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IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The latest on the BP oil disaster in the Gulf - one leak contained, another dome in position; Other things happening that aren't in the Gulf (solar panels on paper, anyone?) ... PLUS: Playing politics with disaster in the Gulf (who could have foreseen it?!) ... All that and more in today's Green News Report!

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IN 'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': Saudi-funded Fox News rejects ad by veterans group arguing against Middle East oil dependence; Obama EPA delays coal ash regulations; Factory farms take federal money but refuse to disclose pollution; EPA staffers say they were forced to ignore science; More bad news: Another mining death in W.Va. ...PLUS: Cancer panel: 'Grievous harm' posed by unchecked chemicals in U.S. ...

Info/links on those stories and all the ones we talked about on today's episode follow below...

• Not BP: OTHER Things Are Happening That AREN'T In the Gulf:
• MIT unveils first solar cell printed on paper (Gizmag)
• Nashville Recovers from Record Rain, Flooding
• Nashville residents return home to devastation (AP)
• Flooding causes power outages in Nashville
  : Flooding that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers called a "1,000-year event" also inundated sites such as the Grand Ole Opry entertainment and hotel complex, the football stadium, and one of two water plants serving the city of 626,000 people. (Reuters)
• U.S. Emissions Drop 7% --- We're Halfway There Already
• U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions in 2009: A Retrospective Review (Energy Information Administration)
• Emissions Are Already Plummeting, So Why Not A Stronger Bill? (The New Republic)
• EIA Stunner: Energy-related CO2 emissions are now down nearly 10% from 2005 levels: Can’t this country manage another 7% drop in 10 years? (Climate Progress)
• How Will BP Oil Spill Affect Climate-Clean Energy Legislation?:
• More On The Gulf Spill And The Climate Bill (The New Republic):
  Yes, it's surreal that the c.w. in Washington is that a massive oil disaster might make it more difficult to pass a big energy bill intended to wean us off from fossil fuels. But here's Harry Reid taking the counterintuitive view: "“I think it should spur it on,” Reid said.
• Source: Energy bill next week (Politico)
• BP Oil Spill: Playing Politics with Disaster:
• Michael Brown: Obama Wanted The Oil Spill To Happen (VIDEO) (Talking Points Memo)
• Slick Operator: The BP I've known too well (Greg Palast):
  
  [Lawyer Daniel] Becnel, yesterday by phone from his office from the town of Reserve, LA, said the spill response crews were told they weren't needed because the company had already sealed the well.
• Dems propose massive increase in oil company liability to $10 billion (The Hill)
• The Economic Cost Of The BP Oil Spill: ‘$12.5 Billion Is Only A Starter’ (Wonk Room)
• Congressional Dems to Jindal: Oh, Now You Want Federal Help? (Talking Points Memo)
• GOVERNMENT IS EVIL UNTIL ONE OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHES COMES ALONG (No More Mister Nice blog):
  
  For the last sixteen months the GOP has been screaming that government is evil, that it is the problem, that we need less regulation in order to be more productive, more profitable, and that rules and oversight aren't needed because the free market will take care of things.
  ...
  Hypocritical assholes. Jindal, get your ass in gear and a mop and bucket and clean up your own mess. State's rights! Tenth Amendment! Don't Tread On Me! Hey Teabaggers? Get out there on the coast and help him since you hate the federal government intruding in a state matter so dearly, you hate Washington's beltway interference. Start scrubbing.
• Stupak hesitant to change oil liability law (The Hill)
• Senior Republicans distance themselves from 'drill, baby, drill' (The Hill)
• Separation of Oil and State: Leadership lessons in the Gulf (Grist)
• Forget Offshore Drilling Until We Get Some Answers (The New Republic)
• Gov. Riley concedes he will reconsider ‘drill here, drill now’ (Wonk Room)
• Mary ‘Not A Handmaiden To Oil’ Landrieu Says We Have To Drill, Baby, Drill (Wonk Room)
• National Review Says: Keep On Drilling‎ (NPR)
• BP Oil Spill: Dealing with Disaster:
• Amount of Spill Could Escalate, Company Admits (NY Times)
• Unable to Stanch Oil, BP Will Try to Gather It (NY Times)
• Q. and A.: The Dome and the Well (NY Times)
• AP Exclusive: Crews readying oil containment box (AP)
• BP Says One Oil Leak of Three Is Shut Off (NY Times)
• Oil cleanup chemicals worry environment watchdogs (Reuters):
  
  Oil-dispersing chemicals used to clean up the vast BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico carry their own environmental risks, making a toxic soup that could endanger marine creatures even as it keeps the slick from reaching the vulnerable coast, wildlife watchdogs say.
• Chemicals Meant To Break Up BP Oil Spill Present New Environmental Concerns (Pro Publica):
  
  Dispersing the oil is considered one of the best ways to protect birds and keep the slick from making landfall. But the dispersants contain harmful toxins of their own and can concentrate leftover oil toxins in the water, where they can kill fish and migrate great distances.
• Spray it forward: What are we dumping into the Gulf to ‘fix’ the oil spill? (Grist)
• Dispersants used on Gulf oil spill an ecological trade-off, experts say (Mobile Press-Register)
• What's the Gulf Loop Current and How Could it Spread the BP Oil Spill to Florida and Beyond? (Treehugger)
• Gulf of Mexico oil spill 2010: The worst-case scenario (Mobile Press-Register)
• Why is Oil in the oceans so frightening? (ScienceBlogs)
• FAIL: BP, Regulators, Federal Agencies, and Industry Lobbyists Thought Huge Spill Was "Inconceivable":
• U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study:
  While the MMS assessed the environmental impact of drilling in the central and western Gulf of Mexico on three occasions in 2007 --- including a specific evaluation of BP's Lease 206 at Deepwater Horizon --- in each case it played down the prospect of a major blowout.
• Feds Let BP Avoid Filing Blowout Plan For Gulf Oil Rig (Huffington Post Green)
• Halliburton Role On Oil Rig Puts Firm Under Scrutiny Once Again (Talking Points Memo)
• Madness: BP Left Off Second Emergency Cutoff + When Do We Say 'Enough'? (Treehugger)
• Despite plan, not a single fire boom on hand on Gulf Coast at time of oil spill (Mobile Press-Register)
• More Failures at MMS (Mother Jones)
• U.S. exempted BP's Gulf of Mexico drilling from environmental impact study:
  
  While the MMS assessed the environmental impact of drilling in the central and western Gulf of Mexico on three occasions in 2007 --- including a specific evaluation of BP's Lease 206 at Deepwater Horizon --- in each case it played down the prospect of a major blowout.

  In one assessment, the agency estimated that "a large oil spill" from a platform would not exceed a total of 1,500 barrels and that a "deepwater spill," occurring "offshore of the inner Continental shelf," would not reach the coast. In another assessment, it defined the most likely large spill as totaling 4,600 barrels and forecast that it would largely dissipate within 10 days and would be unlikely to make landfall.

• NOAA Warned Interior It Was Underestimating Threat Of Serious Spill (Huffington Post Green)
• Will Taxpayers Bail Out Big Oil? (Mother Jones)
• David Letterman: Top Ten BP Excuses (Climate Progress)

'GREEN NEWS EXTRA': More green news not covered in today's audio report...

• Saudi-funded Fox News rejects ad by veterans group arguing against Middle East oil dependence (Think Progress)
• Obama EPA punts on coal ash regulations (Coal Tattoo)
• Factory Farms Take Federal Money, Refuse Disclosure of Pollution
• Factory Farms Take Federal Money, Refuse Disclosure of Pollution (OMB Watch)
• EPA Staffers Were Forced to Ignore Science, Investigation Finds (Politics Daily):
  
  Environmental Protection Agency staffers have been forced to ignore relevant science, have lacked key monitoring data on human health and environmental impacts, and have worked without crucial information needed to protect the public, according to the preliminary findings of a scientific advisory board. [And not just during the Bush Administration]
• More bad news: Another mining death in W.Va. (Coal Tattoo)
• Cancer panel: 'Grievous harm' posed by unchecked chemicals in U.S.:
  
  An expert panel that advises the president on cancer said Thursday that Americans are facing "grievous harm" from chemicals in the air, food and water that have largely gone unregulated and ignored.
  ...
  "With the growing body of evidence linking environmental exposures to cancer, the public is becoming increasingly aware of the unacceptable burden of cancer resulting from environmental and occupational exposures that could have been prevented through appropriate national action," the panel wrote in a report released Thursday.


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