IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Scientists warn while Americans yawn; Climate Thunder Down Under: it's fire season again in Australia, while their debate over climate change heats up ... PLUS: Sarah Palin 'goes rogue' on science ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Robert Redford's Sundance Channel to Air Climate Denier Propaganda; Oliver North: Will Deny Climate Change for Money; More Reasons to Worry About Asia’s Clean-Tech Push; GE Fires Up Rail Deals in China, Eyes U.S. High-Speed Rail Projects; Intel sees opportunities in wind, electric cars; US, China Climate Talks: Getting Warmer ...PLUS: 1971 Predictions of Energy Use in 2000: Who Got It Right? ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama in China with Hu... (and how and when); Decelerating on the Road to Copenhagen; Dirty Diaper Power! ... PLUS: Are your balls a danger to the environment? ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Minnesota Governor backtracks on climate change; Texas plant exceeds new limit on lead levels; No ‘Choice of Evils’ Defense in Oil Lease Case, Judge Rules; Nanosilver in consumer products is no silver lining for fish; Group Warns of Failing Effort to Manage Tuna and Sharks; Pesticide-Soaked 'Wallpaper' Cuts Malaria Exposure, Safer Than Spraying ...PLUS: Cap-And-Trade: Is Europe Really On Track To Meet Its Kyoto Goals?....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Lights out for Brazil; the Brown Pelican is saved!; America's lakes, not so much; A new threat to your sex life ... PLUS: Clean Coal lies --- about veterans --- on Veteran's Day! ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Senate intensifies climate bill efforts; U.N. Secretary General urges Senate to pass climate legislation; Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) Censured for Sensible Climate Stance; A Battle in Canada Over Drive-Through Idling; How Much Will $37 Trillion Buy Us?; Do we need nuclear and coal plants for baseload power?; USGBC jobs finds “Green building to support nearly 8 million U.S. jobs over next 4 years”...PLUS: Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash ....

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Welcome aboard to our latest new affiliate station - KJFK 1230am in Reno, NV!

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Hurricane Ida hits oil prices; EPA hits greenhouse gas emissions; China "cleans our clock"; California inks historic water deal ... PLUS: Pro-Coal coloring books for kids! ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': One Million Energy Star Home Owners Can't Be Wrong; On Environmental Brink, Haiti Scrambles for a Lifeline; WV Dept. of Environmental Protection finds problems at W.Va.'s coal-ash dams; U.S. Uses Less Water Now Than 35 Years Ago; Electric Eel Inspires a New Type of Battery; “Conservatives Heart Nuke Power” --- Too bad they don’t “brain” it... PLUS: Is the U.S. News Media Failing to Do Its Job on Climate Change? ....

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A big tactical move today by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in the Environment and Public Works Committee, which she chairs, in working around the Republican boycott this week of mark-up on the climate legislation bill. Very smart, and a big twist in that story as she's out-foxed the GOP stallers, obstructionists, and denialists! At least for now.

Check out Boxer's surprise move, and get caught up on where the roller coaster ride of climate legislation in the U.S. Senate stands for the moment, in today's Green News Report!

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The German Chancellor goes green in the U.S. Congress ... PLUS: Ups and downs, high drama, and a huge twist in the roller coaster of Senate climate legislation ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': America's Most Toxic Cities --- See where your city ranks!; California Lawmakers pass sweeping water legislation; Hunting for Tuna: The Environmental Peril Grows; Philippines targets $2.5 billion geothermal development; Canadian Government Powerless to Recall Toxic Toys; Farm Groups oppose EPA Review of Weed-killer Atrazine ... PLUS: The Snows of Kilimanjaro: going, going, gone ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The clock is running out on the road to Copenhagen; Oil company slapped with record fine; Another toxic Chinese import? ... PLUS: Republicans offer a ruse to stall climate legislation ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Ski area joins fight against global warming; "Panic at 2 a.m.": The Search For Multi-year Arctic Ice; Deforestation sped demise of Nasca in Peru; China gets big stake in West Texas wind farm; Making Solar Power Mobile Power; Turning Algae Into Bioplastic Could Slash Petroleum Use by 50% ... PLUS: RFK, Jr. to Big Carbon: Your Day is Over ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: A Green Halloween? Get ready for toxic costumes, energy vampires, and scaaarry home energy bills ... PLUS: Who's afraid of climate legislation? (Hint: it's the Republicans) ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Ghost of 'Frankenfood' Haunts Europe; Build your own cheap electric car? These guys did; Coal ash poses significant risk: EPA report says; Sharp sets highest solar cell efficiency; YoYo Charger Gives Gadgets Zing With Pull of a String, While Pedal Laptop Charger Idea Has Legs; How California's New Water Laws Inform the Coming National Crisis ... PLUS: Innovative Energy-Generating Pavement Hits the Streets ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama introduces the electric superhighway; Climate legislation hearings (finally) begin in the Senate; Fuel efficiency beats cup holders! ... PLUS: The myth of 'global cooling' ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': EPA to limit mercury emissions from power plants by 2011; French city installs power-saving, heat-sensitive lampposts; Massive Farmed Salmon Jailbreak In British Columbia; Past experiences makes Native Americans cautious on new renewable energy projects; China drywall 'made homes unsafe'; Why it’s better to invest in efficiency than to hold electricity rates down ... PLUS: Dear Mr. President: We face a national security threat on Coal River Mountain ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Aspens dying in the West; Republicans dying on the energy vine; Solar power not dying in DC and California ... PLUS: Rush Limbaugh calls for the death of a NY Times columnist ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Old Energy Interests Try Hand at 'New Media' to Defeat Climate Bill; Shell wins federal approval to drill for oil off Alaska coast; Nudging Recycling From Less Waste to None; Obama Plants Monsanto And CropLife Officials In Key Agriculture Posts; Why the Copenhagen Climate Talks Will Be a Bust; Hunters and Anglers Rally for Climate Bill ... PLUS: Super Freaking Wrong: "Superfreakonomics" gets its badly wrong on climate science ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Water, water everywhere --- but doooon't drink it!; Countdown to Copenhagen ... PLUS: The media and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce get totally punk'd and we love it!... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': 'Freakonomics' Sequel gets panned & slammed for climate change denial chapter; Ecuador Oil Pollution Case Only Grows Murkier; US agriculture department confirms H1N1 virus found in pig; Gizmag Explainer: What is an LED TV?; An H1N1 "Swine Flu" Story: A Pregnant Woman’s Ordeal; Australians to fortify coast homes against climate change, rising seas ... PLUS: Rebranding, and the Idea of America....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Bush Administration smacked down (again); Critics of mountaintop removal coal mining shouted down; GOP complaints shut down a hearing on forged letters ... PLUS: One airline's novel idea for "lightening the load" to save fuel ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': How CBO budget scoring devalues efficiency ... WITH PUPPIES!; What the hell is a 'Smart Grid' and why should you care?; Surprisingly, banks are a roadblock to walkable development; Scientist says Arctic Ocean to be ice-free in summer; Aspen trees die across the West; Gut Check: Warmer planet, fewer crops?; Austin sees huge potential for solar power, thanks to satellites ... PLUS: Project Censored 2010: U.S. consumers exposed to toxic chemicals banned in Europe ....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are taking on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate legislation ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Columbia Journalism Review: Environmental Journalists accused of protecting Gore --- but filmmaker’s criticism is self-serving and wrong; George Soros to Invest $1 Billion in Green Energy; Is UK decision to scuttle new coal plant a blow against coal?; Marcellus Shale water quality: Who will pay to monitor gas drilling?; Solar Living, Without Compromising on Lifestyle ... PLUS: What lessons can be learned from the Spanish solar market collapse?....

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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Climate slugfest in D.C. and Bangkok; Saving money by reducing emissions; How much weed killer is safe in your drinking water? ... PLUS: Lighting up the solar market and the National Mall ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Canada's "most disgusting export"; NIMBYism and the future of "Clean" Coal; In Michigan, a yellow light for green jobs; Converting greasy, dirty wastewater into fuel; Chamber of Commerce to Apple: You Don’t Understand Our '21st Century Approach To Climate Change'; DDT deposit off Southern California will be capped ... PLUS: What is BPA, and do I really need a new water bottle?....

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We closed yesterday's Green News Report, with a new tune from They Might Be Giants called "Science is Real". The song was written for children, but seems to work as aptly for today's wingnut denialists, such as the embarrassing George Will, who, again, as we noted in the report, used his Washington Post column last week to make a fool of himself by ignoring and/or misunderstanding and/or misusing actual science when making his "scientifically illiterate" case that the world is cooling down, rather than heating up.

As Des noted during our report, which you can listen to here...

'Green News Report' w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen
October 6, 2009

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...using the last ten years of "relatively stable" temperatures, the hottest years on record, and the "absence of significant warming since 1998" as evidence that the earth is cooling, versus the very clear evidence from the last several hundred thousand years showing that it's rapidly warming, is akin to using "one day on the stock market and calling it a trend."

Will's use of quotation marks around the word "scientists" is also rather telling.

To make matters even more embarrassing from him, his column, titled "Cooling Down the Cassandras," also misuses mythology, in that Cassandra was the prophetess who was actually always correct in sounding her alarms in hopes of avoiding disaster, but was never believed by those in power until it was too late.

Anyway, while I'm working a deadline in the background, I thought you guys might appreciate the light-hearted video for the awesome They Might Be Giants tune as a short respite from our heavy-ish coverage of late. Hopefully your kids will appreciate it. And perhaps even the wingnuts who chance across The BRAD BLOG today might end up learning something they should have picked up in 2nd grade...