{"id":7717,"date":"2010-02-25T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7717"},"modified":"2010-02-25T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T21:13:02","slug":"green-news-report-february-25-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7717","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; February 25, 2010"},"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_Shark.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 RADIO REPORT:<\/strong>  Great white sharks more scarce than endangered tigers; Vermont says no to nukes; End of the line for Hummer &#8230; <em>PLUS:<\/em>  Inhofe&#8217;s war on science &#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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Guilt-free, compostable plastic; State hiring freezes stall fed weatherization program; Big loan for Big Solar; Alaskan villagers first U.S. &#8216;climate refugees&#8217;; Venture capitalists slam GOP campaign to halt CA climate law; Great <em>Atlantic<\/em> Garbage Patch found; Navy to study toxic water deaths at Camp Lejeune, NC; Tea baggers spread climate science disinfo&#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>: Climate denier industry: the <em>same folks<\/em> who denied tobacco and acid rain&#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>Great White Sharks Getting Scarce:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/earth\/wildlife\/7268636\/Great-white-sharks-more-endangered-than-tigers.html\"><strong>Great white sharks &#8216;more endangered than tigers&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Telegraph UK)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>End Of The Line For Hummer:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Rust in Peace: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/25\/business\/25hummer.html\"><strong>G.M. to Close Hummer After Sale Collapses<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li>FLASHBACK: <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/1999\/06\/30\/companies\/gm\/\"><strong>GM Buys Hummer: Carmaker to market the Hummer, civilian version of military vehicle<\/strong><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Vermont Votes to Close Nuclear Power Plant:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2010\/02\/vermont-shut-down-leaking-nuclear-plant\"><strong>Vermont to Shut Down Leaking Nuclear Plant<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/press-center\/releases2\/vermont-senate-votes-to-retire\"><strong>Vermont Senate Votes To Retire Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant in Historic Decision<\/strong><\/a> (Greenpeace)<\/li>\n<li>OVERVIEW: <a href=\"http:\/\/trueslant.com\/oshagraydavidson\/2010\/02\/16\/the-vermont-yankee-nuclear-scandal\/\"><strong>The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Scandal<\/strong><\/a> (True\/Slant):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In October a panel of nuclear experts appointed by the state legislature reported that there were, in fact, pipes buried under the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant. They contained contaminated water. Entergy admitted that the pipes were there. [Jay Thayer, VP of operations at Entergy Nuclear] statement, said a company representative, was just a &#8220;miscommunication.&#8221;\u009d<br \/>\n&#8230;.<br \/>\n&#8220;It was never my intention to mislead anyone,&#8221;\u009d he said, &#8220;and I apologize for the confusion that this has created.&#8221;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesargus.com\/article\/20100202\/NEWS01\/2020361\/1002\/NEWS01\"><strong>Backtracking and in trouble: A detailed timeline on who said what on Vt. Yankee<\/strong><\/a> (Vermont Times-Argus)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reformer.com\/ci_14370374\"><strong>Health chief: Tritium likely in river<\/strong><\/a> (Brattleboro Reformer, VT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2010\/02\/01\/national\/main6163433.shtml\"><strong>A Quarter of U.S. Nuclear Plants Leaking<\/strong><\/a>: 27 of 104 Plants Leak Radioactive Tritium, a Carcinogen, Raising Concerns About Nation&#8217;s Aging Plants (CBS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Lotta Hot Air at Senate EPA Budget Hearing:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ttP3OOG54o4&#038;feature=player_embedded\"><strong>Bernie Sanders Compares Climate Deniers to Nazi Deniers<\/strong><\/a>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ttP3OOG54o4&#038;hl=en_US&#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\/ttP3OOG54o4&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x234900&#038;color2=0x4e9e00\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2010\/02\/23\/23greenwire-epa-chief-goes-toe-to-toe-with-senate-gop-over-72892.html\"><strong>EPA Chief Goes Toe-To-Toe With Senate GOP Over Climate Science<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2010\/02\/22\/jackson-ghg-weaken-delay\/\"><strong>Lisa Jackson Announces EPA Will Delay And Weaken Proposed Greenhouse Standards<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/blog\/20100223\/us-plans-greenhouse-gas-regulations-2011-hopes-ccs\"><strong>US Plans for Greenhouse Gas Regulations in 2011, Hopes for CCS<\/strong><\/a> (Solve Climate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2010\/02\/25\/sen-inhofe-inquisition-seeking-ways-to-criminalize-and-prosecute-17-leading-climate-scientists\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29&#038;utm_content=Twitter\"><strong>Sen. Inhofe inquisition seeking ways to criminalize and prosecute 17 leading climate scientists<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li>WATCH IT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c-spanvideo.org\/program\/292222-1\"><strong>EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Testifies Before the Senate Committee Environment and Public Works<\/strong><\/a> (C-SPAN)\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.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/02\/gop-senator-lisa-murkowski-carbon-tax.php\"><strong>Not Buyin&#8217; It: Why is GOP Senator Lisa &#8220;Dirty Air&#8221; Murkowski Calling for a Carbon Tax?<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-11128_3-10456612-54.html\"><strong>Guilt-free plastic for composting in your yard<\/strong><\/a> (CNET)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/24\/science\/earth\/24weatherize.html?hp\"><strong>Hiring Freezes Hamper Weatherization Plan<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/22\/loan-guarantee-for-a-big-solar-power-plant\/#more-40437\"><strong>Big Loan Guarantee for a Big Solar Power Plant<\/strong><\/a>  (Green Inc.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSN2221852020100223?type=marketsNews\"><strong>Alaska&#8217;s climate refugees build new village<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/solveclimate.com\/blog\/20100222\/venture-capitalists-move-repeal-california-climate-law-endangers-job-creator\"><strong>Venture Capitalists: Move to Repeal California Climate Law Endangers a Job Creator<\/strong><\/a> (Solve Climate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8534052.stm\"><strong>Plastic rubbish blights Atlantic Ocean<\/strong><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2010\/02\/19\/86571\/navy-agrees-to-study-impact-of.html\"><strong>Navy agrees to study impact of Camp Lejeune&#8217;s toxic water<\/strong><\/a> (McClatchy DC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/24\/science\/earth\/24weatherize.html?hp\"><strong>Hiring Freezes Hamper Weatherization Plan<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><strong>PLUS:  Same Peeps in Climate Change Denier Industry as Tobacco and Acid Rain Denier Industry:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.guardian.co.uk\/ms\/p\/gmg\/op\/sRzbhpiA0jIH5iLRAfqL-dQ\/view.m?id=328243&#038;tid=120787&#038;chk_my-text=t,1;c,1&#038;cat=Most_Read\"><strong>Climate sceptics are recycled critics of controls on tobacco and acid rain<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.terradaily.com\/reports\/The_Role_Of_Mass_Media_In_Climate_Change_Skepticism_999.html\"><strong>The Role Of Mass Media In Climate Change Skepticism<\/strong><\/a> (Terra Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/02\/afp-tea-party-movement-spread-anti-epa-propaganda.php\"><strong>Anti-EPA Propaganda Spreads Through Tea Party Movement<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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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