{"id":7450,"date":"2009-10-06T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7450"},"modified":"2009-10-06T12:07:40","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T19:07:40","slug":"green-news-report-october-6-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7450","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; October 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_GeorgeWill.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 <em>planet<\/em> strikes back; Mountaintop removal stalled <em>again<\/em>; San Francisco goes for scraps; Apple takes another bite out of the Chamber of Commerce&#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: where there&#8217;s a Will, there&#8217;s a denial &#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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drilling royalties; China says rich nations need to honor climate commitments; Obama orders agencies to reduce emissions; EPA announces Toxics Reform; &#8220;Smart&#8221; Clothes Dryers could reduce electricity demand by the equivalent of 6 coal power plants &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: The Copenhagen Wrangling, Explained &#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><strong>DEADLY WORLD WEATHER<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5i-oyNxTDlqaLozc7XBD8Rxj-GzCQ\"><strong>UN seeks $74 mln in aid for flood-hit Philippines<\/strong><\/a> (AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/asiapcf\/10\/06\/philippines.typhoon\/\"><strong>Submerged Manila faces disease threat<\/strong><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/07\/world\/asia\/07indo.html?hp\"><strong>Rescuers Leave Indonesia Quake Site<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/06\/AR2009100600403.html\"><strong>Typhoon heads to Japan, storm stalls over Philippines<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/Floods-batter-Andhra-Karnataka-15m-homeless\/articleshow\/5090113.cms\"><strong>Floods batter Andhra, Karnataka; 1.5m homeless<\/strong><\/a> (Times of India)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/companyNews\/idINBOM50615820091006\"><strong>Anger swells over slow relief in India floods<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/05\/world\/asia\/05philip.html?em\"><strong>Choked Floodways Feed Manila&#8217;s Typhoon Toll<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5gCeFe6qrUA2J6TpqBUjMoyp8nthAD9B5MDB80\"><strong>US troops ramp up Indonesia quake relief<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8286635.stm\"><strong>Samoa&#8217;s tsunami death toll rises<\/strong><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUTS THE BRAKES ON MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL&#8230;AGAIN<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wvgazette.com\/coaltattoo\/2009\/09\/30\/epa-all-79-mining-permits-need-more-review\/\"><strong>EPA: All 79 mining permits need more review<\/strong><\/a> (West Virginia Gazette)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB125433443346253225.html\"><strong>Mountaintop Mining Impact Is Reined In<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/big-coal-gone-wild-the-sequel\/\"><strong>Big coal gone wild: The sequel<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.locustfork.net\/2009\/10\/04\/sixty-minutes-covers-coal-ash-story\/\"><strong>130 Million Tons of Waste: Sixty Minutes Covers Coal Ash Story<\/strong><\/a> (Locust Fork News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong>If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents in a Tennessee town being told to stay out of a river where the material was spilled?<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>MUTINY AT THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/05\/AR2009100502744.html?hpid=topnews\"><strong>Apple Leaves U.S. Chamber Over Its Climate Position<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/blog\/the-vine\/apple-unplugs-itself-chamber-commerce\"><strong>Apple Unplugs Itself From Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/05\/apple-resignes-from-chamber-over-climate\/\"><strong>Apple Resigns From Chamber Over Climate<\/strong><\/a> (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS STRIKE AGAIN:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/blog\/the-plank\/the-two-arguments-against-reducing-emissions\"><strong>The Two Arguments Against Reducing Emissions<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/10\/05\/memo-to-washpost-george-will-cassandra-was-right\/#more-12279\"><strong>Memo to WashPost, George Will: Cassandra was right<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li>George Will&#8217;s wrongheaded, debunked OP-ED: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/09\/30\/AR2009093003569.html\"><strong>Cooling Down the Cassandras<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>TODAY&#8217;S CLOSING SONG:<\/strong> They Might Be Giants, &#8220;Science is Real&#8221;<br \/>\n<center><object width=\"340\" height=\"275\"><param name=\"movie\" 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