{"id":7454,"date":"2009-10-08T12:43:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T19:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7454"},"modified":"2009-10-08T12:43:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-08T19:43:01","slug":"green-news-report-october-8-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7454","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; October 8, 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_SolarDecathlon.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>  Climate slugfest in D.C. and Bangkok; Saving money by reducing emissions; How much weed killer is safe in your drinking water? &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: Lighting up the solar market and the National Mall &#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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NIMBYism and the future of &#8220;Clean&#8221; Coal; In Michigan, a yellow light for green jobs; Converting greasy, dirty wastewater into fuel; Chamber of Commerce to Apple: You Don&#8217;t Understand Our &#8217;21st Century Approach To Climate Change&#8217;; DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  What is BPA, and do I really need a new water bottle?&#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>Climate Negotiations Slugfest Abroad:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/latestCrisis\/idUSSP337818\"><strong>Mexico: U.S. is &#8220;stumbling block&#8221; in U.N. climate talks<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/kevin-grandia\/one-week-in-bangkok-makes_b_312259.html\"><strong>One Week in Bangkok Makes a Hard Cap Fumble<\/strong><\/a> (Huffington Post Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/kevin-grandia\/people-fill-the-streets-f_b_309284.html\"><strong>People Fill the Streets for Climate Action in Bangkok<\/strong><\/a> (Huffington Post Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/blog\/the-vine\/the-copenhagen-deadlock-explained\"><strong>The Copenhagen Wrangling, Explained<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/GCA-GreenBusiness\/idUSTRE5973A220091008\"><strong>India hits out at attempt to cast Kyoto aside<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/GCA-GreenBusiness\/idUSTRE5942VO20091005?virtualBrandChannel=11604\"><strong>Poor hit back at rich over new carbon emission demands<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Climate Negotiations Slugfest at Home<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/cwire\/2009\/10\/07\/07climatewire-senate-dems-opening-to-nuclear-as-path-to-go-28815.html?pagewanted=all\"><strong>Senate Dems Opening to Nuclear as Path to GOP Support for Climate Bill <\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/03\/us\/politics\/03climate.html\"><strong>Obama Aide Concedes Climate Law Must Wait<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/02\/who-will-regulate-us-carbon-markets\/#more-25877\"><strong>Who Will Regulate U.S. Carbon Markets?<\/strong><\/a> (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/environmentNews\/idUSTRE59657620091007\"><strong>Energy bill needs carbon cap: Obama aide<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yglesias.thinkprogress.org\/archives\/2009\/10\/climate-and-collective-action.php\"><strong>Climate and Collective Action<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong>[B]y far the biggest problem<\/strong> with David Brooks&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/06\/opinion\/06brooks.html?_r=1&#038;em\">proposal<\/a> to &#8220;just raise the price on carbon and let everybody else figure out how to innovate our way toward a solution&#8221;\u009d <strong>is that our energy use is inextricably bound up with collective decision-making about infrastructure<\/strong>.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>We also have regulatory issues limiting our ability to innovate.<\/strong> If we raise the price of carbon emissions, one thing that will happen is that we&#8217;ll see innovations around finding more efficient ways to heat buildings. One thing we already know is that multi-family structures are more efficient to heat than are detached houses (it&#8217;s a surface area to volume thing) but in many places it&#8217;s illegal to build a multi-family structure. <strong>So if what you want to do is leave this up to the market, you need to take active legislative steps, not just impose a price and say we&#8217;ll let the chips fall where they may.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>The Economics of Reducing Emissions:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/the-economics-of-350\/\"><strong>Can we still afford to save the planet? Yes: The economics of 350<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2009\/10\/06\/climate-costs-can-the-world-really-afford-to-roll-back-carbon-emissions\/\"><strong>Climate Costs: Can The World Really Afford to Roll Back Carbon Emissions?<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/06\/AR2009100600018.html?sub=AR\"><strong>New Report Details Costs of Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><strong>READ THE STUDY<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e3network.org\/papers\/Economics_of_350.pdf\"><strong>&#8220;The Economics of 350&#8243;\u009d<\/strong><\/a> (pdf) from Economics for Equity and the Environment (Ecotrust)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>EPA To Re-Visit Safety of Chemical Weed-killer Atrazine:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/07\/business\/energy-environment\/07water.html?_r=1&#038;hp\"><strong>Regulators Plan to Study Risks of Atrazine<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/23\/us\/23water.html\"><strong>Debating How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Lighting Up the Solar Market<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<ul><li<a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/07\/dow-unveils-solar-shingles\/?em\"><strong>Dow Unveils Solar Shingles<\/strong><\/a> (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/09\/27\/business\/27novel.html\"><strong>Solar Power, Without All Those Panels<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2009\/10\/05\/solar-decathalon\/\"><strong>Team California competes in national solar decathlon<\/strong><\/a> (KPCC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solardecathlon.org\/\"><strong>Solar Decathlon 2009<\/strong><\/a> (US Dept. of Energy)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/energyandenvironmentblog.dallasnews.com\/archives\/2009\/10\/texas-could-save-a-lot-of-juic.html\"><strong>Texas could save a lot of juice with net-zero energy homes<\/strong><\/a> (Dallas Morning News)<\/li>\n<li>WATCH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/video\/2009\/10\/07\/VI2009100702561.html\"><strong>The 2009 Solar Decathlon Heats Up the Mall<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" width=\"480px\" height=\"270px\" src=\"http:\/\/specials.washingtonpost.com\/mv\/embed\/?title=The%202009%20Solar%20Decathlon%20Heats%20Up%20the%20Mall&#038;stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fphoto%2F2009%2F10%2F07%2FPH2009100702574.jpg&#038;flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2009%2F10072009-10v&#038;width=480&#038;height=270&#038;autoStart=false&#038;clickThru=http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/video\/2009\/10\/07\/VI2009100702561.html\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;: More green news <em>not<\/em> covered in today&#8217;s audio report&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/g\/a\/2009\/10\/07\/notes100709.DTL&#038;feed=rss.mmorford\"><strong>Behold! Canada&#8217;s most disgusting export<\/strong><\/a>:  Nothing like Alberta&#8217;s&#8217;s revolting oilsands to destroy your optimism (SF Gate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/10\/08\/making-dirty-oil-a-little-less-so\/\"><strong>Making Dirty Oil a Little Less So?<\/strong><\/a>: Is it possible to reduce the carbon footprint of an oil sands operation? (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/environmentalcapital\/2009\/10\/06\/cold-storage-nimbyism-and-the-future-of-clean-coal\/\"><strong>Cold Storage: NIMBYism and The Future of Clean Coal<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/05\/AR2009100503870.html?hpid=artslot\"><strong>In Michigan, A Yellow Light For Green Jobs<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/features.csmonitor.com\/environment\/2009\/10\/06\/tuna%E2%80%99s-plight-is-a-problem-the-world-must-solve\/\"><strong>Tuna&#8217;s plight is a problem the world must solve<\/strong><\/a>: Too many boats and technology that is too good mean that nations must cooperate to preserve tuna and other fish stocks. (Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyboom.com\/biofuels\/biofuelbox-announces-worlds-first-waste-fog-fuel-plant\"><strong>BioFuelBox Announces World&#8217;s First Wastewater Fat-Oil-Grease-to Fuel Plant<\/strong><\/a> (EnergyBoom)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2009\/10\/07\/chamber-attacks-apple\/\"><strong>U.S. Chamber of Commerce To Apple: You Don&#8217;t Understand Our &#8217;21st Century Approach To Climate Change&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Wonk Room)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/05\/AR2009100502723.html\"><strong>DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><strong>How Stuff Works:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howstuffworks.com\/bpa.htm\"><strong>What&#8217;s BPA, and do I really need a new water bottle?<\/strong><\/a> (How Stuff Works.com)<\/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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