{"id":7312,"date":"2009-07-21T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T19:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7312"},"modified":"2009-07-21T12:45:41","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T19:45:41","slug":"green-news-report-july-21-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7312","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; July 21, 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_GrandCanyon.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>  Obama to ban antibiotics? (in farm animals, that is); Mining the Grand Canyon; Chevron refuses to pay for environmental damage; The bulb is back&#8230;. <em>PLUS:<\/em> Wal-Mart going green&#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s 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_072109.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_072109.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=7312\" onClick=\"javascript:this.select();\" onChange=\"javascript:this.value='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7312\" \/><\/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;July 21, 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_072109.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_072109.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=7312&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>):  Missouri withheld E. coli contamination data in popular lake; China announces huge solar subsidies; Talk about power &#8212; Jet turbine could power hybrid electric car; No solutions for toxic Dallas River; Tougher home building rules to save energy for decades&#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: Are the world&#8217;s fish shrinking due to global warming?&#8230;<\/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.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/14\/health\/policy\/14fda.html?hpw=&#038;pagewanted=print\"><strong>Administration Seeks to Restrict Antibiotics in Livestock<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-07-17-mrsa-gets-worser-fda-get-serious-about-antibiotic-abuse\/\"><strong>As MRSA gets worse, the FDA discovers antibiotic abuse on factory farms<\/strong><\/a> (Grist.org)\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Let&#8217;s think about this for a minute. We&#8217;ve got a bacterial brew at the hatchery: thousands of birds in close proximity swapping bacteria while feces piles mount beneath them. At the slaughterhouse, we&#8217;ve got workers working rapidly to disembowel and dismember those very birds along fast-moving conveyor belts. The latter conditions seem perfect for infecting workers with MRSA.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/news_room_detail.aspx?id=54119\"><strong>Pew Calls FDA Testimony on Use of Antibiotics on Industrial Farms a Key First Step, More Is Needed<\/strong><\/a> (Pew Charitable Trusts)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tnr.com\/tnr\/blogs\/environmentandenergy\/archive\/2009\/07\/14\/do-our-chickens-have-a-drug-problem.aspx\"><strong>Do Our Chickens Have A Drug Problem?<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prevention.com\/cda\/article\/the-superbug-in-your-supermarket\/9b99ce1071ff1210VgnVCM10000030281eac____\/news.voices\/in.the.magazine\/august.2009.issue\"><strong>The Superbug in Your Supermarket:<\/strong><\/a>  A potentially deadly new strain of anti-biotic-resistant microbes may be widespread in our food supply (Prevention Magazine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ucsusa.wsm.ga3.org\/food_and_environment\/sustainable_food\/cafos-uncovered.html\"><strong>CAFOs Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations<\/strong><\/a> (Union of Concerned Scientists)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lavidalocavore.org\/diary\/2150\/kansas-rep-moran-comes-out-for-antibiotics-and-against-food-safety\"><strong>Kansas Rep. Moran Comes Out For Antibiotics and Against Food Safety<\/strong><\/a> (LaVidaLocavore.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-uranium21-2009jul21,0,5681114.story\"><strong>Interior calls for 2-year hold on mining claims near Grand Canyon<\/strong><\/a>: The freeze reverses a Bush-era ruling that opened the land to uranium mining. The Interior Department plans to study the environmental impact (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2009\/07\/20\/20greenwire-interior-to-place-2-year-hold-on-new-hardrock-90189.html\"><strong>Interior to Place 2-Year Hold on New Hardrock Mining Near Grand Canyon <\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hLY-Ml0LqEgcJFTp-nMOk5EJPzwgD99I8QUG0\"><strong>Interior halting uranium mining at Grand Canyon<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/08\/news\/2009\/07\/20\/chevron-not-going-to-pay-for-rain-forrest-contamination\/\"><strong>Chevron: &#8216;We&#8217;re not paying&#8217; $27B fine for Ecuador rain forest contamination<\/strong><\/a> (RawStory.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigmoney.com\/articles\/judgments\/2009\/07\/13\/wal-mart-become-green-umpire?page=full\"><strong>Wal-Mart To Become Green Umpire: The retailer is about to unveil a &#8220;sustainability index&#8221;\u009d on every product it sells<\/strong><\/a> (TheBigMoney.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/business.theatlantic.com\/2009\/07\/wal-mart_responds_to_my_sustainability_questions.php\"><strong>Wal-Mart Responds To My Sustainability Questions<\/strong><\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/16\/business\/energy-environment\/16walmart.html?_r=1\"><strong>At Wal-Mart, Labeling to Reflect Green Intent<\/strong> <\/a> (NY Times)\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Wal-Mart&#8217;s sheer size has long enabled it to create ripple effects throughout corporate America whenever it adopts new ways of doing business.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Len Sauers, the vice president for global sustainability at Procter &#038; Gamble, recalls that a few years ago, when his company and a few others began selling concentrated laundry detergent that uses 50 percent less water &#8220;\u201d and allows for a smaller container using less plastic &#8220;\u201d that version was slow to catch on.<\/p>\n<p>In 2007, Wal-Mart decided it would sell only the concentrated detergents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because of Wal-Mart&#8217;s leadership in that area, they were able to set a standard for the entire industry,&#8221;\u009d Mr. Sauers said. &#8220;That opened the door to allow it to progress very, very quickly.&#8221;\u009d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldchanging.com\/archives\/010169.html\"><strong>Two Steps Forward: Walmart&#8217;s Sustainability Index: The Hype and the Reality<\/strong><\/a> (WorldChanging.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&#038;ct2=us%2F0_0_s_2_0_t&#038;usg=AFQjCNFbE_zwKCKRH0l5oRvDE2kLtL-IBA&#038;cid=1272518244&#038;ei=shFmSoi1JYvAkgTUqKDwAQ&#038;rt=SEARCH&#038;vm=STANDARD&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fgreeninc.blogs.nytimes.com%2F2009%2F07%2F06%2Fthe-incandescent-bulb-not-dead-yet%2F\"><strong>The Incandescent Bulb: Not Dead Yet<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/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.kansascity.com\/115\/story\/1331739.html\"><strong>Missouri to investigate why lake contamination data were kept secret<\/strong><\/a> (Kansas City Star)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/marketsNews\/idUSPEK12570920090721\"><strong>China offers big solar subsidy, shares up<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSTRE56K1SC20090721?sp=true\"><strong>Jet turbine could power hybrid electric car<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/news\/healthscience\/stories\/071909dnprotrinitypcbs.40f7b23.html\"><strong>Officials fish for solution for Trinity River, poisoned with PCBs<\/strong><\/a> (Dallas Morning News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/18\/business\/energy-environment\/18codes.html\"><strong>A New Enforcer in Buildings, the Energy Inspector<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/afp\/20090720\/sc_afp\/scienceusfranceclimatewarmingfish;_ylt=Amy0Zdz6gN._KQNp__GvvAhpl88F\"><strong>Fish are shrinking in response to global warming: study<\/strong><\/a> (AFP)<\/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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