{"id":10785,"date":"2014-08-28T15:55:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T22:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=10785"},"modified":"2014-08-28T15:55:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T22:55:29","slug":"green-news-report-august-28-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=10785","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; August 28, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_PeoplesClimateMarch_Preview.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>): &#8220;An actual exit from climate hell&#8221;; 4 scenarios of our global warming future; Unpackaged: German market revolutionizes shopping; Hawaii&#8217;s largest utility will triple rooftop solar by 2020; US coal industry in free fall; Yosemite Rim Fire trees to be logged; Ocean acidification is killing Bay Area&#8217;s oyster industry &#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Erick Erickson really wants you to know he doesn&#8217;t care about global warming &#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><b>Indiana Refinery Explodes &#8212; Again:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/08\/28\/3476659\/explosion-bp-whiting-refinery\/\"><b>Explosion Shakes BP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Largest Oil Refinery In The U.S.<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/in.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/08\/28\/refinery-operations-bp-whiting-idINL1N0QY07U20140828\"><b>Blast shakes BP&#8217;s largest US refinery at Whiting, Indiana<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wgntv.com\/2014\/08\/27\/explosion-at-bp-refinery-in-whiting-indiana\/\"><b>VIDEO: Explosion at BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana<\/b><\/a> (WGN Chicago)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/Loud-Explosion-Reported-at-BP-Refinery-in-Whiting-272973781.html\"><b>VIDEO: All-Clear Issued After Fire, Explosion at BP Refinery<\/b><\/a> (NBC Chicago)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Million-Dollar Fines For Oil &#038; Chemical Spills:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/216017-exxonmobil-to-pay-14-million-after-2012-crude-pipeline-spill\"><b>Million-Dollar Fines For Oil &#038; Chemical Spills:<\/b><\/a> (The Hill):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle federal claims arising from a 2012 crude oil pipeline spill in Louisiana. A pipe in ExxonMobil&#8217;s North Line ruptured in April 2012 near Torbert, about 20 miles west of Baton Rouge, La.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvgazette.com\/article\/20140827\/GZ01\/140829343\/1419\"><b>DuPont agrees to $1.3M in chemical leak fines<\/b><\/a> (Charleston Gazette):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Among other things, EPA officials alleged that DuPont officials allowed one leak to go on for five days without taking action, ignored internal safety recommendations that could have prevented a second incident, and did not timely replace a worn-out hose used to transfer toxic phosgene gas in a fatal January 2010 incident. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>UN: Window Is Closing To Stop &#8216;Irreversible&#8217; Global Warming:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/08\/27\/3476258\/climate-scientists-draft-ipcc-report\/\"><b>Climate Scientists Spell Out Stark Danger And Immorality Of Inaction In New Leaked Report<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>One word in the latest draft report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sums up why climate inaction is so uniquely immoral: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Irreversible.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/b>The message from climate scientists about our ongoing failure to cut carbon pollution: The catastrophic changes in climate that we are voluntarily choosing to impose on our children and grandchildren \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and countless generations after them \u00e2\u20ac\u201d cannot plausibly be undone for hundreds of years or more.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/04\/01\/science\/earth\/climate.html?_r=0\"><b>Panel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-08-26\/irreversible-damage-seen-from-climate-change-in-un-leak.html\"><b>Irreversible Damage Seen From Climate Change in UN Leak<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> Humans risk causing irreversible and widespread damage to the planet unless there&#8217;s faster action to limit the fossil fuel emissions that cause climate change, according to a leaked draft United Nations report.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=grWKTkn6LoQ&#038;feature=youtu.be\"><b>VIDEO: IPCC Synthesis Report Demands Control Over Fossil Fuel Consumption<\/b><\/a> (The Real News):<\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/grWKTkn6LoQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/center>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Renewable Energy: &#8220;Join the Renewable Revolution&#8221;:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/08\/24\/3474972\/ubs-europe-solar-batteries-evs\/\"><b>Soon, Europe Might Not Need Any New Power Plants<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/aug\/28\/renewable-energy-capacity-grows-fastest-ever-pace\"><b>Renewable energy capacity grows at fastest ever pace: Green technologies now produce 22% of world&#8217;s electricity<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Wind, solar and other renewable power capacity grew at its strongest ever pace last year and now produces 22% of the world&#8217;s electricity, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday in a new report.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/aug\/27\/ubs-investors-renewables-revolution\"><b>Big power out, solar in: UBS urges investors to join renewables revolution<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">World\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest private bank predicts large-scale power stations will soon make way for electric cars and new solar technologies<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cleantechnica.com\/2014\/08\/25\/ubs-time-join-green-revolution\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><b>UBS: Time To Join The Green Revolution<\/b><\/a> (Clean Technica):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Leading investment bank UBS says the payback time for unsubsidised investment in electric vehicles plus rooftop solar plus battery storage will be as low as 6-8 years by 2020 &#8211; triggering a massive revolution in the energy industry.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsoffice.mit.edu\/2014\/cutting-carbon-health-care-savings-0824\"><b>Study: Cutting emissions pays for itself<\/b><\/a> (MIT News Office) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Savings from healthier air can make up for some or all of the cost of carbon-reduction policies&#8230;. [J]ust how large are the health benefits of cleaner air in comparison to the costs of reducing carbon emissions? MIT researchers looked at three policies achieving the same reductions in the United States, and <b>found that the savings on health care spending and other costs related to illness can be big &#8211; in some cases, more than 10 times the cost of policy implementation<\/b>. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Gearing Up for the People&#8217;s Climate March, Sept. 21st in NYC:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtcc.org\/2014\/08\/14\/new-york-climate-march-swells-to-global-movement\/\"><b>New York climate march swells to global movement<\/b><\/a> (RTCC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">People\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Climate March spreads across six countries, as activists aim to raise the profile of UN climate summit.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.democracynow.org\/stories\/14607\"><b>VIDEO: As Obama Settles on Nonbinding Treaty, &#8220;Only a Big Movement&#8221; Can Take on Global Warming<\/b><\/a> (Democracy Now!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/climate-energy\/cant-decide-whether-to-go-to-the-big-climate-march-this-might-convince-you\/\"><b>Can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t decide whether to go to the big climate march? This might convince you<\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ISrJC15eopI\"><strong>VIDEO: Motivating Millions: People&#8217;s Climate March<\/strong><\/a> (Avaaz.org)<\/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.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/737554-unpacked-your-new-package-free-shopping-experience\/\"><b>Unpackaged: German market revolutionizes shopping<\/b><\/a> (Epoch Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;We need a shopping revolution. We need to move away from wasteful single-use packaging, and instead make zero-waste and unpackaged food available for everyone.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/cafe\/erick-erickson-climate-change\"><b>Erick Erickson Really Wants You To Know He Doesn&#8217;t Care About Climate Change<\/b><\/a> (Talking Points Memo) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Since the notion of potentially-catastrophic man-made climate change is not congenial to him, he is forced to argue his way backward from his conclusion to a fantasy cause.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nIn the end, Erickson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s blustery aggression against his dreamed-of malign conspiracy blustery aggression is just a paper-thin layer of toughness over a sad, scared core&#8230;.<b>At some point, though, we need to choose between disruption now and massively worse outcomes for people in the future. Erickson, forced to choose, admits he opts for the latter<\/b>.  <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2014\/08\/27\/3476343\/hawaii-triple-rooftop-solar-2030\/\"><b>Hawaii\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Largest Utility Announces Plan To Triple Rooftop Solar By 2030<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Wile the plan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s intentions may seem noble on their face, the package was actually released in response to an order from Hawaii\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s energy regulator in April. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/storyline\/wp\/2014\/08\/27\/americas-coal-heartland-is-in-economic-freefall-but-only-the-most-desperate-are-fleeing\/\"><b>America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coal heartland is in economic freefall \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but only the most desperate are fleeing<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s happening now in America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coal heartland is not just the typical bust. Those in the industry say it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more dire, potentially permanent, caused at once by declining reserves, a cheaper influx of competing gas and looming environmental regulations.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/la-me-rim-fire-trees-20140828-story.html\"><b>Rim fire&#8217;s &#8216;ghost&#8217; trees to be logged, U.S. Forest Service decides<\/b><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A decision announced Wednesday by the U.S. Forest Service calls for salvage-logging on more than 15,000 acres in the Stanislaus National Forest and the removal of an additional 17,706 acres of trees along non-public roads.Because the logging value of burned trees deteriorates quickly, the plan was formed under emergency rules and cannot be appealed. Salvaging can begin as soon as forest supervisor Susan Skalski gives her approval, which is expected Thursday.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/modernluxury.com\/san-francisco\/story\/whats-killing-the-bay-areas-oysters\"><b>What&#8217;s Killing the Bay Area&#8217;s Oysters?<\/b><\/a> (San Francisco Magazine):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The culprit? Ocean acidification\u00e2\u20ac\u201dclimate change\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s caustic cousin\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcaused by rising carbon dioxide emissions. Over the last 10 years, it has wreaked havoc on the West Coast oyster business. And though farmers have found ways to work around it temporarily, the problem\u00e2\u20ac\u201dboth for oyster farming and for our coastal ecosystems\u00e2\u20ac\u201dis only going to get worse. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was once thinking I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d leave the farm to the kids, but now I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s going to be a farm to leave,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Friend. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our days are numbered.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d &#8211; See more at: http:\/\/modernluxury.com\/san-francisco\/story\/whats-killing-the-bay-areas-oysters#sthash.e4gNORl9.dpuf<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3034316\/4-scenarios-show-what-climate-change-will-do-to-the-earth-from-pretty-bad-to-disaster#1\"><b>4 Scenarios Show What Climate Change Will Do To The Earth, From Pretty Bad To Disaster<\/b><\/a> (Fast CoExist):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">But exactly how bad is still an open question, and a lot depends not only on how we react, but how quickly. The rate at which humans cut down on greenhouse gas emissions&#8211;if we do choose to cut them&#8211;will have a large bearing on how the world turns out by 2100, the forecasts reveal.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dish.andrewsullivan.com\/2014\/08\/28\/an-actual-exit-from-climate-hell\/\"><b>An Actual Exit from Climate Hell<\/b><\/a> (Andrew Sullivan, The Dish):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[O]ne of the big changes we require is remarkably conservative in nature. It&#8217;s called Cap and Dividend&#8230;<br \/>\nA prominent member of Congress has proposed <a href=\"http:\/\/vanhollen.house.gov\/environment-and-energy\/fact-sheet-the-healthy-climate-and-family-security-act-of-2014\">a comprehensive national climate-change plan<\/a>. It&#8217;s only 28 pages long, it&#8217;s market-based, and it w<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/07\/30\/opinion\/a-plan-to-auction-pollution-permits.html\">ould put money into the pockets of most Americans<\/a>&#8230;.The government would rebate all of the revenue from selling permits back to anyone with a Social Security number,more than offsetting any rise in consumer prices for 80 percent of Americans. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatecentral.org\/news\/can-birds-be-protected-from-solar-plants-17943\"><b>Can Birds Be Protected From Huge Solar Plants?<\/b><\/a> (Climate Central):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The effects of wind turbines on birds, which research suggests kill far fewer birds per megawatt hour than do fossil fuel plants, have long been a source of consternation for many environmentalists. Their bird-killing effects have been serious enough to kill and hamper some planned projects. Now, as concentrated solar farms start to sweep the globe, solar energy developers are facing similar outcries and opposition for the harm that their clean energy facilities can cause to wildlife.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-08-28\/this-approach-to-climate-change-doesn-t-involve-obama-the-senate-or-the-un.html\"><b>Divest from Fossil Fuels: This Approach to Climate Change Doesn&#8217;t Involve Obama, the Senate or the UN<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg Sustainability):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"> What happens when you kick out the companies that make civilization go? Not much. What <b>Fossil Free Indexes shows is a tight correlation between the full S&#038;P 500 and the same index stripped of the fossil fuel businesses<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/obama-pursuing-climate-accord-in-lieu-of-treaty.html?ref=us\"><b>Obama pursing climate accord in lieu of treaty<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-28898223\"><b>Widespread methane leakage&#8217; from ocean floor off US coast<\/b><\/a> (BBC):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Researchers say they have found more than 500 bubbling methane vents on the seafloor off the US east coast. The unexpected discovery indicates there are large volumes of the gas contained in a type of sludgy ice called methane hydrate. There are concerns that these new seeps could be making a hitherto unnoticed contribution to global warming.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/read\/ken-caldeira-climate-geoengineering\"><b>The Climate Scientist Who Pioneered Geoengineering Fears It&#8217;s About to Blow Up<\/b><\/a> (Motherboard):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;So the idea that huge swaths of the tropics might not be suitable for growing crops,&#8221; he went on, &#8220;is plausible. And if you&#8217;re unable to grow crops in huge swaths of the tropics, is that going to create political turmoil and migration? It could be a major disruption.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/weather\/2014\/08\/if-you-have-allergies-talk-to-your-doctor-about-cap-and-trade\/379170\/\"><b>If you have allergies, talk to your doctor about cap and trade<\/b><\/a> (CityLab)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-08-27\/penn-oil-contractor-admits-to-lying-about-plugging-abandoned-wells.html\"><b>PA Oil Contractor Admits To Lying About Plugging Abandoned Wells<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A Pennsylvania contractor has pleaded guilty in a federal court to falsely certifying that he had properly plugged abandoned oil wells in the vicinity of a proposed injection well as required under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the Justice Department said.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/environment.yale.edu\/climate-communication\/article\/politics-and-global-warming-spring-2014\/\"><b>Politics &#038; Global Warming, Spring 2014<\/b><\/a> (Yale Project for Climate Communication) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[R]egistered voters are 2.5 times more likely to vote for a congressional or presidential candidate who supports action to reduce global warming. Further, <b>registered voters are 3 times more likely to vote against a candidate who opposes action to reduce global warming<\/b>. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2014\/jul\/10\/zero-carbon-and-economic-growth-can-go-together-un-study-says\"><b>Zero carbon and economic growth can go together, UN study says<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The top 15 emitter countries could make deep cuts to emissions while also tripling economic output, according to the study<\/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:\/\/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\">Restraining 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:\/\/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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