Time, Waxman, Markey Chase Votes<\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/06\/26\/waxman-clean-economy\/\">Waxman Incorporates A Score Of Amendments Into Final Version Of His Clean Economy Legislation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>How Did Your Representative Vote?<\/strong>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/njonline\/no_20090627_4694.php\">The Climate Dividing Lines<\/a> (National Journal Online) <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Another telling, if somewhat less powerful measure, was the degree to which a member&#8217;s state relied on coal to generate electricity. Thirty of the 121 Democrats from states that generate at least 40 percent of their power from coal voted against the bill; just 14 of the 134 Democrats from states that are less reliant on coal joined them in opposition. That means about one-in-four of the coal state Democrats voted no, compared to only a little over one-in-10 of everyone else. <\/p>\n<p>Of the 29 &#8220;McCain Democrats&#8221; who opposed the bill, 21 represent states that are heavily dependent on coal. Six of the eight Republican supporters came from states that don&#8217;t use much coal &#8212; though the vast majority of all Republicans from those states opposed the bill.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tnr.com\/tnr\/blogs\/environmentandenergy\/archive\/2009\/06\/29\/carbon-trading-what-europe-can-actually-teach-us.aspx\">Carbon Trading: What Europe Can Actually Teach Us<\/a> (The New Republic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Of all the questions about climate policy, one of the biggest is whether a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases will even work. Will it actually and tangibly reduce emissions? The only real-world example we have is the EU&#8217;s Emissions Trading System, set up in 2005. Conservatives take it as a given that the ETS has failed&#8221;\u201dsee Martin Livermore&#8217;s Wall Street Journal column last week. But on closer inspection, the ETS seems to be working pretty well after a few early miscues, and there&#8217;s plenty that American policymakers can learn from Europe&#8217;s experience.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/29\/opinion\/29krugman.html?_r=1&#038;partner=rssnyt&#038;emc=rss\">Betraying the Planet<\/a> (Opinion, NY Times) <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In other words, we&#8217;re facing a clear and present danger to our way of life, perhaps even to civilization itself. How can anyone justify failing to act?<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nBut if you watched the debate on Friday, you didn&#8217;t see people who&#8217;ve thought hard about a crucial issue, and are trying to do the right thing. What you saw, instead, were people who show no sign of being interested in the truth. <strong>They don&#8217;t like the political and policy implications of climate change, so they&#8217;ve decided not to believe in it &#8220;\u201d and they&#8217;ll grab any argument, no matter how disreputable, that feeds their denial.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, if there was a defining moment in Friday&#8217;s debate, it was the declaration by <strong>Representative Paul Broun of Georgia that climate change is nothing but a &#8220;hoax&#8221;\u009d that has been &#8220;perpetrated out of the scientific community.&#8221;\u009d I&#8217;d call this a crazy conspiracy theory, but doing so would actually be unfair to crazy conspiracy theorists.<\/strong> After all, to believe that global warming is a hoax you have to believe in a vast cabal consisting of thousands of scientists &#8220;\u201d a cabal so powerful that it has managed to create false records on everything from global temperatures to Arctic sea ice.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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.grist.org\/article\/costs-kill-ontarios-new-nukes\/\">Costs kill Ontario&#8217;s new nukes<\/a> (Grist.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.csmonitor.com\/environment\/blog-entry\/\">Study: China&#8217;s Olympic effort to curb smog had little effect<\/a> (Christian Science Monitor&#8217;s Bright Greenblog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.consumerreports.org\/home\/greenenvironment\/index.html\">Q&#038;A: Have CFLs been improved in any ways?<\/a> (Consumer Reports)\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/29\/the-legalities-of-rainwater-harvesting\/\">The Legalities of Rainwater Harvesting<\/a> (NY Times)\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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