{"id":7760,"date":"2010-03-23T14:06:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T21:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7760"},"modified":"2010-03-23T14:06:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T21:06:25","slug":"green-news-report-march-23-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7760","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 23, 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_WaterBottleBeach.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> World Water Day; Remembering a champion of conservation; Record Canadian winter, record Beijing dust storm; No ban for the Bluefin Tuna (Sorry, Charlie!)&#8230; <em>PLUS:<\/em> The U.S. Chamber of Commerce grows its own astroturf group!&#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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CEO says refiners won&#8217;t invest if EPA regulates; Ford to save over $1 mil by turning off computers; EPA boosts chemical restrictions for water &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  The Best Argument Against Global Warming &#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>IT&#8217;S WORLD WATER DAY:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwaterday.org\/\"><strong>United Nations World Water Day<\/strong><\/a> (World Water Day.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/03\/infographic-all-the-water-in-the-world-doesnt-amount-to-much.php\"><strong>Of All The Water in the World, Just 0.08% Makes It To Our Faucets (Infographic)<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/03\/stand-in-line-joyfully-at-the-worlds-longetst-toilet-queue-for-world-water-day-video.php?campaign=daily_nl\"><strong>Stand In Line (Joyfully) At The World&#8217;s Longest Toilet Queue for World Water Day! (Video)<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetark.org\/enviro-news\/item\/57254\"><strong>Waste Water Kills Millions Of Children, Pollutes Sea<\/strong><\/a> (Planet Ark)<\/li>\n<li>YOU CAN HELP:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charitywater.org\/unshaken\/\"><strong>Charity:Water: Helping Haiti recover by providing long-term clean water solutions.<\/strong><\/a>: 100% of donations directly fund water projects in 11 areas in Haiti.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howstuffworks.com\/water-info.htm\"><strong>HOW STUFF WORKS:  WATER<\/strong><\/a> (How Stuff Works.com)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/annie-leonard\/the-story-of-bottled-wate_b_507942.html\"><strong>The Story of Bottled Water: Fear, Manufactured Demand and a $10,000 Sandwich<\/strong><\/a> (Huffington Post Green):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Se12y9hSOM0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Se12y9hSOM0&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"425\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<li><strong>Remembering A Champion of Conservation:  Stuart Udall, <em>1920-2010<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/21\/nyregion\/21udall.html\"><strong>Stewart L. Udall, 90, Conservationist in Kennedy and Johnson Cabinets, Dies<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li>In His Own Words:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/now\/science\/udall.html\"><strong>Stuart Udall Interviewed by Bill Moyers<\/strong><\/a> (PBS <em>Now With Bill Moyers<\/em>, 11\/14\/2003)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>TWO MORE for the Record Books:  Warmest, Driest, and Dust-Stormiest: <\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rawstory.com\/2010\/03\/dought-blankets-beijing-thick-yellow-dust-storm\/\"><strong>Drought blankets Beijing in thick, yellow dust storm<\/strong><\/a> (RAW STORY)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/environment\/china-sandstorm-space-100323.html\"><strong>Massive China Sandstorm Seen from Space<\/strong><\/a> (Live Science)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/sandstorms-across-china-prompt-health-warnings\/article1507894\/\"><strong>Sandstorms across China prompt health warnings<\/strong><\/a> (Globe and Mail)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/world\/2010\/0322\/1224266810808.html\"><strong>More than 50 million hit by drought in south of China<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a> (Irish Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/world\/article\/0,8599,1974013,00.html?xid=rss-topstories\"><strong>Beijing: Onslaught of The Mongolian Cyclone<\/strong><\/a> (Time)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgaryherald.com\/technology\/Canada+warmest+winter+ever+beyond+shocking\/2666979\/story.html\"><strong>Canada&#8217;s warmest winter ever &#8216;beyond shocking&#8217;; Season was balmiest, driest on record.<\/strong><\/a>: From the balmy Arctic, to the open water of the St. Lawrence and snowless western fields, this winter has been the warmest and driest in Canadian record books. (Calgary Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fromthewestwing.com\/article\/Early%20thaw%20strands%20trucks%20on%20winter%20roads\/?k=j83s12y12h94s27k02\"><strong>Canada: Early thaw strands trucks on winter roads<\/strong><\/a> (AFP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/story\/2006\/03\/13\/warm-winter060313.html#ixzz0j26X2l9m\"><strong>Yes, it&#8217;s been the warmest Canadian winter on record<\/strong><\/a> (CBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>No Ban For Bluefin Tuna<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/blog\/post.cfm?id=sushi-cide-secret-ballot-kills-hope-2010-03-23\"><strong>Extinction Countdown: Secret ballot kills hopes for bluefin tuna protections<\/strong><\/a> (Scientific American)<\/li>\n<li>Gone Fishin&#8217;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/nations-now-free-to-fish-bluefin-tuna-to-extinction\"><strong>Nations now free to fish bluefin tuna to extinction<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>U.S. Chamber of Commerce Grows Its Own Astroturf:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2010\/mar\/08\/nation\/la-na-chamber9-2010mar09\"><strong>U.S. Chamber of Commerce grows into a political force<\/strong><\/a>: A swelling tide of money could put the business group in a better position to sway elections. (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/the-capitalist-anarchy-and-the-lobbyist-bubble-2010-03-23?reflink=MW_news_stmp\"><strong>The new Capitalist Anarchy and the Lobbyist Bubble<\/strong><\/a>: 261,000 lobbyists signal death of &#8216;invisible hand,&#8217; America&#8217;s moral compass (MarketWatch)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/03\/09\/chamber-geithner\/\"><strong>As Chamber Builds Up Political Operation, Treasury Officials Express Frustration With Group&#8217;s Distortions<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce\"><strong>SOURCE WATCH: U.S. Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> (Source Watch)<\/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.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2010\/03\/19\/19greenwire-usdas-organic-enforcers-let-offenders-slide-au-12233.html\"><strong>USDA&#8217;s Organic Enforcers Let Offenders Slide, Audit Says<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2010\/03\/19\/BAMJ1CIGND.DTL#ixzz0j2AG8Kw6\"><strong>Study backs efforts to save delta fish<\/strong><\/a> (SF Gate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theolympian.com\/2010\/03\/20\/1178826\/gregoire-signs-safe-plastic-law.html#ixzz0j2Ami1pL\"><strong>Washington becomes 5th state to outlaw bisphenol-A; other environmental bills also inked<\/strong><\/a> (The Olympian)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnr.com\/blog\/the-vine\/does-health-care-affect-the-climate-debate-all\"><strong>Does Health Care Affect The Climate Debate At All?<\/strong><\/a> (The New Republic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSN2222204620100322\"><strong>Valero CEO says EPA rules will freeze investment<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wwwp.dailyclimate.org\/tdc-newsroom\/2010\/03\/global-cooling-is-bunk-draft-nasa-study-finds\"><strong>Global cooling is bunk, draft NASA study finds<\/strong><\/a> (The Daily Climate)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/ford-pc-power-management-system\/14592\/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&#038;utm_campaign=72e773400e-UA-2235360-4&#038;utm_medium=email\"><strong>Ford to save over a million dollars by turning off computers<\/strong><\/a> (Gizmag)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/23\/business\/23water.html\"><strong>U.S. Bolsters Chemical Restrictions for Water<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/blogs\/gleick\/detail??blogid=104&#038;entry_id=58962#ixzz0i09t6yAG\"><strong>The best argument against global warming<\/strong><\/a> (SF Gate)<\/li>\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Here is the best argument against global warming:<\/p>\n<p>. . . .<\/p>\n<p>Oh, right. 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