{"id":7373,"date":"2009-08-25T12:54:50","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T19:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7373"},"modified":"2009-08-26T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T22:50:30","slug":"green-news-report-august-25-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7373","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; August 25, 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_BradDesi_SilverLake.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>  Your &#8220;socialist&#8221; National Parks; Oceans warm, Taiwan floods, Greece burns; <em>Coming soon<\/em>: Cash for <em>Refrigerator<\/em> Clunkers! &#8230; <em>PLUS:<\/em> McCain goes nuclear&#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail?  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The resulting ocean heat is already harming threatened coral reefs. It could also hasten the melting of Arctic sea ice and help hurricanes strengthen.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe heat is most noticeable near the Arctic, where water temperatures are as much as 10 degrees above average.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nBreaking heat records in water is more ominous as a sign of global warming than breaking temperature marks on land, because water takes longer to heat up and does not cool off as easily as land.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/24\/world\/asia\/24taiwan.html?_r=1\"><strong>Taiwan&#8217;s Leader Faces Anger Over Storm Response<\/strong<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2009-08\/25\/content_11942855.htm\"><strong>Typhoon Morakot death toll in Taiwan rises to 376<\/strong><\/a> (Xinhua News Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/aug\/10\/typhoon-morakot-taiwan-china-japan\"><strong>Hundreds missing as typhoon Morakot mudslide buries Taiwan village<\/strong><\/a>: Up to 600 people feared buried as record rainfall hits island; ; China evacuates 1 million from east coast provinces; Deadly tropical storm Etau triggers floods in Japan (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/greece\/6085370\/Greek-wildfires-fighfighters-tackle-100ft-flames-as-anger-grows.html\"><strong>Greek wildfires: water-bombing brings Athens flames under control<\/strong><\/a>:<br \/>\nA massive multi-national water-bombing effort has managed to bring under control wildfires that threatened Athens, but experts warned that forests around the Greek capital would take generations to recover. (Telegraph UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/bwdaily\/dnflash\/content\/aug2009\/db20090821_304909.htm\"><strong>Latest in Stimulus: &#8216;Cash for Refrigerators&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>: Coming this fall, a clunkers-type program to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances will authorize rebates of $50 to $200 (Business Week)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/08\/24\/AR2009082402106.html\"><strong>Auto Industry Braces For Hangover After The &#8216;Clunker&#8217; Party<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/25\/world\/europe\/25greece.html?partner=rss&#038;emc=rss\"><strong>Firefighters Struggle in Athens<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/incoming\/crists-wall-against-hurricanes-is-in-jerusalem\/1029820\"><strong>Crist&#8217;s wall against hurricanes is in Jerusalem<\/strong><\/a> (St. Petersberg Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcnews.go.com\/ThisWeek\/Politics\/Story?id=8390187&#038;page=4\"><strong>Transcript: &#8220;This Week&#8221; Transcript with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)<\/strong><\/a> (ABC)<\/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:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/24\/senate-aces-improvements\/\"><strong>Fighting Back, Several Senators Are Attempting To Make American Clean Energy And Security Act Stronger<\/strong><\/a> (Wonk Room):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">As Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) take the lead to write the Senate draft, many of their fellow senators are fighting back against the <a href=\"http:\/\/pr.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/08\/pr20090824\/index.html\">armies of lobbyists and paid &#8220;grassroots&#8221;\u009d rallies of the oil and coal companies.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=is-india-running-out-of-water\"><strong>Is Northwestern India&#8217;s Breadbasket Running Out of Water?<\/strong><\/a>: A new study using satellite data suggests the region is using more groundwater than is being replenished by rainfall (Scientific American)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601087&#038;sid=a8_2nrwYD1kM\"><strong>Hospitals May Face Severe Disruption From Swine Flu<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/13\/french-winemakers-sound-alarm-over-climate-change\/?em\"><strong>French Winemakers Sound Alarm Over Climate Change<\/strong><\/a> (Green Inc.):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Some &#8220;wine-growing territories will not survive,&#8221;\u009d the group wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Some formerly unlikely regions in Europe, like Britain, are already producing prize-winning vintages thanks to warming conditions. 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