{"id":11531,"date":"2016-01-28T11:50:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11531"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T19:50:20","slug":"green-news-report-january-28-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=11531","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; January 28, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_CoalMiner_BW.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><\/p>\n<p><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>): \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt was us or nobody&#8217;: Meet the heroic professor who helped uncover the Flint lead water crisis; U.S. Senate begins hearings on comprehensive bipartisan energy bill; 3 more arrests in Oregon Standoff; Canada delays two pipeline projects; Air regulator sues California gas utility over historic methane leak; Ohio town also has high lead contamination in their water; Saudi Arabia keeps pumping oil despite financial and political risks&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Canadian scientists warn of pesticide risk to bees&#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:\/\/grist.org\/article\/florida-mayors-to-marco-rubio-stop-ignoring-climate-change\/\"><b>Florida mayors to Marco Rubio: Stop ignoring climate change<\/b><\/a> (Grist):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The mayors of 15 South Florida towns, including Miami and Fort Lauderdale, have reached out to Rubio, asking him to consider the costs of climate change in the region.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>2 Democratic Candidates Expand On Climate, Clean Energy Policies:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Wm80GRR9vw\"><b>VIDEO: FULL CNN Democratic Presidential Town Hall Debate,Iowa Jan. 25, 2016<\/b><\/a> (YouFirst News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/128179\/martin-omalley-says-hillary-clinton-will-let-planet-literally-burn-up\"><b>Martin O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Malley Says Hillary Clinton Will Let the Planet \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Literally Burn Up\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/b><\/a> (New Republic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Like both Clinton and O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Malley, Sanders calls for new jobs and investment in solar and wind. More recently, Sanders went further than O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Malley on one key issue for climate activists, proposing a ban on all fossil fuel development on public lands. O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Malley would ban offshore drilling and increase fees for mining on public lands, but has not said he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d ban it altogether like Sanders has.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/1\/25\/1475174\/-O-Malley-pinpoints-climate-change-as-most-important-issue-for-young-voters\"><b>O&#8217;Malley pinpoints climate change as most important issue for young voters<\/b><\/a> (Daily Kos)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Flint Water Crisis: No Replacement Pipes Yet, Customers Still Pay:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/storyline\/flint-water-crisis\/michigan-gov-rick-snyder-has-no-plan-remove-poison-pipes-n505376\"><b>VIDEO: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Has No Plan to Remove Poison Pipes in Flint<\/b><\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/flint-water-crisis\/2016\/01\/27\/snyder-says-lead-pipe-replacement-long-term-issue\/79408086\/\"><b>Snyder lays out plan to make Flint&#8217;s lead pipes safer<\/b><\/a> (Detroit Free Press) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Under mounting pressure to rip out and replace lead pipes that connect an estimated 15,000 or more customers to main water lines, Gov. Rick Snyder said at a news conference Wednesday that the state first intends to <b>make the existing pipes safe by rebuilding a protective coating between the lead and the water<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/you-can-t-drink-the-water-in-flint--but-you-still-have-to-pay-for-it-162914443.html\"><b>You can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drink the water in Flint, but you still have to pay for it<\/b><\/a> (Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2016\/01\/11\/should-flint-residents-pay-lead-poisoned-water\/78643368\/\"><b>Should Flint residents pay for lead-poisoned water?<\/b><\/a> (Detroit Free Press):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[R]ecords obtained by the ACLU show state DEQ officials <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2015\/12\/23\/states-handling-flint-water-samples-delayed-action\/77367872\/\">may have manipulated water-testing data<\/a> to show the water was safe to drink when it wasn&#8217;t.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motorcitymuckraker.com\/2016\/01\/23\/gov-snyder-lied-flint-water-switch-was-not-about-money-records-show\/\"><b>Gov. Snyder lied: Flint water switch was not about saving money, records show <\/b><\/a> (Motor City Muckraker) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">So what was it about? Some have suggested that Snyder was motivated by a <b>desire to break up DWSD and ultimately privatize it<\/b>. In the summer of 2015, DWSD was split into two entities: the DWSD and the Great Lakes Water Authority.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/michigan\/flint-water-crisis\/2016\/01\/27\/lawsuit\/79392038\/\"><b>Suit: Safe Drinking Water Act violated in Flint<\/b><\/a> (Detroit News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2016\/01\/flint-lead-water-crisis-timeline\"><b>A Toxic Timeline of Flint&#8217;s Water Fiasco<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/flints-water-crisis-is-a-blatant-example-of-environmental-injustice-53553\"><b>Flint\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice<\/b><\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/michigan\/flint-water-crisis\/2016\/01\/27\/snyder-flint-water-crisis\/79398368\/\"><b>Snyder deploys top aide to work on Flint water response<\/b><\/a> (Detroit News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-michigan-water-idUSKCN0V51UK\"><b>Michigan Governor Names Panel To Fix Flint&#8217;s Contaminated Water System<\/b><\/a> (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Poor Americans Bear the Brunt of Extreme Pollution:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2016\/01\/27\/its-not-just-flint-poor-communities-across-the-country-live-with-extreme-polluters\/\"><b>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just Flint: Poor communities across the country live with \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcextreme\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 polluters<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[T]he study found a significant disparity when it comes to how much different facilities pollute. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<b>90% of toxic concentration<\/b> present in the study area <b>is generated by only 809 (about 5%) of facilities<\/b>,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the paper reported&#8230;.The highest polluting facilities were <b>also more likely to be located in proximity to poor and minority neighborhoods<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ns.umich.edu\/new\/releases\/23414-targeting-minority-low-income-neighborhoods-for-hazardous-waste-sites\"><b>Targeting minority, low-income neighborhoods for hazardous waste sites<\/b><\/a> (U. Mich. Press) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;NIMBYism in more affluent, white communities&#8230;resulted <b>in industry taking the &#8216;path of least resistance&#8217; and targeting communities with fewer resources<\/b> and political clout&#8230;These communities are where the poor and people of color live.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/flints-water-crisis-is-a-blatant-example-of-environmental-injustice-53553\"><b>Flint\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice<\/b><\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Score A Win For Coal Miners Against Black Lung Disease:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/thepumphandle\/2016\/01\/26\/appeals-court-rejects-coal-industry-complaints-upholds-health-protections-for-miners\/\"><b>Appeals Court rejects coal industry complaints, upholds health protections for miners<\/b><\/a> (Science Blogs\/Public Health):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">&#8220;T]he Mine Act evinces <b>a clear bias in favor of miner health and safety.<\/b> The duty to use the best evidence and to consider feasibility are appropriately viewed through this lens and cannot be wielded as counterweight to MSHA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s overarching role <b>to protect the life and health of workers<\/b> in the mining industry&#8230;.[T]he Mine Act directs the agency to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcprevent,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 not merely reduce the incidence of, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcoccupational diseases originating in&#8230;mines.&#8217;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/266952-court-upholds-coal-dust-rule-for-miners\"><b>Court upholds coal dust rule for miners<\/b><\/a> (The Hill) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In a pair of lawsuits, various coal industry representatives said that the regulation did not properly take into account the scientific body of evidence, which <b>the industry said shows it would not result in nearly the health benefits the government claims<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvgazettemail.com\/news\/20160125\/appeals-court-upholds-msha-dust-rule\"><b>Appeals court upholds MSHA dust rule<\/b><\/a> (Charleston Gazette):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">While mine fires and explosions garner a lot of attention from the media and politicians, black lung kills far more miners \u00e2\u20ac\u201d perhaps as many as 10,000 between 1995 and 2005, according to estimates from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. <b>Since 1968, 76,000 coal miners nationwide have died from black lung<\/b>&#8230;<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/inspired-life\/wp\/2016\/01\/26\/meet-the-heroic-professor-who-helped-uncover-the-flint-lead-water-crisis\/?tid=pm_local_pop_b\"><b>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIt was us or nobody&#8217;: Meet the heroic professor who helped uncover the Flint lead water crisis<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[I]n 2010, he was<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/05\/22\/AR2010052203447_2.html\"> vindicated when it was proven that the CDC had lied to the public<\/a> in a misleading report, which falsely claimed lead levels in the water had not posed a health risk to D.C. residents.  \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m obsessed with what happened in Washington, D.C.,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Edwards said in an interview last week. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Since 2005 through the present day, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been trying to make sure another D.C. wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t happen.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-michigan-water-epa-idUSKCN0UZ31K\"><b>EPA Official Resigns Over Flint Water Crisis<\/b><\/a> (Reuters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The head of the Midwest region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency offered her resignation over the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, the agency said on Thursday, as it issued an emergency order to resolve the growing problem.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/28\/us\/politics\/senate-bipartisan-energy-legislation.html?ref=energy-environment\"><b>Senate Begins Debate on Comprehensive Bipartisan Energy Bill<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Senate on Wednesday started debating its first comprehensive energy legislation since the George W. Bush administration, a bipartisan measure meant to update the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s power grid and oil and gas transportation systems to address major changes in the ways that power is now produced in the United States.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/28\/us\/oregon-standoff.html\"><b>3 More Arrests in Oregon as Protest Leader Says \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcGo Home\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon, which flashed into violent confrontation with law enforcement on Tuesday when eight members of the group were arrested and one was killed, appeared to be unraveling on Wednesday night when the jailed leader of the siege advised his followers to go home.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-canada-energy-rules-idUSKCN0V52US\"><b>Canada Imposes Further Delays On Two Major Pipeline Projects<\/b><\/a> (Reuters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Canada announced new interim rules on Wednesday for environmental reviews that will impose delays on two projects &#8211; TransCanada Corp&#8217;s Energy East pipeline and Kinder Morgan Inc&#8217;s expansion of its Trans Mountain Pipeline.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-california-methane-idUSKCN0V52LU\"><b>Air Regulator Sues California Utility Over Historic Methane Leak<\/b><\/a> (Reuters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A California utility failed to protect residents from the largest methane leak in state history at its natural gas field near Los Angeles, a regional pollution watchdog said in a lawsuit filed against the company.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/limaohio.com\/news\/163148\/another-town-gripped-by-fear-over-lead-tainted-tap-water\"><b>Another Town Gripped By Fear Over Lead-Tainted Tap Water<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In a furor with echoes of the crisis in Flint, Michigan, parents in and around Sebring no longer trust the water coming out of their taps \u00e2\u20ac\u201d or the explanations from community leaders \u00e2\u20ac\u201d after learning just days ago that high levels of lead were detected in some homes over the summer.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/01\/28\/business\/energy-environment\/saudi-arabia-keeps-pumping-oil-despite-financial-and-political-risks.html?ref=energy-environment&#038;_r=0\"><b>Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks<\/b><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Call it the Saudi calculus. Oil prices were already plummeting 14 months ago when, at Saudi Arabia\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s insistence, OPEC put the global petroleum industry on notice: The member countries would not try to prop up prices by cutting production.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-canada-pesticides-idUSKCN0V4231\"><b>Top Canada Watchdog Worried About Pesticide Linked To Bee Deaths<\/b><\/a> (Reuters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Canada&#8217;s official environmental watchdog on Tuesday expressed concern that authorities were allowing the long-term use of pesticides linked to bee deaths despite not having enough information about the products.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-01-25\/record-warmth-almost-certainly-due-to-humans-scientists-say\"><b>Record Warmth `Almost Certainly&#8217; Due to Humans, Scientists Say<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The odds are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153vanishingly small\u00e2\u20ac\u009d that recent years of record warmth aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t due to human emissions of greenhouse gases, researchers in the U.S. and Germany said, adding to pressure on world governments to cut back on fossil fuel use.<\/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.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:\/\/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; (Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; link below.) 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