{"id":7340,"date":"2009-08-06T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T19:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2009-08-06T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T20:48:27","slug":"green-news-report-august-6-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7340","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; August 6, 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_Obama_Navistar.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><span style=\"a: #007F00; color: #007F00;\"><strong>Now available on Apple iTunes!<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman\/id788236916\"><em><strong>Subscribe for FREE here!&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN TODAY&#8217;S AUDIO REPORT:<\/strong>  &#8216;Cash for Clunkers&#8217; &#8212; now with more cash!; &#8216;Astroturfing&#8217; &#8212; now with &#8216;Clean Coal&#8217;!; &#8216;Roadless areas&#8217; &#8212; now without roads! <em>PLUS:<\/em> Obama talks batteries &#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail, really really roadless wilderness for realz this time?  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Totally Depends&#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.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32283931\/ns\/us_news-the_elkhart_project\/#sp-vi\/32300145\"><strong>Obama: &#8216;Unleash prosperity for everybody&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (MSNBC)<\/li>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div><iframe height=\"339\" width=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22425001\/vp\/32300145#32300145\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">World News<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">News about the Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<li>TRANSCRIPT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/08\/05\/AR2009080502067.html\"><strong>President Obama Delivers Remarks on the Economy, Wakarusa, Ind.<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/06\/business\/06battery.html?em=&#038;pagewanted=print\"><strong>$2 Billion in Grants to Bolster U.S. Manufacturing of Parts for Electric Cars<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times) <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Some of the money is for education, but it is not for research. <strong>Nearly all the money is being spent to reduce battery production costs, by getting manufacturing started on a mass basis.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/environment\/story\/73139.html\"><strong>&#8216;Red&#8217; Kentucky loses out as energy grants go to battlegrounds<\/strong><\/a> (McClatchy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2009\/08\/05\/battery-sweepstakes-and-the-winner-isgeneral-motors\/\"><strong>Battery Sweepstakes: And the Winner Is\u2026General Motors<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090806\/ap_on_go_co\/us_cash_for_clunkers_107\"><strong>Senate reaches deal on $2B &#8216;clunkers&#8217; refill<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tnr.com\/tnr\/blogs\/environmentandenergy\/archive\/2009\/08\/05\/the-ups-and-downs-of-cash-for-clunkers.aspx\"><strong>The Ups And Downs Of Cash-For-Clunkers<\/strong><\/a> (New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/domesticNews\/idUSTRE5746ON20090805\"><strong>Court ends Bush-era road-building in forests<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-court-roads6-2009aug06,0,1222397.story\"><strong>Court restores &#8216;roadless rule&#8217; in national forests<\/strong>: <\/a><strong>Environmentalists cheer the decision, which reverses moves by the Bush administration to reopen wilderness lands to development. More legal wrangling remains, however.<\/strong> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/05\/greenpeace-and-kimberly-clark-settle-feud\/\"><strong>Greenpeace and Kimberly-Clark Settle Feud<\/strong><\/a> (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-08-05-kimberly-clark-greenpeace-hug-out-tissue-products\/\"><strong>Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace hug it out<\/strong><\/a> (Grist.org) <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Greenpeace and Kimberly-Clark announced today that <a href=\"http:\/\/investor.kimberly-clark.com\/releaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=401321\"><strong>the paper-products giant has finally agreed to clean up its act.<\/strong><\/a>  It will source the fiber for its tissue products, under brand names that include Kleenex, Scott, and Cottonelle, <strong>from &#8220;environmentally responsible sources,&#8221;\u009d including those that are [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fsc.org\/\">Forest Stewardship Council<\/a>]-certified and recycled. The company has also committed to end the purchase of non-FSC fibers from Canada&#8217;s Boreal forest by 2011. <\/strong>For its part, Greenpeace will drop the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaigns\/forests\/kleercut\">five-year-old Kleercut campaign<\/a> that has long urged Kimberly-Clark to <strong>quit destroying the Boreal just so cold-sufferers can experience a softer blow.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/04\/climate-letter-forgeries-stir-outrage\/\"><strong>Climate Letter Forgeries Stir Outrage<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dc.streetsblog.org\/2009\/08\/05\/lobby-firm-behind-climate-forgeries-helped-kill-higher-cafe-standards\/\"><strong>Lobby Firm Behind Climate Forgeries Helped Kill Higher CAFE Standards<\/strong><\/a> (DC Streetsblog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/07\/31\/bonner-forgery\/\"><strong>NAACP-Forgery Group, Bonner &#038; Associates, Has A Decades-Long History Of Astroturf Tactics<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2009\/08\/05\/big-coal-back-on-the-offensive\/\"><strong>Big Coal: Back on the Offensive<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawthorngroup.com\/newsletter\/index.BAK.html\"><strong>READ how a fake &#8220;grassroots campaign works! <\/strong><\/a> From The Hawthorne Group <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">We thought the most fixated of the political and communications &#8220;junkies&#8221; might find interesting some highlights of <strong>a recent grassroots campaign<\/strong> Hawthorn <strong>created<\/strong> and <strong>managed<\/strong> for the American Coalition of Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>FLASHBACK:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/1997\/11\/hello-im-calling-evening-mislead-you\"><strong>Hello. I&#8217;m calling this evening to mislead you &#8212; A look inside one of Washington&#8217;s top phony grassroots lobbying firms.<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones, Nov. 1997)<\/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.motherjones.com\/environment\/2009\/07\/whats-your-water-footprint\"><strong>Special Report: What&#8217;s Your Water Footprint?<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones) <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong><em>Nice jeans. Too bad they cost the planet 2,866 gallons of precious H2O.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;[He] turned toward me and demanded if I knew how much water it took to grow one almond, a cantaloupe, or a pound of tomato paste. (I didn&#8217;t. Turns out it&#8217;s 1 gallon, 25 gallons, and 55 gallons, respectively.) &#8220;The people in the city, they don&#8217;t know what their footprint on nature is,&#8221; he scoffed. &#8220;They sit there in an ivory tower and don&#8217;t realize what it takes to keep them alive.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>[H]ousehold water use accounts for only 6 percent of the water that we consume. The other 94 percent comes from the products we buy<\/strong>, everything from almonds and tomatoes to blue jeans and microchips.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triplepundit.com\/2009\/07\/running-a-green-business-in-costa-rica-organic-farming-and-ecotourism-meet\/\"><strong>Running a Green Business in Costa Rica&#8221;\u201cOrganic Farming and Ecotourism Meet<\/strong><\/a> (Triple Pundit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2009\/07\/22\/3\"><strong>Industry lines up behind bold solar project in hopes politicians will follow<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenewstribune.com\/business\/story\/833096.html\"><strong>Deal has made ships more eco-friendly<\/strong><\/a> (Tacoma News Tribune)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/earth2tech.com\/2009\/08\/04\/how-good-is-algae-fuel-at-fighting-climate-change-totally-depends\/\"><strong>How Good Is Algae Fuel At Fighting Climate Change? Totally Depends<\/strong><\/a> (Earth2Tech) <em>[emphasis added]<\/em>:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[D]oes that mean that algae-powered cars are going to significantly help fight global warming? Not necessarily, but maybe &#8220;\u201d <strong>it seems that, as with most types of biofuels, the overall carbon emissions reductions we could get by swapping out gasoline for algae fuels totally depends on the production process.<\/strong><\/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.) Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!&#8230; IN TODAY&#8217;S AUDIO REPORT: &#8216;Cash for Clunkers&#8217; &#8212; now with more cash!; &#8216;Astroturfing&#8217; &#8212; now with &#8216;Clean Coal&#8217;!; &#8216;Roadless areas&#8217; &#8212; now without roads! 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