{"id":10598,"date":"2014-04-24T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T22:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10598"},"modified":"2014-04-24T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T22:55:16","slug":"green-news-report-april-24-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=10598","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; April 24, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_CowboysIndiansKeystoneXL_042214.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;background-color:#F3FDF4;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;margin-top: -30px;line-height: 20px;background-image:url(\/Images\/GradientDarkGreen_headline.jpg);background-repeat:repeat-y;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i>Follow @GreenNewsReport&#8230;<\/i><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenNewsReport\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Twitter-icon.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-icon.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-icon.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<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\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/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><br \/><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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/the-green-news-report\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Stitcher' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/ListenOnStitcher.png\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><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\" hspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/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\" hspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i>(Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; 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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>): Sweeping reforms to protect coal miners from black lung disease; Game Over: killer video uses Tetris to explain climate change; China says 59% of its groundwater is polluted; Tea Party wants to help you go solar; WV coal ash spill: Health Dept. reports finally admits negative health impacts; Apple offers free recycling of its products; Score another victory for climate science and Michael Mann &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Let This Earth Day Be The Last &#8230; and much, <i>MUCH<\/i> more! &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thecolbertreport.cc.com\/videos\/kg42wy\/bad-news-for-ethanol-on-earth-day?xrs=share_copy_email\"><b>VIDEO: Bad News For Ethanol on Earth Day<\/b><\/a> (The Colbert Report):<\/li>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:#000000;width:420px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:colbertnation.com:6a005b1a-e416-4b29-b34d-f0b07f58742a\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/thecolbertreport.cc.com\/\">The Colbert Report<\/a><\/b><br \/>Get More: <a href=\"http:\/\/thecolbertreport.cc.com\/full-episodes\/\">Daily Show Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comedycentral.com\/indecision\">Indecision Political Humor<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thecolbertreport\">The Colbert Report on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invw.org\/article\/biomass-fuel-worse-for-cl-1432?utm_content=buffera7d56&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter.com&#038;utm_campaign=buffer\"><b>Biomass Fuel: Worse for Climate than Coal?<\/b><\/a> (Investigate West)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/small-wyoming-town-evacuated-gas-explosion-23447512\"><b>Residents of Wyoming Town Allowed to Return Home After Natural Gas Plant Explosion<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Fracking Company Ordered to Pay $3m in Damages:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/04\/23\/3429788\/fracking-verdict\/\"><b>In Landmark Ruling, Jury Says Fracking Company Must Pay $3 Million To Sickened Family<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;As we get more and more information about what the impacts of this industry really are, I think we&#8217;re going to see more and more of these kinds of verdicts.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalgasintel.com\/articles\/98145-dallas-jury-awards-family-295m-in-barnett-fracking-lawsuit\"><b>Dallas Jury Awards Family $2.95M in Barnett Fracking Lawsuit<\/b><\/a> (Natural Gas Intel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2014\/04\/23-1\"><b>&#8216;Straight from the Horse&#8217;s Mouth&#8217;: Former Oil Exec Says Fracking Not Safe<\/b><\/a> (Common Dreams): Retired Mobil VP confirms technology is dangerous and untested<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Keystone XL: State Dept Delays, Cowboys &#038; Indians Step Up Pressure:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/news\/obamas-last-shot-20140423\"><b>Obama&#8217;s Last Shot: The president came into office promising to make fighting climate change a priority. Now, he finally seems to be getting serious about it<\/b><\/a> (Rolling Stone) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[I]t&#8217;s no surprise that <b>I was told recently by members of the administration that the pipeline would, in fact, be rejected<\/b>. &#8220;If the president is really serious about his legacy on climate change, he can&#8217;t have that and approve Keystone,&#8221; an Obama insider told me. &#8220;The only question now is the timing of the announcement.&#8221; <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawacitizen.com\/Video%20Self%20described%20cowboys%20Indians%20fight%20Keystone%20pipeline\/9766696\/story.html\"><b>Video: Self-described &#8216;cowboys &#038; Indians&#8217; fight Keystone XL pipeline<\/b><\/a> (Ottawa Citizen):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Ranchers, farmers and aboriginal groups are protesting the Keystone XL pipeline together in Washington this week. The Obama administration has delayed a decision on the Alberta-Texas pipeline, possibly until next year.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/us-delays-review-keystone-xl-pipeline-184908883--finance.html\"><b>US delays review of Keystone XL pipeline<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The State Department didn&#8217;t say how much longer agencies will have to weigh in but cited a recent decision by a Nebraska judge overturning a state law that allowed the pipeline&#8217;s path through the state, prompting uncertainty and an ongoing legal battle. Nebraska&#8217;s Supreme Court isn&#8217;t expected to rule for another several months, and there could be more legal maneuvering after that. The delay potentially frees President Barack Obama to avoid making a final call on the pipeline until after the November election.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/04\/22\/3429089\/keystone-delay-politics\/\"><b>Delaying The Keystone XL Decision Wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t All About Politics<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/71666\/keystone-xl-pipeline-protest-washington\/\"><b>Cowboys And Indians Descend on Washington To Protest Pipeline<\/b><\/a> (TIME):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A coalition of ranchers, farmers and native tribes are staging protests against the Keystone XL pipeline on the National Mall this week with teepees, horses and a sacred fire that will burn for days.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetark.org\/enviro-news\/item\/71459\"><b>Many Canadian aboriginals see no compromise on oil sands pipeline<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>The Ongoing Disaster of the BP Oil Spill In the Gulf:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/numbers-on-the-board-the-gulf-coast-four-years-after-the-bp-disaster\/\"><b>4th Anniversary of BP Oil Disaster In the Gulf: The Gulf Coast, four years after the BP disaster<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/planetark.org\/enviro-news\/item\/71461\"><b>Compensation Battle Rages Four Years After BP&#8217;s U.S. Oil Spill<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2014\/04\/louisiana_texas_maryland_priva.html\"><b>Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Private Pension Funds File Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Fraud Suits Aganst BP<\/b><\/a> (New Orleans Times-Picayune)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ted-danson\/four-years-after-the-bp-g_b_5185946.html?utm_hp_ref=politics\"><b>Four Years After the BP Gulf Disaster &#8212; More Spills, No Safeguards, and a Push to Drill<\/b><\/a> (Oceana)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2014\/04\/21\/bps_refusing_to_pay_for_gulf_oil_spill_research\/\"><b>BP Is Refusing To Pay for Gulf Oil Spill Research<\/b><\/a> (Salon)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalpolicydigest.org\/2014\/04\/20\/offshore-safety-remains-questionable-four-years-deepwater-horizon\/\"><b>Offshore Safety Remains Questionable Four Years after Deepwater Horizon<\/b><\/a> (International Policy Digest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Oil Industry, U.S. Unprepared for Arctic Oil Spill:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nap.edu\/catalog.php?record_id=18625\"><b>REPORT: Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment (2014)<\/b><\/a> (National Research Council, National Academies Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskadispatch.com\/article\/20140423\/ability-respond-oil-spill-arctic-called-sorely-lacking\"><b>Ability to respond to oil spill in the Arctic called &#8216;sorely lacking&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Alaska Dispatch):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The lack of infrastructure in the Arctic would be a significant liability in the event of a large oil spill,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It is unlikely that responders could quickly react to an oil spill unless there were improved port and air access, stronger supply chains, and increased capacity to handle equipment, supplies, and personnel.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ens-newswire.com\/2014\/04\/23\/u-s-not-ready-for-oil-spill-in-arctic-waters\/\"><b>U.S. Not Ready for Oil Spill in Arctic Waters<\/b><\/a> (Environment News Service):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The warming climate is melting sea ice, opening U.S. Arctic waters to shipping and oil and gas development, but the National Research Council warned today that U.S. personnel, equipment, transportation, communication, navigation, and safety resources are not adequate for an Arctic oil spill response.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nThe Arctic poses challenges to oil spill response, such as extreme weather and environmental settings, limited operations and communications infrastructure, a vast geographic area, and vulnerable species, ecosystems, and cultures.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\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:\/\/www.publicintegrity.org\/2014\/04\/23\/14647\/us-announces-sweeping-reforms-protect-coal-miners-black-lung-disease\"><b>U.S. announces sweeping reforms to protect coal miners from black lung disease<\/b><\/a> (Center for Public Integrity):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve heard people say we should wait and study this more,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Perez said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have, quite literally, studied the issue to death. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 We have the tools to prevent this devastating disease. Now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time to muster the will to do it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/list\/this-killer-video-explains-climate-change-with-tetris\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=tweet&#038;utm_campaign=socialflow\"><b>GAME OVER: Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a killer video that explains climate change with Tetris<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/179375\/let-earth-day-be-last#\"><b>Let This Earth Day Be The Last<\/b><\/a> (Wen Stephenson, The Nation):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Let go of the pretense that \u00e2\u20ac\u0153environmentalism\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as we know it\u00e2\u20ac\u201dvirtuous green consumerism, affluent low-carbon localism, head-in-the-sand conservationism, feel-good greenwashed capitalism\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcomes anywhere near the radical response our situation requires. So, yeah, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had it with Earth Day\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand the culture of progressive green denial it represents.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/apr\/23\/china-half-groundwater-polluted\"><b>China says more than half of its groundwater is polluted<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Number of groundwater sites of poor or extremely poor quality increases to 59.6%, Chinese government says<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/news_and_politics\/politics\/2014\/04\/oklahoma_sb_1456_why_the_tea_party_is_fighting_for_solar_power.html\"><b>The Tea Party Wants to Help You Go Solar<\/b><\/a> (Slate):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Utility companies are waging war on the solar industry. But the clean energy movement has found an unexpected ally in their fight.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvgazette.com\/article\/20140423\/GZ01\/140429673\"><b>Report: WV coal ash spill sent thousands to hospital with symptoms \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcconsistent\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 with MCHM exposure<\/b><\/a> (Charleston Gazetter):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is every reason to believe from these data that hundreds of people, if not more, were directly affected by exposure to MCHM-contaminated water,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Richard Denison, an Environmental Defense Fund scientists who has closely followed the leak and its impacts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The state seems intent on minimizing any connection, while the data strongly suggest there is one.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/wireStory\/apple-offering-free-recycling-products-23410218?singlePage=true\"><b>Apple Offering Free Recycling of All Used Products<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Apple is offering free recycling of all its used products and vowing to power all of its stores, offices and data centers with renewable energy to reduce the pollution caused by its devices and online services.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2011\/11\/02\/359503\/victory-michael-mann\/#comment-355455\"><b>Score Another Victory for Scientists, Michael Mann and the Freedom of Inquiry<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/headline\/2014\/04\/23-1\"><b>&#8216;Straight from the Horse&#8217;s Mouth&#8217;: Former Oil Exec Says Fracking Not Safe<\/b><\/a> (Common Dreams): Retired Mobil VP confirms technology is dangerous and untested<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/04\/24\/3430563\/ohio-renewable-energy-law-savings\/\"><b>Ohio\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Clean Energy Programs Save Customers $2 For Every $1 They Spend<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/tom-philpott\/2014\/04\/europe-just-banned-apples-you-eat\"><b>Why American Apples Just Got Banned in Europe<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">DPA isn&#8217;t believed to be harmful on its own. But it has the potential to break down into a family of carcinogens called nitrosamines\u00e2\u20ac\u201dnot something you want to find on your daily apple. And that&#8217;s why European food safety regulators wanted more information on it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2014\/04\/22\/4074378\/at-a-rare-field-hearing-us-sen.html#storylink=cpy\"><b>Bye Bye Miami: U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson calls Miami Beach ground zero for sea level rise<\/b><\/a> (Miami Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/2014\/04\/23\/225373\/canada-moves-ahead-of-us-in-phasing.html?sp=\/99\/200\/260\/#storylink=cpy\"><b>Canada moves ahead of U.S. in phasing out older tank cars for shipping crude oil<\/b><\/a> (McClatchy DC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/march-was-fourth-warmest-on-record-globally-17304\"><b>March Was 4th Warmest on Record Globally<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-to-solve-global-warming-its-the-energy-supply\/\"><b>How to Solve Global Warming: It&#8217;s the Energy Supply<\/b><\/a> (Scientific American):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Carbon storage has to expand rapidly, or coal burning has to cease, if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nRestraining global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius will require <b>changing how the world produces and uses energy to power its cities and factories, heats and cools buildings, as well as moves people and goods in airplanes, trains, cars, ships and trucks<\/b>, according to the IPCC. Changes are required not just in technology, but also in people&#8217;s behavior.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/04\/13\/3426117\/climate-panel-avoiding-catastrophe-cheap\/\"><b>Climate Panel Stunner: Avoiding Climate Catastrophe Is Super Cheap &#8211; But Only If We Act Now<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>Now you might think it would be a no-brainer that humanity would be willing to pay a very high cost to avoid such catastrophes<\/b> and achieve the low emission &#8220;2\u00c2\u00b0C&#8221; (3.6\u00c2\u00b0F) pathway in the left figure above (RCP2.6 &#8211; which is a total greenhouse gas level in 2100 equivalent to roughly 450 parts per million of CO2). But the third report finds that the &#8220;cost&#8221; of doing so is to reduce the median annual growth of consumption over this century by a mere 0.06%.<\/p>\n<p><b>You read that right, the annual growth loss to preserve a livable climate is 0.06%<\/b> &#8211; and that&#8217;s &#8220;relative to annualized consumption growth in the baseline that is between 1.6% and 3% per year.&#8221; So <b>we&#8217;re talking annual growth of, say 2.24% rather than 2.30% to save billions and billions of people from needless suffering<\/b> for decades if not centuries.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2014\/04\/scientists-discover-how-to-generate-solar-power-in-the-dark\/360679\/\"><b>Scientists Discover How to Generate Solar Power in the Dark<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Meet &#8216;photoswitches,&#8217; a breakthrough set of materials that act as their own batteries, absorbing energy and releasing it on demand. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<hr width=\"50%\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE on Climate Science and Climate Change, go to our<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=10012\"><strong><i>Green News Report: Essential Background Page<\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticalscience.com\"><b>Skeptical Science: Database with FULL DEBUNKING of ALL Climate Science Denier Myths<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/apocalypse-now-climate-change-is-going-to-kick-our-asses\/\"><b>Warning: Even in the best-case scenario, climate change will kick our asses<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>NASA Video: Warming over the last 130 years, and into the next 100 years:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=10167\"><b>Video Proof That Global Warming is a &#8216;Hoax&#8217;!: NASA Temperature Data 1888-2011<\/b><\/a> (The BRAD BLOG):<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EoOrtvYTKeE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=39cBqY1sszY&#038;feature=c4-overview&#038;list=UUAY-SMFNfynqz1bdoaV8BeQ\"><b>NASA climate change video: This is the U.S. in 2100<\/b><\/a> (NASA).<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39cBqY1sszY?list=UUAY-SMFNfynqz1bdoaV8BeQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow @GreenNewsReport&#8230; &nbsp; (Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; link below.) 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