{"id":7911,"date":"2010-06-24T12:11:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7911"},"modified":"2010-06-24T12:11:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-24T19:11:23","slug":"green-news-report-june-24-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=7911","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; June 24, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_AsianCarpFisherman.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman\/id788236916\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/SubscribeFREEWithITunes_Border4_small.gif\" valign=\"middle\" hspace=\"3\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>TWITTER:<\/strong> @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenNewsReport\">GreenNewsReport<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>VIA SMART PHONE:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/green-news-report\/the-green-news-report\">Stitcher Radio<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>IN TODAY&#8217;S RADIO REPORT:<\/strong> The cap comes <em>off<\/em>, but is now back <em>on<\/em>; The moratorium is <em>off<\/em>, but may <em>soon<\/em> be back on; Fox you, Charles Krauthammer&#8230; <em>PLUS:<\/em> Asian Invasion in the Great Lakes! &#8212; Asian <em>Carp<\/em>, that is &#8230; All that and more in today&#8217;s Green News Report!<\/p>\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Listen online here, or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062410.mp3\"><i>Download MP3<\/a> (6 mins)&#8230;<\/i><script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/audio-player.js\"><\/script><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/player.swf\" id=\"audioplayer1\" height=\"24\" width=\"290\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/player.swf\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"playerID=1&amp;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0x5ADA04&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0x2F7B02&amp;rightbghover=0xD4F907&amp;righticon=0xFFFF7C&amp;righticonhover=0x2F7B02&amp;text=0x07400B&amp;slider=0x2F42F7&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xD4F907&amp;loop=no&amp;autostart=no&amp;soundFile=https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062410.mp3\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/object><\/p>\n<table style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 13px;\">\n<tr>\n<td>\nLink:<\/td>\n<td><input style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" size=\"45\" value=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7911\" onClick=\"javascript:this.select();\" onChange=\"javascript:this.value='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7911\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Embed:<\/td>\n<td><input style=\"font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" size=\"45\" value=\"&lt;div style=&quot;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px; background: url('https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_EmbedGraphic.png') top left no-repeat;width:400px;height:120px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;padding-left:80px;padding-top:5px;font-family:times new roman, times, serif;font-size:12px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;'Green News Report' w\/ Brad Friedman &#038; Desi Doyen&lt;\/b&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;i&gt;June 24, 2010&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/player.swf&quot;  height=&quot;24&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; type=&quot;application\/x-shockwave-flash&quot;  pluginspage=&quot;http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer&quot;  flashvars=&quot;bg=0xf8f8f8&amp;leftbg=0x5ADA04&amp;lefticon=0x666666&amp;rightbg=0x2F7B02&amp;rightbghover=0xD4F907&amp;righticon=0xFFFF7C&amp;righticonhover=0x2F7B02&amp;text=0x07400B&amp;slider=0x2F42F7&amp;track=0xFFFFFF&amp;border=0x666666&amp;loader=0xD4F907&amp;loop=no&amp;autostart=no&amp;soundFile=https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062410.mp3&quot; scale=&quot;showall&quot; name=&quot;index&quot; \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;Click to listen (or &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/greennews\/GNR_062410.mp3&quot;&gt;download&lt;\/a&gt;)&lt;br \/&gt;&lt;i&gt;More info on today's report &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7911&quot;&gt;here...&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" onClick=\"javascript:this.select();\" onChange=\"javascript:this.value=''\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Got comments, tips, love letters, hate mail?  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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>): Supreme Court lifts ban on planting GM alfalfa; Murdoch UK newspaper apologizes to climate scientist; What goes into (and comes out of) a barrel of tar sands oil; Four BP-style extreme energy nightmares to come; Coal industry costs W.Va. state budget millions more than it generates &#8230;<em>PLUS<\/em>: America&#8217;s magical thinking on energy &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED IN TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Asian Invasion Threatens Great Lakes Ecosystem<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSN2325362520100623\"><strong>First Asian carp found in waterway near Great Lakes<\/strong><\/a>: A 20-pound Asian carp was fished out of a waterway close to the Great Lakes and beyond twin electric barriers designed to keep them out, authorities said on Wednesday. (Reuters)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/24\/us\/24carp.html\"><strong>An Invader, Near the Great Lakes<\/strong><\/a>: [A]uthorities here have uncovered the proof they did not want. They caught a fish. (NY Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Latest in the BP Oil Spill Disaster:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2010\/06\/23\/business\/AP-US-Gulf-Oil-Spill-Containment-Cap.html?_r=2&#038;hp\"><strong>More Oil Gushing Into Gulf After Problem With Cap<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/business\/deepwaterhorizon\/7077059.html\"><strong>Cap finally replaced after robot accident<\/strong><\/a> (Houston Chronicle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/business\/deepwaterhorizon\/7067996.html\"><strong>Well design may be hampering spill efforts<\/strong><\/a> (Houston Chronicle):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Reduction in thickness of casing raises concern about well\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s integrity.<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nIf the well casing burst it could send oil and gas streaming through the strata to appear elsewhere on the sea floor, or create a crater underneath the wellhead &#8211; a device placed at the top of the well where the casing meets the seafloor &#8211; that would destabilize it and the blowout preventer.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/greenspace\/2010\/06\/gulf-oil-spill-barrier-island-berm-plan-runs-aground.html\"><strong>Gulf oil spill: Barrier island berm plan runs aground<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2010\/06\/judge-moratorium-case-stock-transocean?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+motherjones%2FTheBlueMarble+%28Mother+Jones+|+The+Blue+Marble%29&#038;utm_content=Twitter\"><strong>Judge Who Struck Down Moratorium Has Owned Transocean Stock<\/strong><\/a> (Mother Jones)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/06\/22\/leaning-tower-oil\/\"><strong>BP pipe tilting more than Leaning Tower of Pisa.<\/strong><\/a> (Think Progress)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/21\/us\/21blowout.html\"><strong>Regulators Failed to Address Risks in Oil Rig Fail-Safe Device<\/strong><\/a> (NY Times):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">It was the last line of defense, the final barrier between the rushing volcanic fury of oil and gas and one of the worst environmental disasters in United States history&#8230;. the rig\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s desperate crew pinned all hope on this last line of defense.<\/p>\n<p>But the line did not hold.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2010-06-24\/bp-s-demise-over-spill-would-threaten-u-s-energy-security-industry-jobs.html\"><strong>BP Demise Would Threaten U.S. Energy Security, Industry<\/strong><\/a> (Bloomberg)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2010\/06\/22\/5\"><strong>Alabama town&#8217;s seafood companies scramble to stay afloat<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>More on the No Mo&#8217; Moratorium, Congressional Investigations, and the Politics of the BP Oil Disaster<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/greenspace\/2010\/06\/gulf-oil-spill-salazar-defends-renewed-moratorium.html\"><strong>Gulf oil spill: Salazar defends renewed drilling moratorium <\/strong><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/105071-interior-eyes-more-flexible-moratorium-after-court-setback?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><strong>Interior eyes more flexible drilling moratorium after court setback<\/strong><\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/104793-cheers-jeers-for-court-decision-to-block-offshore-drilling-freeze?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><strong>Cheers, jeers for court decision to block offshore drilling freeze<\/strong><\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rff.org\/News\/Features\/Pages\/Some-Implications-of-Tightening-Regulation-of-US-Deepwater-Drilling.aspx\"><strong>Some Implications of Tightening Regulation of U.S. Deepwater Drilling<\/strong><\/a> (Resources for the Future)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/e2-wire\/677-e2-wire\/105117-house-votes-to-bolster-oil-spill-probe?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><strong>House votes to give subpoena power to oil spill commission<\/strong><\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/blog\/?p=2344\"><strong>Subpoena Power:<\/strong><\/a> This afternoon, the House passed HR 5481, legislation to provide the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling with subpoena power. (The Gavel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chron.com\/disp\/story.mpl\/metropolitan\/7076992.html\"><strong>New Barton gaffe on BP spill nearly goes unnoticed<\/strong><\/a>: Twitter post seems to retract apology on Hill (Houston Chronicle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/gwire\/2010\/06\/23\/23greenwire-house-gop-retains-barton-as-energy-panels-rank-92485.html\"><strong>House GOP Retains Barton as Energy Panel&#8217;s Ranking Member<\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/climateprogress.org\/2010\/06\/23\/oil-and-gas-industry-funded-gop-congressman-can%E2%80%99t-give-safety-assurances-for-lifting-drilling-moratorium\/\"><strong>Oil and gas industry-funded GOP Congressman can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give safety assurances for lifting drilling moratorium<\/strong><\/a> (Climate Progress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><strong>Two Oil Spill Response Workers Lose Their Lives:<\/strong><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/36570\/despondent-boat-captain-hired-bp-gulf-cleanup-commits-suicide\\\"><strong>&#8216;Despondent&#8217; Boat Captain Hired by BP for Gulf Cleanup Commits Suicide<\/strong><\/a> (The Nation)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.al.com\/live\/2010\/06\/charter_captain_kills_self_on.html\"><strong>Coroner: Charter captain working oil spill killed himself; former co-worker &#8216;surprised something like this hasn&#8217;t already happened&#8217;<\/strong><\/a> (Mobile Press-Register)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/greenspace\/2010\/06\/gulf-oil-spill-boat-captain-despondent-over-spill-commits-suicide.html\"><strong>Gulf oil spill: Boat captain, despondent over spill, commits suicide<\/strong><\/a> (LA Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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.eenews.net\/public\/Greenwire\/2010\/06\/21\/2\"><strong>Supreme Court lifts ban on planting GM alfalfa <\/strong><\/a> (Greenwire):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In its first ruling on genetically engineered crops, the Supreme Court today overturned a lower court&#8217;s decision prohibiting Monsanto Co. from selling pesticide-resistant alfalfa seeds until the government completes an environmental impact study.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An injunction is a drastic and extraordinary remedy, which should not be granted as a matter of course,&#8221; Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the 7-1 majority. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/green.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/06\/20\/climate-scientist-gets-a-media-apology\/\"><strong>Murdoch UK Newspaper Apologizes to Climate Scientist<\/strong><\/a> (NYT Green):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">In its correction this weekend, The Sunday Times acknowledged that the conclusion about the Amazon was supported by peer-reviewed evidence. It also acknowledged that Dr. Lewis\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s views had been reported in a way that suggested that he disputed the science behind the claims about the Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Dr. Lewis had criticized the United Nations panel for not fully citing the relevant peer-reviewed evidence in its assessment report.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.treehugger.com\/files\/2010\/06\/what-goes-into-barrel-of-tar-sands-oil.php\"><strong>What Goes Into (And Comes Out of) A Barrel Of Tar Sands Oil<\/strong><\/a> (Treehugger)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-06-22-four-bp-style-extreme-energy-nightmares-to-come\/\"><strong>BPrepared: Four BP-style extreme energy nightmares to come<\/strong><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wvgazette.com\/coaltattoo\/2010\/06\/22\/must-read-report-coal-industry-costs-w-va-state-budget-97-5-million-a-year-more-than-it-generates\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\"><strong>Must read report: Coal industry costs W.Va. state budget $97.5 million a year more than it generates<\/strong><\/a> (Coal Tattoo)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecocentric.blogs.time.com\/2010\/06\/21\/americas-magical-thinking-on-energy\/\"><strong>America&#8217;s Magical Thinking on Energy<\/strong><\/a>: Poll shows Americans don&#8217;t understand energy policy (TIME)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport VIA SMART PHONE: Stitcher Radio! 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