{"id":7388,"date":"2009-09-03T12:32:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T19:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2009-09-07T10:38:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-07T17:38:29","slug":"green-news-report-september-3-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7388","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; September 3, 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_LAWildfire_HomesThreatened_090209.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>  California burning; Killing wolves; Recycling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch&#8230; <em>PLUS:<\/em> A Fracture in the Clean Coal Coalition &#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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Wilson Observatory<\/strong><\/a>: In a mile-high duel, driven firefighters are determined to keep flames from the historic facility (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/01\/global-boiling-wildfire-tipping-point\/\"><strong>Global Boiling: Dangerous Feedback Loop Of Fire And Climate Change Nears The Tipping Point<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090901\/ap_on_re_us\/us_wildfires\"><strong>Huge wildfire portends bad Calif. fire season<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hTvLfBhl9RNrxTL4DS_0dfME_UPgD9AFH0HO3\"><strong>LA County lawmaker critical of lack of TV coverage<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.csmonitor.com\/globalnews\/2009\/09\/02\/californias-wildfires-aggravate-budget-woes\/\"><strong>California&#8217;s wildfires aggravate budget woes<\/strong><\/a>: Two months into the fiscal year, the state has used more than half its firefighting budget. The LA flames appear to be spreading, but a week of firefighting may be starting to pay off. (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/latestCrisis\/idUSN01498797\"><strong>Fierce California fires tear into tattered budget<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/01\/engineering-a-climate-solution\/\"><strong>Engineering a Climate Solution<\/strong><\/a> (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8231387.stm\"><strong>&#8221;Engineering Earth&#8221; Is Feasible<\/strong><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/expat\/6105157\/Wolves-receive-death-sentence-from-Swiss-for-exceeding-sheep-quota.html\"><strong>Wolves receive death sentence from Swiss for exceeding sheep quota<\/strong><\/a>: The animals are on the wrong side of a law that tolerates a certain amount of killing. (Telegraph UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=112447179\"><strong>Idaho Resumes Hunting of Gray Wolves<\/strong><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li>LATE UPDATE: <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/outposts\/2009\/09\/idaho-wolf-hunt.html\"><strong>Hunters kill two wolves in Idaho on opening day<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationaljournal.com\/njonline\/no_20090825_2766.php\"><strong>Shifting Alliances Define Energy Debate<\/strong><\/a>: By Playing Both Sides On The Climate Bill, Energy Companies Muddy The Lobbying Landscape (National Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-09-02-duke-energy-quits-scandal-ridden-american-coalition-for-clean-co\/\"><strong>Duke Energy quits scandal-ridden American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity<\/strong><\/a> (Grist.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2009\/09\/02\/clean-split-duke-energy-leaves-clean-coal-group\/\"><strong>Clean Split: Duke Energy Leaves Clean-Coal Group<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/controversial-coal-lobby-front-group-accce-verge-implosion\"><strong>Is Controversial Coal Lobby Front Group ACCCE On The Verge of Implosion?<\/strong><\/a> (DeSmogBlog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectkaisei.org\/index.html\"><strong>Project Kaisei: Capturing the Plastic Vortex<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moremarin.com\/buzzhome\/2009\/09\/project-kaisei-team-talks-trash.html\"><strong>Project Kaisei team talks trash<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ProjectKaisei\"><strong>WATCH: Project Kaisei YouTube Channel<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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.seeddaily.com\/reports\/First_global_illegal_fishing_treaty_agreed_UN_999.html\"><strong>First global illegal fishing treaty agreed: UN<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/sep2009\/2009-09-01-092.asp\"><strong>Mercury Found in Blood of One-Third of American Women<\/strong><\/a> (Environmental News Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"London Leads the Way With Green Business Website\"><strong>London Leads the Way With Green Business Website<\/strong><\/a> (Triple Pundit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/asia\/article6803031.ece\"><strong>More than 2000 children suffer in new China lead poisoning scandal<\/strong><\/a> (Times UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/livescience\/20090825\/sc_livescience\/heatwavesgettingworse\"><strong>Heat Waves Getting Worse<\/strong><\/a> (Live Science)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/blog\/ariel-schwartz\/sustainability\/infographic-how-much-surface-area-would-it-take-power-world-compl\"><strong>How Much Surface Area Would It Take To Power the World With Wind and Solar?<\/strong><\/a> (Fast Company)<\/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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