{"id":7564,"date":"2009-12-10T12:04:43","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7564"},"modified":"2009-12-10T12:43:30","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T20:43:30","slug":"green-news-report-december-10-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7564","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; December 10, 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_COP15_flag.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>  Obama&#8217;s Nobel &#8216;green&#8217; Prize?; Climate talks &#8212; <em>and protests<\/em> &#8212; continue in Copenhagen&#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: What should we call the decade of the 2000s?  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The fight between homeowners and homeowners associations over solar panels &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  Marines take portable solar power to the front lines &#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>President Obama Accepts the Nobel Peace Prize:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-12-10-no-climate-action-no-peace\/\"><strong>No climate action, no peace, says Obama in Nobel speech<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/story\/2009\/12\/10\/ST2009121000940.html?sid=ST2009121000940\"><strong>War president addresses incongruity of accepting peace prize<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li>WATCH IT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shallownation.com\/2009\/12\/10\/obama-nobel-peace-prize-acceptance-speech-video-photos-12-10-09-nobel-lecture-in-oslo-norway\/#more-16328\"><strong>President Obama&#8217;s Nobel Acceptance Speech<\/strong><\/a> (SkyNews)<\/li>\n<li>READ IT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/remarks-president-acceptance-nobel-peace-prize\"><strong>Transcript: Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize<\/strong><\/a> (White House.gov):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong>It is undoubtedly true that development rarely takes root without security;<\/strong> it is also true that security does not exist where human beings do not have access to enough food, or clean water, or the medicine and shelter they need to survive.  It does not exist where children can&#8217;t aspire to a decent education or a job that supports a family. <strong>The absence of hope can rot a society from within.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s why helping farmers feed their own people &#8212; or nations educate their children and care for the sick &#8212; is not mere charity. <strong> It&#8217;s also why the world must come together to confront climate change.  There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, more famine, more mass displacement &#8212; all of which will fuel more conflict for decades.<\/strong>  For this reason, it is not merely scientists and environmental activists who call for swift and forceful action &#8212; it&#8217;s military leaders in my own country and others who understand our common security hangs in the balance.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Copenhagen Talks &#8212; And Protests &#8212; Continue:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8403745.stm\"><strong>Developing countries split over climate measures<\/strong><\/a>(BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-12-09-cracks-show-in-developing-bloc-on-third-day-of-climate-talks\/\"><strong>Cracks show in developing bloc on third day of climate talks <\/strong><\/a> (AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/10\/science\/earth\/10climate.html?_r=1&#038;hpw\"><strong>U.S. Negotiator Dismisses Reparations for Climate<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8405025.stm\"><strong>UK Met Office warns carbon emissions must peak by 2020<\/strong><\/a> (BBC): Keeping global temperature rise under 2C (3.7F) will be almost impossible unless carbon emissions begin to fall within a decade, analysis suggests.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2009\/dec\/09\/danish-police-raid-climate-campaigner-rooms\"><strong>Danish police raid Copenhagen climate campaigners&#8217; rooms<\/strong><\/a>: Police detain 200 activists at their Copenhagen accommodation and seize items they claim could be used for acts of civil disobedience(Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/10\/science\/earth\/10protest.html?_r=1&#038;hp\"><strong>Danish Police Seize Protest Equipment<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/greenpage\/environment\/78862922.html\"><strong>Danes block proposal from island nation of Tuvalu for tougher climate action<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601101&#038;sid=ai0Lky6Mb0aU\"><strong>Hottest Plan at Climate Talks Never Got Onto Table<\/strong><\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/09\/science\/earth\/09cost.html?ref=energy-environment\"><strong>Climate Deal Likely to Bear Big Price Tag<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> So what is all this going to cost?  The short answer is trillions of dollars over the next few decades. <strong>It is a significant sum but a relatively small fraction of the world&#8217;s total economic output.<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>[I]ndustrialized countries have proposed a relatively modest fund of about $10 billion a year for each of the next three or four years to help poorer countries adapt. Even that effort remains the subject of conflict<\/strong> over which countries should contribute how much, what body should oversee the spending and how to determine which projects qualify for finance.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>GOPs of rain keep falling on my head: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-12-08-republicans-vow-to-rain-on-copenhagen-parade\/\"><strong>Republicans vow to rain on Copenhagen parade<\/strong><\/a> (AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2009\/12\/tiny-tuvalu-makes-big-waves-copenhagen\"><strong>Tiny Tuvalu Makes Big Waves at Copenhagen<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/10\/science\/earth\/10skeptics.html?hpw\"><strong>And in This Corner, Climate Contrarians<\/strong><\/a>: Skeptics make their own forum in Copenhagen. (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2009\/12\/skeptic-tank-runs-deep-copenhagen\"><strong>Copenhagen&#8217;s Skeptic Tank<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2009\/12\/klimaforum-seeks-citizens-accord-climate\"><strong>Meanwhile, At the <em>Other<\/em> Climate Summit&#8230;<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Capitalism, corporate lobbying, and consumptive culture are killing the planet&#8221;\u201dand the only acceptable solution is a radical overhaul of the global political and economic system, say delegates at a climate summit in Copenhagen this week.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThis clarion call is what a climate agreement might sound like if matters were decided by Klimaforum, otherwise known as the &#8220;people&#8217;s climate summit.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Hot Air: No Shortage of Opinion on Copenhagen Climate Talks:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/09\/opinion\/09friedman.html?em\"><strong>Going Cheney on Climate<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[M]any of the same people who defend Mr. Cheney&#8217;s One Percent Doctrine on nukes tell us not to worry at all about catastrophic global warming, where the odds are, in fact, a lot higher than 1 percent, if we stick to business as usual. That is unfortunate, because Cheney&#8217;s instinct is precisely the right framework with which to think about the climate issue &#8220;\u201d and this whole &#8220;climategate&#8221;\u009d controversy as well.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nBut if we don&#8217;t prepare, and climate change turns out to be real, life on this planet could become a living hell. And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;m for doing the Cheney-thing on climate &#8220;\u201d preparing for 1 percent.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/12\/10\/takin-care-of-business-copenhagen-style\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29&#038;utm_content=Twitter\"><strong>Takin&#8217; Care of Business, Copenhagen Style<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong>If you listened to my friends over at Fox news and the Heritage Foundation<\/strong>, you might be forgiven for thinking that the polyglot conference going on this week in Denmark <strong>was a conspiracy of commie sympathizers and faceless bureaucrats hell bent on taking down the global economy&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here in no particular order are just a few of the conversations that I had the privilege of witnessing today in some of the quieter corners of the cavernous Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark where COP 15 is unfolding in real time.  <strong>These economic prognostications are not my own, but they came from some of the most reliable people on the planet for navigating a path to a low carbon economy<\/strong>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/blog\/200912090002\"><strong>Wash. Post publishes falsehood-laden Palin op-ed that is contradicted by scientists, temperature data, and &#8230; the Post itself<\/strong><\/a> (Media Matters)<\/li>\n<li>Debunked: <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.theatlantic.com\/2009\/12\/palins_boycott_copenhagen_op-ed_annotated.php\"><strong>Palin&#8217;s &#8220;Boycott Copenhagen&#8221; Op-Ed: Annotated<\/strong><\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/12\/08\/climategate-washington-post-sarah-palin-science-hide-the-decline\/\"><strong>Palin jumps from birther to flat earther<\/strong><\/a>: The Washington Post goes tabloid, publishes second falsehood-filled op-ed by Sarah Palin in five months &#8220;\u201d on climate science and the hacked emails!\n<li>Sarah Palin: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/cifamerica\/2009\/dec\/09\/sarah-palin-obama-boycott-copenhagen\"><strong>Boycott Copenhagen<\/strong><\/a>; Any deal at the Copenhagen climate summit will be more about politics than science. President Obama should stay away Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/print\/50321\"><strong>Jared Diamond&#8217;s Ecocidal NYT Op-Ed<\/strong><\/a> (Common Dreams.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s Official: This Decade the Hottest on Record:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/09\/science\/earth\/09climate.html?_r=1&#038;ref=global-home\"><strong>No Slowdown of Global Warming, Agency Says<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2009\/12\/08\/world-meteorological-organization-wmo-2000s-warmest-hottest-decade-on-record\/\"><strong>World Meteorological Organization and NOAA both report: 2000-2009 is the hottest decade on record<\/strong><\/a>: 2009 among 5 warmest years: &#8220;Only North America (United States and Canada) experienced conditions that were cooler than average.&#8221; (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/12\/only-north-america-cooler-average-temps-2009.php?campaign=daily_nl\"><strong>Only North America Experienced Cooler than Average Temps in 2009<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2009\/12\/00s-hottest-decade-or-record.php?campaign=daily_nl\"><strong>&#8220;The 00s&#8221; the Hottest Decade on Record<\/strong><\/a>(Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li>READ THE RELEASE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmo.int\/pages\/mediacentre\/press_releases\/pr_869_en.html\"><strong>2000-2009, The Warmest Decade<\/strong><\/a>, World Meteorological Association<\/li>\n<li>READ THE RELEASE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noaanews.noaa.gov\/stories2009\/20091208_globalstats.html\"><strong>NOAA: 2009 Global Temperatures Well Above Average; Slightly Above-Average for U.S.<\/strong><\/a> (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Iceberg, Dead Ahead!:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/superberg-b17b-heading-our-way-20091209-kk2h.html\"><strong>Superberg B17B heading our way<\/strong><\/a>: Its size coincides with the just-discovered net loss of ice from the world&#8217;s largest frozen water mass, the East Antarctic ice sheet. Elsewhere in Antarctica, on its peninsula, seven ice shelves have broken up in 20 years. (The Age Australia)<\/li>\n<li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/ondeadline\/post\/2009\/12\/12-mile-long-monster-iceberg-drifting-toward-australia\/1\"><strong>12-mile-long monster iceberg drifting toward Australia<\/strong><\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/Newsroom\/view.php?id=41455\"><strong>Unexpected Ice Loss Detected in East Antarctica<\/strong><\/a> (NASA Earth Observatory)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,1929071_1929070_1943136,00.html\"><strong>East Antarctica, Long Stable, Is Now Losing Ice<\/strong><\/a> (Time)<\/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> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2009\/12\/08\/AR2009120804490.html\"><strong>A lingering pool of disbelief: Despite a decade of record drought, Australian farmers refuse to buy into climate change<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB126020179812780059.html?mod=loomia&#038;loomia_si=t0:a16:g4:r1:c0:b0\"><strong>EPA Announces &#8216;Endangerment Finding&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Wall St. Journal)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2009\/12\/04\/04greenwire-new-policy-on-lobbyists-could-spur-shake-up-fo-42663.html\"><strong>New Policy on Lobbyists Could Spur Shake-Up for EPA Advisory Panel<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2009\/12\/02\/2\"><strong>Senate panel opens door to carbon tax, sector-specific GHG limits<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2009-12-09-tax-fraud-costs-e.u.-carbon-trading-system-billions\/\"><strong>Tax fraud costs E.U. carbon-trading system billions<\/strong><\/a> (AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/12\/07\/koch-swiftboat-science\/\"><strong>Right-Wing Billionaire David Koch Funding SwiftBoat Campaign Against Global Warming Science<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/mojo\/2009\/12\/solar-eyesores\"><strong>Solar Eyesores<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times): No one said saving the environment would be pretty, but suburban homeowners associations are blocking solar panel installations because they think they&#8217;re ugly.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/greens-solar-power-for-marines\/13561\/\"><strong>Marines take portable GREENS solar power to the front lines<\/strong><\/a> (Gizmag)<\/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.) IN TODAY&#8217;S AUDIO REPORT: Obama&#8217;s Nobel &#8216;green&#8217; Prize?; Climate talks &#8212; and protests &#8212; continue in Copenhagen&#8230; PLUS: What should we call the decade of the 2000s? How about &#8220;The Hottest in Recorded History&#8220;?!&#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report! 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