{"id":7801,"date":"2010-04-15T13:01:59","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T20:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2010-04-15T13:01:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T20:01:59","slug":"green-news-report-april-15-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7801","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; April 15, 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_CoalDirtyHands.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> The First Lady goes to Haiti; Earthquake in Tibet; Volcano in Iceland; Climate scientists cleared of wrongdoing &#8212; <em>AGAIN<\/em> &#8230; <em>PLUS:<\/em> A War on Coal?  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(Christian Science Monitor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2010\/apr\/15\/wen-jiabao-china-earthquake\"><strong>China earthquake: Prime minister visits ruins as focus turns to schools<\/strong><\/a>: Wen Jiabao pledges help as 10,000 rescuers rush to stricken Yushu area in Qinghai (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.discovery.com\/earth\/so-many-earthquakes-the-end-is-nigh.html\"><strong>So Many Earthquakes! The End is Nigh!<\/strong><\/a> (Discovery)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Iceland Volcano Erupts, Hundreds Evacuated, Air Travel Suspended:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/eu_iceland_volcano;_ylt=ApyypbTb6mBPh4WphQy7BdGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNpZTUxYTVrBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNDE1L2V1X2ljZWxhbmRfdm9sY2FubwRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEcHQDaG9tZV9jb2tlBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2ljZWxhbmRzdm9sYw--\"><strong>Iceland&#8217;s volcanic ash halts flights across Europe<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100415\/ap_on_re_eu\/eu_volcanos_airliners\"><strong>Q &#038; A: Volcanic ash poses major flight hazard to airlines<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-0416-france-iceland-volcano-20100416,0,4450514.story\"><strong>Volcano: Main Paris airport closing within hours due to ash<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Climate Scientists Cleared &#8212; <em>AGAIN:<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/92135-inquiry-clears-climate-gate-researchers-of-scientific-malpractice?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><strong>Inquiry Clears &#8216;Climate-gate&#8217; Researchers of Scientific Malpractice<\/strong><\/a>: The &#8220;Climate-gate&#8221;\u009d scandal isn&#8217;t tarnishing global warming research the way that climate skeptics &#8220;\u201c including several Capitol Hill lawmakers &#8220;\u201c might have hoped. (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2010\/04\/climategate-officially-fake-scandal\"><strong>Climategate: Officially a Fake Scandal<\/strong><\/a> (Kate Sheppard. Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Coal Industry in the Hot Seat:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/82377\/obama-assigns-responsibility-for-mining-blast-outlines-strategy-for-reform\"><strong>Obama Assigns Responsibility for Mining Blast, Outlines Strategy for Reform: President Blames Failure of Management, Oversight and Laws<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Independent):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;We owe them more than prayers. We owe them action.&#8221;\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Those were the words of President Obama, who spoke from the White House Rose Garden this morning on steps he plans to take in the wake of last week&#8217;s explosion that took the lives of 29 West Virginia coal miners. And he didn&#8217;t mince words when it came to assigning fault for the calamity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s still a lot that we don&#8217;t know,&#8221;\u009d he said. &#8220;But we do know that this tragedy was triggered by a failure at the Upper Big Branch mine &#8220;\u201d a failure first and foremost of management, but also a failure of oversight and a failure of laws so riddled with loopholes that they allow unsafe conditions to continue.&#8221;\u009d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Congressional Hearing: <a href=\"http:\/\/globalwarming.house.gov\/pubs?id=0017\"><strong>The Role of Coal in a New Energy Age<\/strong><\/a> (House Subcommittee on Energy and Global Warming)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2010\/04\/coal-back-future\"><strong>Coal: Back to the Future?<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/04\/13\/AR2010041304643.html\"><strong>U.S. mine safety agency faulted on choice of man to lead probe into explosion<\/strong><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">After a coal mine explosion that killed five people in 2006,<br \/>\nan internal review by the Mine Safety and Health Administration sharply criticized its own inspection process.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nNow the MSHA district manager who oversaw that mine&#8217;s inspections has been named to lead the investigation.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Former regulators and industry experts said MSHA should have chosen someone else<\/strong> to investigate last week&#8217;s accident in West Virginia, the deadliest in a quarter-century.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Other experts said MSHA should convene a public hearing, which is the only way for the agency to use subpoena power. <\/strong>MSHA has only held one public hearing about coal mine safety, and that was in 1977. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>OP-ED: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvgazette.com\/Opinion\/OpEdCommentaries\/201004130270\"><strong>Coal Has Been Bad for West Virginia<\/strong><\/a> (Charleston Gazette) [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the truth: Coal has not been good for West Virginia. Coal has been good for corporations.<\/strong> After more than a century of extracting this valuable resource from the earth, the considerable profits it has generated have gone elsewhere. West Virginia is not known for a robust economy or a prosperous citizenry.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>OP-ED: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/massey-energy-bought-workers-comp-insurance-shortly-before-mine-blast58518\"><strong>Massey Energy Bought Workers&#8217; Comp Insurance Shortly Before Mine Blast<\/strong><\/a> (Truthout)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truthout.org\/the-hazards-using-toxic-coal-ash-land-development58535\"><strong>The Hazards of Using Toxic Coal Ash for Land Development<\/strong><\/a> (Facing South)<\/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.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/apr2010\/2010-04-13-091.html\"><strong>Farmers Who Plant Biotech Crops Grow Pesticide-Resistant Weeds<\/strong><\/a> (Environmental News Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2010\/04\/12\/global-cooling-hottest-march-on-record-nasa-uah-rss-satellite-data\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29&#038;utm_content=Twitter\"><strong>Bye-bye, global cooling myth: Hottest March and hottest Jan-Feb-March on record<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/esciencenews.com\/articles\/2010\/04\/12\/energy.conservation.south.could.save.billions.create.jobs\"><strong>Energy conservation in south could save billions, create jobs<\/strong><\/a> (E! 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