{"id":7488,"date":"2009-10-29T12:50:04","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T19:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7488"},"modified":"2009-10-29T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T20:35:56","slug":"green-news-report-october-29-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7488","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; October 29, 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_EarthPumpkin.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>  A Green Halloween?  Get ready for toxic costumes, energy vampires, and scaaarry home energy bills &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  Who&#8217;s afraid of climate legislation? (<em>Hint: it&#8217;s the Republicans<\/em>)  &#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<p>Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail?  Drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:GreenNews@BradBlog.com\">GreenNews@BradBlog.com<\/a> or right here at the comments link below. 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These guys did; Coal ash poses significant risk: EPA report says; Sharp sets highest solar cell efficiency; YoYo Charger Gives Gadgets Zing With Pull of a String, While Pedal Laptop Charger Idea Has Legs; How California&#8217;s New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: Innovative Energy-Generating Pavement Hits the Streets &#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>Make it a &#8216;Green Halloween&#8217;:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/oct2009\/2009-10-28-091.asp\"><strong>Toxic Face Paint Makes for Scary Halloween<\/strong><\/a> (Environment News Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/10\/green-eyes-on-5-green-halloween-tips.php\"><strong>Green Eyes On: Green Halloween Tips You May Not Have Thought Of<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenhalloween.org\/\"><strong>Green Halloween: Tips for Parents &#038; Kids<\/strong><\/a> (Green Halloween.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitots.com\/2009\/10\/29\/non-toxic-face-paint\/\"><strong>Beware of Lead and other Toxins in Face Paints this Halloween<\/strong><\/a> (Inhabitots)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetgreen.discovery.com\/work-connect\/homemade-costumes-diy-impaired.html?campaign=daylife-article\"><strong>Top Homemade Halloween Costumes for the DIY-Impaired<\/strong><\/a> (Planet Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetgreen.discovery.com\/home-garden\/terrify-kids-haunted-garage.html?campaign=daylife-article\"><strong>Bringing Creepy Back: How to Build a Haunted Garage with Stuff You Already Own<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Use the stuff you already own to set the mood for screams.<\/strong> (Planet Green)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Universal Cell Phone Charger On the Way &#8212; For Europe: <\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/33448863\/ns\/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets\/\"><strong>UN body approves universal cell phone charger<\/strong><\/a> (MSNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnetasia.com\/news\/communications\/0,39044192,62058968,00.htm\"><strong>Universal phone charger offers vast opportunities<\/strong><\/a> (ZDNet Asia)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/10\/universal-phone-charger-approved-could-save-136-million-tons-of-co2.php\"><strong>Universal Phone Charger Approved, Could Save 13.6 Million Tons of CO2<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/technology\/8323018.stm\"><strong>Universal phone charger approved<\/strong><\/a>: <strong>Future handsets will all be able to use the universal charger<\/strong> (BBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Study Shows Hidden Costs of Fossil Fuels: $120 Billion A Year:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>READ THE STUDY:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www8.nationalacademies.org\/onpinews\/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12794\"><strong>Report Examines Hidden Health and Environmental Costs Of Energy Production and Consumption In U.S.<\/strong><\/a> (National Academies of Science)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/10\/22\/nrc-burning-fossil-fuels-costs-120-billion-a-year-mercury-climate\/\"><strong>NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. $120 billion a year &#8220;\u201d not counting mercury or climate impacts!<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sundaygazettemail.com\/News\/200910190604\"><strong>Study finds $62 billion a year in &#8216;hidden costs&#8217; of coal<\/strong><\/a> (West Virginia Gazette)\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The report, by the academy&#8217;s National Research Council,<br \/>\nfocused on premature deaths caused by air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Study authors said the narrow focus clearly underestimated other costs of the nation&#8217;s continued reliance on coal.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Study Shows Save Money &#038; Save on Emissions by Saving Energy:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-10-26-simple-lifestyle-tweaks-key-in-climate-change-fight\/\"><strong>Simple lifestyle tweaks key in climate change fight<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=climate-change-begins-at-home\"><strong>Climate Change Begins at Home: Small Steps to Cut Greenhouse Emissions Can Lead to Big Results<\/strong><\/a>: A new study shows how household improvements, such as better insulation, could cut U.S. carbon emissions by more than 7 percent (Scientific American)<\/li>\n<li><strong>READ THE STUDY:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2009\/10\/23\/0908738106.full.pdf+html?sid=f5473806-052a-44c2-b7d4-794ee51a3613\"><strong>Household actions can provide a behavioral wedge to rapidly reduce U.S. carbon emissions<\/strong><\/a> [pdf] (National Academies of Sciences)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Senate Hearings on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, a.k.a. the Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/mojo\/2009\/10\/dont-forget-max-factor\"><strong>Now Baucus Wants to Mess With the Climate Bill<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/10\/27\/AR2009102702845.html?hpid=opinionsbox1\"><strong>A senator in a hostile climate<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/10\/27\/senate-floor-debate-climate-bill-copenhagen-alexander-nuclear-power\/\"><strong>Sen. Kerry downplays prospect of floor debate on the climate bill this year; Sen. Alexander is still unaware of staggering cost of nuclear power<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/blog\/the-avenue\/energy-innovation-the-senate-starting-point\"><strong>Energy Innovation: The Senate Starting Point<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boxer releases Chairman&#8217;s mark of Senate clean energy bill<\/strong>; <strong>EPA releases economic analysis finding cost to U.S. households of under $10 a month, bill consistent with global effort to stabilize at 2\u00b0C warming<\/strong> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><strong>FACT CHECK.ORG:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/factcheck.org\/2009\/10\/cap-and-trade-green-jobs-or-job-killer\/\"><strong>Cap-and-trade: &#8220;Green Jobs&#8221;\u009d or Job Killer?<\/strong><\/a> (FactCheck.org) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen>An important caveat: <strong>None of these economic projections attempt to assess the effects of climate change on jobs or the economy.<\/strong> But CBO says it expects <strong>there will be major economic consequences should Congress do nothing to control carbon emissions.<\/strong><\/div<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-10-27-kerry-smacks-down-inhofes-lies-about-the-cost-of-climate-policy\/\"><strong>Kerry smacks down Inhofe&#8217;s lies about the cost of climate policy<\/strong><\/a> (Grist):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"2952\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zmU4iwHNS8Y&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/zmU4iwHNS8Y&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\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> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2009\/10\/21\/21greenwire-ghost-of-frankenfood-haunts-europe-55309.html\"><strong>Ghost of &#8216;Frankenfood&#8217; Haunts Europe<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/transportation\/cars\/blogs\/build-your-own-cheap-electric-car-these-guys-did\"><strong>Build your own cheap electric car? These guys did<\/strong>:<\/a> Starting with junkyard finds and bargain buys, people are converting common cars to state-of-the-art electric vehicles.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20091027\/NEWS01\/91027104\/Coal%20ash%20poses%20significant%20risk%20%20EPA%20report%20says\"><strong>Coal ash poses significant risk: EPA report says<\/strong><\/a> (The Tennesseean)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/sharp-highest-efficiency-solar-cell\/13202\/\"><strong>Sharp sets highest solar cell efficiency<\/strong><\/a> (Gizmag)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/10\/yo-yo-charger-gives-gadgets-zing-with-pull-of-a-string-while-pedal-laptop-charger-idea-has-legs.php\"><strong>YoYo Charger Gives Gadgets Zing With Pull of a String, While Pedal Laptop Charger Idea Has Legs<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/science\/earth\/4335060.html\"><strong>How California&#8217;s New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis<\/strong><\/a> (Popular Mechanics)<\/li>\n<li>INNOVATION: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2009\/10\/28\/energy-generating-pavement\/\"><strong>Pavegen: Energy Generating Pavement Hits the Streets<\/strong><\/a> (Inhabitat)<\/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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