(Or use “Click here to listen…” link below.)IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: 2023 smashed records for global heating and billion-dollar weather disasters; Republican Presidential candidates vow to make climate change impacts as horrific as possible; PLUS: Biden Administration proposes first-ever fines to curb oil and gas industry’s methane pollution… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial, monitoring group says; Iowa’s political paradox: red state leads in wind as GOP denies climate change; UN cites conflicts, climate disasters in somber 2024 global economic forecast; Fight over fishing regulation could help tear down the administrative state; Biden awards $623 million in grants to build out electric vehicle charging network; Cyberattacks on 2 water utilities raise questions about US preparedness… PLUS: A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant… and much, MUCH more! …
STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…
- Record cold in Iowa, record flooding in Northeast, thanks to climate change:
- The Iowa caucuses are the coldest ever. These graphics show just how brutally cold it is (CNN)
- VIDEO: Northeast Hammered by Flooding, More on the Way (This Is Not Cool blog)
- Polar vortex, extreme weather events set to slam U.S. (Axios)
- VIDEO: Now That We Have Your Attention: Scientists on the Climate Altered Jet Stream (This Is Not Cool blog)
- In the Arctic, Less Sea Ice and More Snow on Land Are Pushing Cold Extremes to Eastern North America (Inside Climate News, 9/2/2021)
- 2023 smashed records for global heat and billion-dollar weather disasters:
- State of the Climate: 2023 smashes records for surface temperature and ocean heat (Carbon Brief)
- Earth was hotter than ever in 2023, approaching 1.5-degree warming limit (AP)
- U.S. struck with historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023 (NOAA)
- Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says (PBS NewsHour)
- 2023 shattered records for ocean heat content (again) (Axios)
- NASA confirms 2023 was the hottest year on record (Yahoo News)
- VIDEO: Fox Business host Larry Kudlow claims climate change is a hoax because it’s cold in Iowa (Media Matters)
- Natural gas plants the biggest contributors to power outages, study finds:
- Gas plants ‘disproportionately vulnerable to failure,’ warns Union of Concerned Scientists report (Utility Dive):
Extreme temperatures threaten gas plants and electric reliability, particularly in regions where grid operators use simple methods to account for resource contributions, according to UCS.
- In Nationwide Deepfreeze – Fossil Fuel Vulnerability Revealed (This Is Not Cool blog)
- New UCS Issue Brief Examines Reliability of Gas Power Plants, Calls for Reduced Reliance on Them (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- GOP 2024 presidential candidates vow to increase air pollution and kill US clean energy boom:
- VIDEO, Transcript: DeSantis vs Haley CNN GOP Debate (Rev)
- GOP candidates point to China when asked about threat of climate change (The Hill)
- GOP Candidates Commit to Fossil Fuels at Iowa’s Republican Debate (EOS)
- Biden Administration proposes first-ever fines for oil industry methane pollution:
- Biden Administration to Fine Oil and Gas Companies for Excess Methane (NY Times):
A plan to impose a fee of $900 to $1,500 on every excess ton of methane emissions would be the first federal price on greenhouse gas pollution.
- EPA sets out rules for proposed ‘methane fee’ for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies (AP)
- Oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in annual US health damages: Study (Environmental Health Network)
‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…
For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Daily Headlines page
- YouTube making money off new breed of climate denial, monitoring group says (Reuters)
- Iowa’s political paradox: red state leads in wind as GOP denies climate change (Oregon Live)
- UN cites conflicts, climate disasters in somber 2024 global economic forecast (AP)
- Fight Over Fishing Regulation Could Help Tear Down the Administrative State (NY Times)
- Biden awards $623 million in grants to build out electric vehicle charging network (AP)
- A huge battery has replaced Hawaii’s last coal plant (Canary Media)
- Tax-Credit Rules Leave Key ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Issues Unanswered (Canary Media)
- EPA Proposes Tougher Air Standards for Waste Burning Facilities (Bloomberg)
- Azerbaijan Appoints No Women To 28-Member Cop29 Climate Committee (Guardian)
- Cyberattacks on 2 water utilities raise questions about US preparedness (E&E News)
- John Kerry To Leave Biden Administration, Help Campaign (Axios)
- Will Storing CO2 In Old Oil Fields Slow Global Warming? Calif. Mulls Plan
(LA Times) - How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
- Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (Climate Crocks)
- These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
- Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
- Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
- Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
- Exxon’s Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
- VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
- Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
- An Optimist’s Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)
No, the ocean is not a bathtub nor like a bathtub (Seaports With Sea Level Change – 33).