{"id":12082,"date":"2017-03-28T10:50:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12082"},"modified":"2017-03-28T10:50:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:50:14","slug":"green-news-report-march-28-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=12082","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; March 28, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_TrumpSignsExecutiveOrder_close.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>):  Climate Deniers Are Winning\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand Getting Greedy; Climate Change-Fueled Jet Stream Linked to Floods and Heatwave; A Merciless Bat-Killing Fungus Is Now In Texas; Michigan, Flint To Replace 18,000 Lead-Tainted Water Lines; EPA Didn&#8217;t Tighten Standards For Lead, Leaving Communities Adrift; California vs. Trump: California regulators move forward on climate change rules; California passes nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s toughest methane emission regulations; Perry Pushes Nevada Nuclear Waste Site In First Official Visit&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> USDA Drops Plan To Test For Monsanto Weed Killer In Food&#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>Trump Executive Order to begin ripping up Obama&#8217;s climate legacy:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2017\/03\/trump-executive-order-climate\"><b>Trump Just Released His Plan to Gut Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Climate Policies. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Worse Than You Thought.<\/b><\/a> (Mother Jones):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The wide-ranging order, which will be accompanied by other environmental directives, targets Obama-era policies across the government, including in the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Interior, and the Department of Defense. It directs the EPA to revisit the Clean Power Plan, which limits carbon pollution from power plants and was considered the center-piece of former President Barack Obama&#8217;s climate policy. Additionally, Trump is asking the Justice Department to stop defending the plan in court.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/four-and-a-half-false-statements-epa-head-scott-pruitt-made-in-just-one-interview-52be38cad2f2\"><b>VIDEO: Four-and-a-half false statements EPA head Scott Pruitt made in just one interview<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress0:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Team Trump begins to roll out its plan to kill climate action, making up facts and ruining your children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/energy-and-environment\/2017\/3\/27\/15073522\/trump-order-obama-climate-policies\"><b>Trump will officially start hacking away at Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s climate policies on Tuesday<\/b><\/a> (Vox) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\"><b>Pruitt can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just repeal these rules by fiat.<\/b> He has to go through the formal rulemaking process, which entails proposing entirely new rules to replace Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s versions, posting them for public comment, responding to all those public comments, and then defending his new rules in court. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to make sure any new rule complies with the Clean Air Act \u00e2\u20ac\u201d which, thanks to a 2007 Supreme Court ruling and a 2009 EPA endangerment finding, now requires the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide. The whole process could take years, and he might face setbacks in court.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Obama climate rules created jobs: Clean energy employs more than fossil fuels:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/clean-energy-more-jobs-than-fossil-fuels-32f615915399\"><b>Clean energy employs more people than fossil fuels in nearly every U.S. state<\/b><\/a> (Climate Progress):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s upcoming executive order meant to boost fossil fuel jobs may end up harming an even bigger job creator?\u00e2\u20ac\u201d?renewable energy.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/content.sierraclub.org\/press-releases\/2017\/03\/attention-donald-trump-new-report-shows-clean-energy-employs-far-more-workers\"><b>Clean energy employs more than fossil fuels in nearly every state<\/b><\/a> (Sierra Club):<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/mar\/27\/us-coal-industry-clean-power-plan-donald-trump\"><b>Top US coal boss Robert Murray: Trump &#8216;can&#8217;t bring mining jobs back&#8217;<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The founder and chief executive of Murray Energy supports Donald Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s move to roll back Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clean power plan but cautions the president to go easy on talk of a jobs revival<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>North Dakota oil spill 3 times larger than original estimate:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rapidcityjournal.com\/news\/latest\/north-dakota-oil-spill-times-larger-than-first-estimated\/article_6572a3d1-cf15-5a02-9f63-82cc5c7d5b30.html\"><b>North Dakota oil spill 3 times larger than first estimated <\/b><\/a> (Rapid City Journal):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">No decision has been made on any fines against Wyoming-based True Cos., which operates the pipeline. The company says it is committed to cleaning up the spill and that the job is about 80 percent done.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/Environment\/2017\/0326\/North-Dakota-pipeline-spill-larger-than-previously-thought\"><b>North Dakota pipeline spill larger than previously thought<\/b><\/a> (CS Monitor):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">An initial appraisal of the Belle Fourche Pipeline spill in December estimated that 176,000 gallons of oil had been released from the leaking pipe. But now, officials are saying that number was actually about three times larger \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 529,839 gallons of leaked oil.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Trump approves Keystone XL pipeline, but Nebraska, courts have final say:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/03\/24\/trump-administration-grants-approval-for-keystone-xl-pipeline\/?utm_term=.c549579f2e70\"><b>VIDEO: As Trump administration grants approval for Keystone XL pipeline, an old fight is reignited<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/la-na-pol-trump-keystone-approval-20170324-story.html\"><b>Trump administration approves Keystone XL pipeline, but its future remains in question<\/b><\/a> (LA Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">[A]lthough Trump portrayed the pipeline as a done deal now, its future remains uncertain. It faces difficult economic issues as well as a newly revived protest movement dedicated to stopping it.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2017\/03\/whats-next-for-the-keystone-xl-pipeline\/520917\/\"><b>What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Next for the Keystone XL Pipeline: Activists plan an all-out resistance on multiple fronts.<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic) [<i>emphasis added<\/i>]:\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Because that which has never lived cannot really die, the Keystone XL\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe grinding, symbolic climate-change fight of the Obama era\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhas returned&#8230;<b>as the price of crude has fallen around the world, the Albertan tar sands will likely only now get drilled if there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a cheap way to transport their haul\u00e2\u20ac\u201dlike an extra-large pipeline, for instance.<\/b>&#8230; \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Trump said he would only approve Keystone XL if America got 25 percent of profits, which we will not; and only if it used U.S.A. union steel, which it does not,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d [Jane Kleeb of Bold Nebraska] said. <b>That argument also has the benefit of matching the facts<\/b>.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-03-23\/keystone-foes-prepare-to-fight-as-trump-readies-pipeline-permit\"><b>Keystone Foes Prepare Fight as Trump Issues Pipeline Permit; shifts pipeline battle to Nebraska <\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Maryland state legislatures approves permanent ban on fracking:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/maryland-lawmakers-vote-to-ban-fracking\/9193680\"><b>VIDEO: Maryland lawmakers vote to ban fracking<\/b><\/a> (WBAL-TV)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/maryland\/politics\/bs-md-fracking-ban-passes-20170327-story.html\"><b>Maryland General Assembly approves fracking ban:<\/b><\/a> (Baltimore Sun):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The Maryland General Assembly on Monday gave final passage to a ban on fracking in the state, sending the measure to Gov. Larry Hogan for his promised signature. Environmental advocates and climate change activists have pressed for years to ban the controversial form of drilling for natural gas also known as hydraulic fracturing, which had been proposed in Western Maryland. Hogan surprised the advocates this month when he threw his support behind the ban legislation.<\/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<p><i>For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sej.org\/headlines\/list\">Society of Environmental Journalists&#8217; Daily Headlines<\/a> page<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/141605\/climate-deniers-winningand-getting-greedy\"><b>Climate Deniers Are Winning\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand Getting Greedy<\/b><\/a> (The New Republic):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">With Trump in the White House, an anti-environmental conference in D.C. should have been a celebration. Instead, there was fear and loathing.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/27032017\/climate-change-global-warming-extreme-weather-jet-stream-michael-mann-penn-state?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social\"><b>Climate Change-Fueled Jet Stream Linked to Floods and Heatwaves: Study<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">When Michael Mann goes before Congress Wednesday to testify on global warming, he&#8217;ll be armed with one more piece of evidence that greenhouse gases from fossil fuel burning are fundamentally altering the climate and leading to life-threatening and costly extreme weather.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/03\/23\/a-merciless-bat-killing-fungus-is-on-the-move-again-now-its-in-texas\/?utm_term=.5c383a5dc106\"><b>A Merciless Bat-Killing Fungus Is On The Move Again. Now It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s In Texas.<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A notorious fungus that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s killing bats by the millions is now in Texas, the state with the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest diversity of bats and, in a cave outside San Antonio, one of the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest colonies of a single species.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/c85f78dc0f6042dbbcbb6236a6dfbac1?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=Twitter&#038;utm_medium=APCentralRegion\"><b>Michigan, Flint To Replace 18,000 Lead-Tainted Water Lines<\/b><\/a> (AP):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Michigan and the city of Flint agreed Monday to replace thousands of home water lines under a sweeping deal to settle a lawsuit by residents over lead-contaminated water in the struggling community.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/03\/28\/lead-epa-superfund-depue-illinois\/\"><b>EPA Didn&#8217;t Tighten Standards For Lead, Leaving Communities Adrift<\/b><\/a> (STAT News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Mayor Eric Bryant was leading his usual tour the other day, driving visitors past the poisoned lake, around the abandoned bungalows, and over dusty ball fields until he reached a glittering metal mountain known here as the &#8216;Pile of Black Death.&#8217;<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article140631063.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter\"><b>California vs. Trump: California regulators move forward on climate change rules<\/b><\/a> (Sacramento Bee):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The California Air Resources Board voted unanimously to move ahead with progressively stricter tailpipe emissions regulations, along with a separate mandate that requires automakers to sell more zero-emissions vehicles.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/business\/article\/California-passes-nation-s-toughest-methane-11024492.php\"><b>California passes nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s toughest methane emission regulations<\/b><\/a> (SF Gate):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">California air quality officials have approved what are widely considered to be the most rigorous and comprehensive regulations in the country for controlling methane emissions, a move that helps cement the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s status as a standard-bearer for environmental protection.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-nuclear-perry-idUSKBN16Z00N\"><b>Perry Pushes Nevada Nuclear Waste Site In First Official Visit<\/b><\/a> (Reuters):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry pushed for opening Nevada&#8217;s Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in a meeting with the state&#8217;s governor on Monday, but the local leader said he remains staunchly opposed to the project.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2017\/03\/21\/senate-votes-to-lift-limits-on-hunting-alaska-grizzlies-and-wolves-on-federal-land\/?tid=a_inl&#038;utm_term=.6a44e9c18e44\"><b>Senate votes to lift limits on hunting Alaska grizzlies and wolves on federal land<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was the state of Alaska that broke with this tradition,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d former Fish and Wildlife Service director Dan Ashe said in an interview, noting that under federal law the agency is supposed to manage \u00e2\u20ac\u0153for wildlife first\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on its refuges. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We did everything we could to try to resolve the controversy, but the basic issue is what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s your basic philosophy with regard to the management of predators. And these are national wildlife refuges.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/usda-drops-plan-to-test-for-monsanto-weed-killer-in_us_58d2db4ee4b062043ad4af84?section=us_green\"><b>USDA Drops Plan To Test For Monsanto Weed Killer In Food<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly dropped a plan to start testing food for residues of glyphosate, the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most widely used weed killer and the key ingredient in Monsanto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s branded Roundup herbicides.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/elements\/when-is-it-time-to-retreat-from-climate-change\"><b>When Is It Time to Retreat from Climate Change?<\/b><\/a> (New Yorker):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Isle de Jean Charles, a stitch of land on the tattered southern fringe of Louisiana, is thin and getting thinner. Battered by storms and sea-level rise, and deprived of revitalizing sediment from the Mississippi River, its surface area has shrunk by ninety-eight per cent since 1955, and its remaining three hundred and twenty acres can flood in little more than a stiff breeze.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/business\/biz-columns-blogs\/cathie-anderson\/article140399088.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter\"><b>U.S. Army is teaming up with a Davis startup to turn trash into energy<\/b><\/a> (Sacramento Bee):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153People always ask, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcWhat are you powering it with? Is it electricity? Is it natural gas?\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 \u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hart told me. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153No, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the garbage. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the reaction of the carbon in the garbage, reacting with oxygen, that creates that high temperature \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 It creates its own power to operate the system.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/miners-bankruptcy-exit-will-leave-a-cleanup-bill-1490194844?emailToken=JRryd\/B7Y32Uh9M1bcw51VsldLJNAeaPRUnKNGzBKw3BpH3J5P2gw6Fwg9a%20v27qTANx490N6XMnADfQhG4vBZPAw%20cuzQf4Jw\"><b>Mining Company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bankruptcy Exit Will Leave Taxpayers a Cleanup Bill<\/b><\/a> (WSJ):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A mining company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s debt-cutting plan will leave taxpayers facing a bigger bill for cleaning up nearly two dozen hazardous sites primarily in the central U.S., including a swath of northeast Oklahoma that once produced lead ore for bullets in both World Wars.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalhealthnews.org\/ehs\/news\/2017\/march\/in-california-salt-taints-soil-threatening-food-security\"><b>In California, Salt Taints Soil, Threatening Food Security<\/b><\/a> (Environmental Health News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Salty soil in California\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Central Valley spurs sacrifice zones, solutions and, in some cases, solar panels.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2017\/feb\/28\/shell-film-warning-climate-change-rate-faster-than-end-ice-age\"><b>VIDEO: Shell&#8217;s 1991 warning: climate changing \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcat faster rate than at any time since end of ice age\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/b><\/a> (Guardian UK):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s farsighted 1991 film, titled Climate of Concern, set out with crystal clarity how the world was warming and that serious consequences could well result.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/27022017\/global-warming-permafrost-study-melt-canada-siberia\"><b>Massive Permafrost Thaw Seen in Canada, Portends Huge Carbon Release<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Study shows 52,000 square miles in rapid decline, with sediment and carbon threatening the surrounding environment and potentially accelerating global warming.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/10\/4\/13118594\/2-degrees-no-more-fossil-fuels\"><b>No country on Earth is taking the 2 degree climate target seriously<\/b><\/a> (Vox):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">If we mean what we say, no more new fossil fuels, anywhere.<\/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><b>NASA Video: If we don&#8217;t act, here&#8217;s what to expect in the next 100 years:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\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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