{"id":8325,"date":"2011-01-27T13:42:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T21:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=8325"},"modified":"2011-01-27T14:21:01","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T22:21:01","slug":"green-news-report-january-27-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=8325","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; January 27, 2011"},"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_SarahPalin_HomerDonutPowered.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; 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All GNRs are always archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\">GreenNews.BradBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN &#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/strong> (<em>see links below<\/em>): Cost of climate change two times higher than Fed&#8217;s estimate; Australia&#8217;s PM calls for &#8216;flood tax&#8217; for cleanup costs; Rise in childhood cancers parallels rise in toxic chemicals; The Oscar-nominated short Green Doc you must see; TX defies EPA on power plant pollution permit; Was Genghis Khan history&#8217;s greenest conqueror?; 20 dead in Colombia coal mine blast; PA fracking blowout dumps toxic chemicals in state forest &#8230; <em>PLUS<\/em>:  SkepticGate!: Climate change-denying scientist revealed to be funded by oil industry &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED IN TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/mmtv\/201101260055\"><b>Sarah Palin Calls Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Sputnik Moment&#8221; a &#8220;WTF Moment&#8221;:<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><object width='320' height='260'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/cloudfront.mediamatters.org\/static\/flash\/player.swf'><\/param><param name='flashvars' value='config=http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/embed\/cfg2?id=201101260055'><\/param><param name='allowscriptaccess' value='always'><\/param><param name='allownetworking' value='all'><\/param><embed src='http:\/\/cloudfront.mediamatters.org\/static\/flash\/player.swf' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' flashvars='config=http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/embed\/cfg2?id=201101260055' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='260'><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>&#8220;Snowmageddon&#8221; Hits Northeast AGAIN, Hilarious Fox News FAIL&#8230; AGAIN:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE70Q6M120110127\"><b>Record Snow Again Buries Northeast<\/b><\/a> (Reuters) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A thick blanket of snow covered Northeast on Thursday, as <b>the fifth major storm of the winter set snowfall records<\/b>, delayed the opening of financial markets and clogged Washington highways with abandoned cars.<\/p>\n<p>Snow fell from Virginia to Maine on Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, <b>putting additional strain on cities and states already faced with overwhelming budget deficits<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mediamatters.org\/research\/201101270013\"><b>Fox Tries To Debunk Global Warming, Fails Miserably<\/b><\/a> (Media Matters.org):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In an article titled, &#8220;Five Reasons the Planet May Not Be Its Hottest Ever,&#8221; FoxNews.com sought to debunk the fact that Earth has warmed over the past 30 years, as well as the notion that human activity has contributed to the warming. <b>But Fox largely ignored climate science and botched basic facts in the article, portions of which &#8220;are utter nonsense&#8221; and &#8220;do not make sense&#8221; according to climatologists<\/b> consulted by Media Matters, including one of the skeptics cited by Fox.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>From the GREENEST State of the Union&#8230;.:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/140209-white-house-fact-sheet-details-obamas-sotu-energy-plan\"><b>White House fact sheet details Obama&#8217;s SOTU energy plan<\/b><\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE6103RM20100201\"><strong>Obama Budget Seeks To End Oil, Gas Subsidies<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/idls8b\"><strong>Obama Calls for Clean Energy And High-Speed Rail in State of the Union<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE70O50V20110126\"><strong>Obama Sets 2035 Clean Electricity Target<\/strong><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/140223-oil-industry-pans-obamas-state-of-the-union-address?utm_campaign=E2Wire&#038;utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><b>Oil industry pans Obama&#8217;s state of the union address<\/b><\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/POLITICS\/01\/25\/sotu.response.bachmann\/\"><b>VIDEO:  Republican &#8220;Response&#8221; via the Tea Party: Bachmann&#8217;s response to State of the Union<\/b><\/a> (CNN)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2011\/01\/25\/133227396\/transcript-gop-response-from-rep-paul-ryan?ps=cprs\"><b>Republican Response: Transcript: GOP Response From Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/26315908\/ns\/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show\/#41283983\"><b>VIDEO: Republicans Were For Cap-And-Trade Before They Were Against It<\/b><\/a> (The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/ewBH1p\"><b>Obama &#8216;Ducks &#038; Covers&#8217; On Climate<\/b><\/a> (NYT Dot Earth)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/gFjRbr\"><b>Is Energy Really &#8216;Non-Partisan&#8221;?<\/b><\/a> (Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/g2mWmp\"><b>Obama Was Wrong Not To Mention Climate Change in His State of the Union<\/b><\/a> (David Roberts, Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yhoo.it\/hfEYBY\"><b>How Clean Is Obama&#8217;s Clean Energy Standard?<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><b>&#8230;.To the State of Wisconsin: Obama Talks Clean Energy at Solar Panel Factory in Green Bay:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/world\/konrad-yakabuski\/in-wisconsin-the-scale-of-obamas-task-is-made-plain\/article1884148\/\"><b>In Wisconsin, the scale of Obama&#8217;s task is made plain<\/b><\/a> (Toronto Globe &#038; Mail) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The President built on the theme of his Tuesday night State of the Union speech and <b>his call for the United States to &#8220;out-innovate, out-educate and out-build&#8221;\u009d the rest of the world to stave off its own decline<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;The nation that leads the world in clean energy will lead the global economy in the 21st century<\/b>,&#8221;\u009d Mr. Obama told workers at Orion Energy Systems, a small company that develops energy-efficient lighting. &#8220;This is not something that I&#8217;m making up to fill up time in a speech. China is making these investments. They have already captured a big chunk of the solar market partly because we fell down on the job.&#8221;\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2011\/01\/26\/AR2011012607905.html\"><b>Obama takes his message to Wisconsin<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisn.com\/r\/26631845\/detail.html\"><b>President Surprised In Manitowoc: Unexpected Connection Between City, &#8220;State Of The Union&#8221;, and SPUTNIK<\/b><\/a> (WISN Milwaukee):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">When the president mentioned America&#8217;s &#8220;sputnik moment&#8221; during his State of the Union address, he didn&#8217;t know Manitowoc already had America&#8217;s first &#8220;sputnik moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A circle marks the spot where the Russian satellite fell to earth in September 1962. The 10-pound chunk landed in the middle of a busy downtown street.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pJomnVQ76nE\"><b>VIDEO: Obama Road Tests Message on Economic Competitiveness in Wisconsin<\/b><\/a> (PBS NewsHour)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"340\" height=\"221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJomnVQ76nE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<li><b>Newt Gingrich Proposes Abolishing the EPA:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/news\/feature\/2011\/01\/26\/newt_gingrich_epa\/index.html\"><b>Newt Gingrich Wants to Get Rid of the EPA<\/b><\/a> (Salon) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The former House Speaker says the agency is one big bureaucratic tangle and thinks it <b>should be replaced by a body that works closely with businesses<\/b> to create jobs, according to the AP.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nGingrich &#8212; who is (yet again) mulling over a 2012 run for the Republican party nomination, something he <b>calls his proposed entity the &#8220;Environmental Solution Agency.<\/b>&#8221; The organization would specifically <b>pursue the development of clean coal <\/b>and rewrite regulations governing the development of small nuclear plants, but its primary objective would be to streamline regulation and integrate the causes of the environment and business, he says.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/i> (Stuff we didn&#8217;t have time for in today&#8217;s audio report)&#8230;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ekTXcl\"><b>Revised Data Show Feds Understate Climate Costs<\/b><\/a> (Daily Climate &#038; Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The cost of climate change impacts runs twice as high as previously estimated, according to revised data from a key economic model used by federal agencies.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/5\/20110127\/twl-australia-flood-tax-to-pay-for-clean-3fd0ae9.html\"><b>Australia PM Proposes National &#8216;Flood Tax&#8217; To Pay Staggering Costs of Cleanup<\/b><\/a> (Yahoo News UK)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ens-newswire.com\/ens\/jan2011\/2011-01-26-01.html\"><b>Rise in Childhood Cancers Parallels Toxic Chemical Proliferation<\/b><\/a> (Environment News Service):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress today to help communities determine whether there is a connection between clusters of cancer, birth defects and other diseases, and contaminants in the surrounding environment.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dWZZGv\"><b>The Oscar-Nominated Green Documentary Short You Have To Watch<\/b><\/a> (Yale 360)\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Filmmakers Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon are up for the best short documentary Oscar this year with The Warriors of Qiugang &#8212; which you can watch in its entirety on Yale Environment 360.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/business\/7399634.html\"><b>Texas Defies EPA on Corpus Christi Power Plant Air Permit<\/b><\/a> (Houston Chronicle):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Texas officials granted an air permit for a proposed Corpus Christi power plant Wednesday despite calls from federal regulators to delay approval of the controversial request.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lat.ms\/dVt6rK\"><b>West Coast Senators Push Pacific Shore Drilling Ban<\/b><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Democratic senators from the California, Oregon and Washington state launched a new drive Tuesday to ban drilling off the Pacific coast but face long odds of getting the bill past the House&#8217;s new Republican majority, especially at a time of high gasoline prices.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/climate-weather\/stories\/was-genghis-khan-historys-greenest-conqueror\"><b>Was Genghis Khan history&#8217;s greenest conqueror?<\/b><\/a> (Mother Nature Network):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Mongol invasion scrubbed nearly 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere, according to surprising new research.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/gA4CKA\"><b>20 Dead in Colombia Coal Mine Explosion<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post Green)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressconnects.com\/article\/20110125\/NEWS01\/101250370\/Pa\"><strong>Pennsylvania Fracking Blowout Spews Drilling Fluid Onto State Forest Lands<\/strong><\/a> (Gannett News Service):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Talisman Energy has resumed its Marcellus drilling operations in Pennsylvania, a week after one of the company&#8217;s gas wells experienced a blowout that caused an uncontrolled discharge of sand and fracking fluids onto state forest lands in Tioga County.&#8221; 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