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IN TODAY’S AUDIO REPORT: Hurricane Ida hits oil prices; EPA hits greenhouse gas emissions; China “cleans our clock”; California inks historic water deal … PLUS: Pro-Coal coloring books for kids! … All that and more in today’s Green News Report!
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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’: One Million Energy Star Home Owners Can’t Be Wrong; On Environmental Brink, Haiti Scrambles for a Lifeline; WV Dept. of Environmental Protection finds problems at W.Va.’s coal-ash dams; U.S. Uses Less Water Now Than 35 Years Ago; Electric Eel Inspires a New Type of Battery; “Conservatives Heart Nuke Power†— Too bad they don’t “brain†it… PLUS: Is the U.S. News Media Failing to Do Its Job on Climate Change? ….
Info/links on those stories and all the ones we talked about on today’s episode follow below…
- Oil Prices Rise on Threat of Ida:
- Gulf Coast Readies for a Weakened Ida (Wall St. Journal)
- Crude Oil Rises as Hurricane Ida Disrupts Output, Dollar Drops (Bloomberg)
- Ida weakens to depression, Gulf oil patch recovers
- EPA C02 endangerment finding to White House
- Texas Wind Farm Deal to Create Green Jobs — for China:
- “Chinese” Wind Farm in Texas: Green Jobs FAIL? (Treehugger)
- Chinese Involvement in Proposed Texas Wind Farm Stirs Passions (Green Inc.)
- Schumer Seeks to Block Stimulus Money for Chinese-Backed Texas Wind Farm (Green Inc.)
- WATCH IT: Lisa Jackson on Real Time with Bill Maher [free subscription required] (BillShow.net)
- Historic, Landmark Water Deal Signed In California:
- California legislators strike a final water deal: The package includes an $11-billion bond measure, groundwater monitoring and a conservation plan. Some critics call the policy changes weak and harmful to salmon fisheries (LA Times)
- California Water Overhaul Caps Use (NY Times)
- Schwarzenegger signs legislation for giant water bond (Sacramento Bee)
- An End to California’s Water Wars? (Mother Jones)
- Winners and losers in water deal (Contra Costa Time)
- Sierra Club: Is California Really Solving Its Water Crisis? (Huffington Post Green)
- Natural Resources Defense Council: Historic Water Reform Package Passes California Legislature (NRDC.org)
- Where Will California Get Its Water? (NRDC.org)
- U.S. to review California water diversion rulings (Reuters)
- OPINION:Dan Walters: Water plan’s size, pork may sink it (Sacramento Bee)
- Hey Kids! Get Your Free Pro-Coal Coloring Book! It’s Not Propaganda At All!:
- Coal Propaganda for Kids (Mother Jones)
- ‘Let’s Learn About Coal’: Industry Front Group Distributes Coloring Book On The ‘Advantages’ Of Coal (Think Progress)
- Battle over coal moves into Raleigh classrooms (West Virginia Gazette)
- OPINION: Pro-coal curriculum doesn’t belong in classroom (The Daily Aethenaeum)
- Friends of Coal Forms Ladies’ Auxiliary (WV State Journal) [emphasis added]:
“We’d really like this to be statewide, that it be mandatory in the schools that they learn about coal. That’s who we are,” Fairchild said.
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This summer, present members will visit children in local hospitals with a special present, Mr. Coal. Mr. Coal, a friend for life, is a small, black Labrador stuffed puppy meant to bring a smile to kids’ faces during hospital stays. - Coal Pollution Kills 24,000 Americans Every Year (American Lung Association)
- 1,000,000 Energy Star Home Owners Can’t Be Wrong (Treehugger)
- On Environmental Brink, Haiti Scrambles for a Lifeline (Greenwire)
- Dept. of Environmental Protection finds problems at W.Va.’s coal-ash dams: Agents should ‘look at these things more frequently,’ official says (West Virginia Gazette)
- US Uses Less Water Now Than 35 Years Ago (Mother Jones)
- A biological battery: The electric eel inspires a new type of battery (The Economist)
- David Frum says “Conservatives Heart Nuke Power.†Too bad they don’t “brain†it. (Climate Progress)
- Is the U.S. News Media Failing to Do Its Job on Climate Change? (Greenbiz)
‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’: More green news not covered in today’s audio report…
