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The Green News Report
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6 minutes of green news, politics, analysis & snarky comment!

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March 11th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The glacial pace of international climate negotiations; 'The Cove' goes undercover in L.A.; Venezuela's dam electricity shortage ... PLUS: Industrial food production & another new food recall (with video!)... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Restaurants get a little greener; Farm lobby’s lawyer appointed as Ag Committee’s counsel; SoCal utility to install solar on warehouse roofs; Natural gas as a near-term CO2 mitigation strategy; Green Biz Wiz: folks to follow on Twitter; Fish oil supplements may contain PCBs ... PLUS: Who says you can't bottle the wind? ...

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By DES on 3/11/2010 12:48PM PT  


March 9th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The Arctic is venting; Food poisoning is expensive; Texas is breaking wind (records, that is); Limbaugh and cow farts ... PLUS: The 'greenest' Oscars yet ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Shocker: Oil co. exec says U.S. should move slowly on renewables; Air pollution costs California hundreds of millions in health care; Coal-ash sites polluting water; Asia-produced ozone making its way to U.S; Scientists discover why sunshine & Vitamin D is crucial; Challenging conventional wisdom on renewable energy’s limits; Using behavioral science to craft smarter energy policy... PLUS: New research: synthetic nitrogen destroys soil carbon, undermines soil health ...

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By DES on 3/9/2010 1:26PM PT  


March 4th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Walmart puts the squeeze on suppliers; Amphibians that go both ways; A mini-hydroelectric power plant in your backpack? ... PLUS: Obama tries to make energy efficiency sound sexy ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': The Chamber of Commerce vs. climate science; Is solar cheaper than nuclear?; Hospital study: The high cost of dirty air; Satellite photos show decades of Mountaintop Removal destruction; Global warming skeptics distract from security risks; Architects designing cities for global warming adaptation; Natural Gas lobby challenging coal; Independent board to review work of top climate panel; Rise in anti-science cyber-bullying... PLUS: What will climate science learn from 'Climategate' investigations? CRU's Phil Jones admits emails were 'awful' ...

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By DES on 3/4/2010 12:46PM PT  


March 2nd, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Earthquake for Chile, storms for Haiti; Winter Olympics over for Vancouver?; Climate change hits coffee ... PLUS: Van Jones is back with a special message for Glenn Beck ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Rising threat of even more strains of antibiotic-resistant superbacteria; Massive new iceberg could change ocean circulation, weather; Climate scientists quizzed by British lawmakers; Scientists: World warming unhindered by cold spells; Three Myths about Water; Human testing at heart of debate over U.S. toxics law... PLUS: How the G.O.P. Goes Green ...

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By DES on 3/2/2010 1:05PM PT  


February 25th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Great white sharks more scarce than endangered tigers; Vermont says no to nukes; End of the line for Hummer ... PLUS: Inhofe's war on science ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Republicans calling for a 'carbon tax'???; Guilt-free, compostable plastic; State hiring freezes stall fed weatherization program; Big loan for Big Solar; Alaskan villagers first U.S. 'climate refugees'; Venture capitalists slam GOP campaign to halt CA climate law; Great Atlantic Garbage Patch found; Navy to study toxic water deaths at Camp Lejeune, NC; Tea baggers spread climate science disinfo... PLUS: Climate denier industry: the same folks who denied tobacco and acid rain...

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By DES on 2/25/2010 1:13PM PT  


February 23rd, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Green medals at the Vancouver Olympics; Early spring in Japan; Slow boats to China; EPA under fire ... PLUS: Climate change legislation --- not dead yet! ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Is the Bloom Box really a "breakthrough"?; Solar Power in the Remotest Places; Dams to be removed on Klamath River; Shipper fined for SF Bay oil spill; Google approved to become electric utility; Top scientists confirm climate consensus; Scientist: "Climate changes are proven fact"; Fact-checking the "Skeptical Environmentalist; George Will's latest column is just sad; Cyber-bullying, death threats for Australian climate scientists ... PLUS: Journalistic malpractice on global warming...

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By DES on 2/23/2010 12:49PM PT  


February 18th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Wacky weather Down Under; San Francisco's fog of change; Permafrost shifts North ... PLUS: GOP going socialist as Obama goes Nuclear (or Nookyular)? ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Interior Dept. nets millions in unpaid royalties; Ominous Warning on the Effects of Ocean Acidification; Google founder on erasing our 'innovation deficit'; Wham-O going green; Perception of 'green' businesses vs. reality; The U.S. innovation gap; Asian carp finally spooks feds; Chicago earthquake a wake-up call for carbon capture? ... PLUS: "Whatevergate": Deconstructing the latest IPCC denier deviltry ...

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By DES on 2/18/2010 12:53PM PT  


February 16th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Buh-bye, Evan Bayh; Supertrains for China, not so much for the U.S.; Freeways cause heart attacks; Train stations prevent foreclosures? ... PLUS: Wacky weather complicates the Winter Olympics... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Nano breakthrough: sunlight + water= energy; Cities prepare for electric cars; 'Solar roofs' bill introduced in Senate; Breakthrough for BPA-free bottles; Should you upgrade to a white roof?; Coal Industry: only 5% of WV jobs; Is cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch even possible?; States fight over Asian carp invasion; Couric takes on factory farming industry ... PLUS: IPCC errors: the facts vs. the spin ...

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By DES on 2/16/2010 1:01PM PT  


February 11th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: ExxonMobil - still funding climate deniers; Haiti - still devastated; Valentine's Day - make it green! ... PLUS: An inconvenient snowstorm? Fox "News" unglued and uninformed ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Oceans reveal impacts of climate change; EPA reveals danger potential at coal ash ponds; India puts hold on 1st GM food crop due to safety; Reforms urged for U.N. climate panel; Homeowners sue company over cancer cluster; New push for crackdown on crooked oil; Making portable solar power; How our food system is destroying the nation’s most important fishery ... PLUS: Cheaponomics: How much do things really cost?...

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By DES on 2/11/2010 1:42PM PT  


February 9th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Snowpocalypse' in Washington, D.C., but snow-less in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics; Toyota recalls some Priuses (Prius's? Priusi?); The Green Police hit the SuperBowl! ... PLUS: Sarah Palin speaks Nookyular Tea Party-eese ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Obama Admin. drops 'animal tracking' for food safety; Welcome to the new Climate.gov; Australia's drought worst in 750 years; California sued over fuel standards; Halting California's global warming law; Chicago pollution mostly from traffic; Ford introduces Electric Taxi; Bark beetle song may save trees ... PLUS: NO, really?!?: Think-Tanks Take Oil Money and Use It To Fund Climate Deniers...

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By DES on 2/9/2010 12:56PM PT  


February 4th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: "ClimateGate" climate scientist cleared of wrongdoing; Hope for Bluefin Tuna; Big Oil and Coal fight to keep subsidies; PLUS: Obama's mixed signals on cap-and-trade legislation... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Pentagon says climate change a national security issue; Studies find faster tree growth as climate changes; Bangladesh risks becoming failed state; Hawaii may impose oil tax; Packaged salads may contain E. coli bacteria; Oil, trucking industries sue CA over fuel rule; Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) gets $100K from gas well stake; Utah gov gets $10K from coal co. seeking permit ... PLUS: A must-Listen NPR Report: Mining Giant Must Clean Up Mess....

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By DES on 2/4/2010 1:14PM PT  


February 2nd, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: China takes the lead on clean energy, while the U.S. dithers; Obama gives out goodies for nuclear power ... PLUS: Coal protests in West Virginia ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Solar energy’s dirty little secret; Obama orders government to cut greenhouse emissions by 28%; Pentagon to rank global warming as destabilizing force; Americans cool on global warming; Smart meters save money, energy and dollars ... PLUS: With help from Sweden, four Northern Virginia families are 'climate pilots' ....

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By DES on 2/2/2010 1:04PM PT  


January 28th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: The State of the Union: Obama does not back off the push for clean energy --- but will the Senate listen?; Big new funding for high speed rail ... PLUS: How much will it all cost? ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': SEC calls for climate risks to be disclosed to investors; Budget freeze turns focus to Big Ag subsidies; California firsts: solar water heater subsidies and first-in-the-nation mandatory 'green' building codes; Ford CEO on the future of green cars; Honda tests Solar Hydrogen Fuel Pump ... PLUS: Even Plants May Not Like a Warmer World....

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By DES on 1/28/2010 12:45PM PT  


January 26th, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...


TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Your weather says cold, but your climate (and NASA) says HOT; Oil, oil, toil and more trouble; Plastic bag taxes --- do they work? ... PLUS: The Big Murkowski: Will Alaska's Senator block the EPA from enforcing the Clean Air Act? ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Debating coal with RFK, Jr.; Coal industry: adapt or die; Climate change denier George Will steps in it again; Cancun to host climate talks; Walmar, Dell, et al form Sustainability Consortium; Monsanto monopoly; GMO corn and soy linked to organ failure; Energy Star smacks LG refrigerators; Just don't call it a 'tax' .... PLUS: Smacking down GOP Pollster Frank Luntz's polls....

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By DES on 1/26/2010 1:12PM PT  


January 21st, 2010


With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Scientists' Himalayan glaciers mistake is more fodder for climate change deniers; FDA aims at BPA --- but powerless to do anything about it ... PLUS: Climate legislation, Scott Brown, the GOP's 49-51 majority, the Supreme Court and LOTS and LOTS of corporate money... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': President Obama's environmental report card; Asian Carp DNA found in Lake Michigan; Arctic tundra drying out; DOE hearts algae; The case for distributed renewable energy; Murkowski (R-AK) attacks EPA; "Just don't call it a 'carbon tax'" .... PLUS: Watch this video: Colbert hearts Mountaintop Removal ....

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By DES on 1/21/2010 2:08PM PT  



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