Green News Report w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

Green News Report w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen episodes:

• 04.25.2024

  Green News Report 4/25/2024

  National Weather Service warns Summer 2024 will be hotter than usual; Power outages have surged in the U.S. along with extreme weather, study finds; Poll finds most Americans support climate action but few have heard about Biden's sweeping climate policies;...

  
• 04.23.2024

  Green News Report 4/23/2024

  Europe is the fastest-warming continent on the planet, new study warns; Plastics manufacturers are big contributors to man-made global warming; PLUS: Biden Administration unveils Solar For All program, American Climate Corps, and sweeping new actions on conservation...

  
• 04.18.2024

  Green News Report 4/18/2024

  Astonishing, historic deluge inundates Dubai; Climate impacts will cost global economy $38 TRILLION a year by 2049, new study calculates; New lightbulb efficiency standards will save consumers money; PLUS: Biden Administration cracks down on toxic silica dust to protect workers'...

  
• 04.16.2024

  Green News Report 4/16/2024

  Record ocean heat is bleaching coral reefs around the world; Biden raises royalties to drill and mine on public lands, the first update in a century; Innovation in Indiana: wireless EV charging roads; PLUS: Bizarre fish behavior is a marine...

  
• 04.11.2024

  Green News Report 4/11/2024

  March 2024 was the hottest March ever recorded, continuing a 10-month record hot streak; European court rules Switzerland's climate inaction violates human rights; Norfolk Southern settles East Palestine lawsuits for $600 million; PLUS: EPA cracks down on airborne pollution from...

  
• 04.09.2024

  Green News Report 4/9/2024

  Buckle up! It's going to be a hyperactive hurricane season; New study finds half of the Colorado River's water is used to grow feed for cattle; Good news for California's mountain snowpack, for now; PLUS: Disney's Tomorrowland says goodbye to...

  
• 04.04.2024

  Green News Report 4/4/2024

  U.N. officials warn of looming hunger crisis across Southern Africa amid deepening drought; Biden Administration invests billions to innovate and decarbonize manufacturing; Melting polar ice is changing Earth's rotation; PLUS: America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is now operational...

  
• 04.02.2024

  Green News Report 4/2/2024 (We're Back!)

  President Biden vows to rebuild Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, Republicans say 'maybe'; New study confirms economic toll of man-made climate change; Heavy storms collapse a portion of California's iconic Highway 1 near Big Sur; PLUS: Biden Administration clamps down...

  
• 03.21.2024

  Green News Report 3/21/2024

  Biden EPA issues new tailpipe emissions and pollution rules, the most significant climate regulation in U.S. history; Rio de Janeiro hits record 144°F heat index; Exxon CEO blames the victim, says climate change is YOUR fault; PLUS: U.N. weather agency...

  
• 03.19.2024

  Green News Report 3/19/2024

  EPA finally bans all uses of asbestos in US, after decades of trying; President Biden unveils billions for rebuilding struggling communities torn apart years ago by highway construction; Extreme heat wave in Africa forces schools to close; PLUS: Massachusetts coastal...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Green News Report 3/14/2024

  Florida Republicans ban local efforts to protect outdoor workers from extreme heat exposure; Fossil fuel industry still not plugging climate-warming methane leaks; Republicans' Project 2025 would withdraw U.S. from Paris Climate Agreement again, and block re-entry; PLUS: California's snowpack is...

  
• 03.12.2024

  Green News Report 3/12/2024

  In State of the Union Address, President Biden highlights economic and jobs boom from his climate policies; February 2024 obliterated global temperature and ocean heat records; PLUS: Great Barrier Reef hit with yet another 'mass bleaching event'...

  
• 03.07.2024

  Green News Report 3/7/2024

  2024 Presidential Election nominees are set, and the climate stakes could not be higher; Lawsuit blames broken utility pole for record Texas wildfires; Coastal U.S. cities are sinking as sea level rise accelerates, new study warns; PLUS: North Atlantic Ocean...

  
• 03.05.2024

  Green News Report 3/5/2024

  Largest wildfire in Texas history continues to burn, while California is buried by an extreme blizzard; Increased risk of mega-fires pushes more insurers to leave both states; PLUS: Biden Administration invests billions to clean up the nation's ports...

  
• 02.29.2024

  Green News Report 2/29/2024

  Historic winter heat smashes records across U.S., sparks massive wildfires in Texas; Groundbreaking Colorado lawsuit seeks to force oil companies to clean up abandoned wells; PLUS: Shifting to EVs and clean electricity will dramatically improve children's health, study finds...

  
• 02.27.2024

  Green News Report 2/27/2024 (Our 15th Anniv. GNR!)

  Weather disasters displaced 2.5 million Americans from their homes last year; Texas real estate prices plunge in wake of new flood risk disclosure law; Northeast sled dog race canceled due to lack of snow; PLUS: Chicago sues five major oil...

  
• 02.22.2024

  Green News Report 2/22/2024

  U.S. Supreme Court hears challenge to EPA's landmark 'Good Neighbor' pollution rule; Bizarre winter heat wave hits Japan; New study finds near-universal global public support for climate action; PLUS: Biden Administration unveils billions in new funding to clean up the...

  
• 02.20.2024

  Green News Report 2/20/2024

  Record marine heat wave decimated Florida's coral reefs; Plastics industry knew for 50 years that recycling didn't work, and deceived the public about it; PLUS: Nearly half the world's migratory species in decline, U.N. study finds...

  
• 02.15.2024

  Green News Report 2/15/2024

  Mysterious oil spill triggers national emergency in Trinidad and Tobago; Big changes underway as Greenland warms; Wildfires are reversing hard-won gains against air pollution in the U.S.; PLUS: Climate change has come for your chocolate...

  
• 02.13.2024

  Green News Report 2/13/2024

  Super Bowl EV ads mark the slow but persistent cultural shift in the transition from fossil fuels; Oil and gas industry spending big to get Trump into the White House; PLUS: Jury sides with climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann in...

  
• 02.08.2024

  Green News Report 2/8/2024

  EPA cracks down on deadly soot pollution; January 2024 was the hottest January ever recorded on Planet Earth; PLUS: Hurricanes are getting so intense, scientists propose a 'Category 6'...

  
• 02.06.2024

  Green News Report 2/6/2024

  Historic atmospheric river rains down a state of emergency on California; Chile grapples with extreme heat and catastrophic wildfires; Europe is escaping Putin's energy blackmail; PLUS: Republicans' comprehensive plan to dismantle U.S. climate policy if a Republican wins the White...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Green News Report 2/1/2024

  Saudi Arabia ditches plans to expand oil production; Millions of Americans at risk of dangerous chemical train derailments, new study finds; European Union to phase out polluting heavy duty diesel trucks by 2040; PLUS: Biden Dept. of Energy issues new...

  
• 01.30.2024

  Green News Report 1/30/2024

  Biden pauses approvals of new LNG export terminals, citing climate risk; Canada's tar sands are a larger source of air pollution than previously thought; China installed more solar energy in 2023 than the U.S. did in its entire history; PLUS:...

  
• 01.25.2024

  Green News Report 1/25/2024

  Astonishing record rain and flash flooding cause widespread damage in San Diego; Despite recent cold, Winter overall is getting warmer in the U.S.; Oil giant ExxonMobil sues its own shareholders to block climate initiatives; PLUS: USPS unveils new EV charging...

  
• 01.23.2024

  Green News Report 1/23/2024

  Deadly winter storms pummel U.S. infrastructure; FEMA overhauls disaster relief system as climate shocks worsen; Oil industry lobbyists launch multi-million dollar ad blitz promoting fossil fuels; PLUS: The 2024 Presidential election is an inflection point for climate action...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Green News Report 1/18/2024

  U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing supermajority appears ready to gut federal agency authority on environmental regulations and more; Social media sites profiting off of a new breed of climate denial, new study finds; PLUS: Frigid Arctic air strands drivers of both...

  
• 01.16.2024

  Green News Report 1/16/2024

  2023 smashed records for global heating and billion-dollar weather disasters; Republican Presidential candidates vow to make climate change impacts as horrific as possible; PLUS: Biden Administration proposes first-ever fines to curb oil and gas industry's methane pollution...

  
• 01.09.2024

  Green News Report 1/9/2024

  Winter shows up with a vengeance in the U.S., Europe and U.K.; Alaska's snow crab season cancelled for second year in a row; PLUS: America's school buses going green, with new federal funding...

  
• 01.04.2024

  Green News Report 1/4/2024 (We're Back!)

  Happy 2024! While we were out...December 2023 was the hottest December on record, and 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded; Warm winter causing snow drought in U.S.; Landmark youth climate lawsuit to finally proceed to trial; PLUS: Some good...

  
• 12.19.2023

  Green News Report 12/19/2023 (Final episode of the year!)

  Record rain and floods inundate northeast Australia and batter the U.S. East Coast; 2023 unleashed a record number of billion-dollar weather disasters in the U.S.; PLUS: New polls show bipartisan majorities of Americans increasingly want climate action...

  
• 12.14.2023

  Green News Report 12/14/2023

  World's nations strike historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28 U.N. climate conference; PLUS: Dramatic changes underway in the Arctic, thanks to climate change...

  
• 12.12.2023

  Green News Report 12/12/2023

  Crunch time at COP28 U.N. climate treaty negotiations in Dubai; Climate change intensified ongoing, catastrophic floods in East Africa; PLUS: Biden announces biggest-ever investment in U.S. high speed and passenger rail...

  
• 12.05.2023

  Green News Report 12/5/2023

  Big breakthrough on Loss and Damage funding at COP28 U.N. climate treaty negotiations in Dubai; Fossil fuel industry works to stop phase-out of fossil fuels; PLUS: Biden EPA's new rule would force removal of ALL of America's lead water pipes...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Green News Report 11/30/2023

  'Unprecedented' heat waves set all-time high national records in Brazil and South Africa; Commercial jet the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean powered by waste fat and sugar, not fossil fuels; PLUS: President Biden touts booming clean energy jobs in...

  
• 11.28.2023

  Green News Report 11/28/2023 (We're Back!)

  U.N. report warns world is far off track to avoid catastrophic warming; Annual U.N. climate conference,  COP28, gets underway in oil-rich Dubai; PLUS: International Energy Agency warns fossil fuel industry faces a reckoning...

  
• 11.16.2023

  Green News Report 11/16/2023

  U.S. is warming faster than the rest of the globe and every region is affected, National Climate Assessment warns; U.S. and China agree to work together to displace fossil fuels and tackle the climate crisis; PLUS: Biden Administration releases new...

  
• 11.14.2023

  Green News Report 11/14/2023

  Australia signs historic climate refuge treaty with Pacific Island nation Tuvalu; GOP's third 2024 primary debate -- in MIAMI -- ignores climate change; Last 12 months were the hottest in recorded human history; Some big policy changes after the 2023...

  
• 11.07.2023

  Green News Report 11/7/2023

  Australia braces for El Nino to intensify already-massive bushfires this year; October 2023 was the hottest October on record; Michigan legislature enacts sweeping climate and environmental package; PLUS: President Biden unveils nation's largest investment in rail infrastructure in 50 years...

  
• 11.02.2023

  Green News Report 11/2/2023

  Storm Ciaran latest to rapidly intensify before slamming into U.K. and France; Human activities are making the Earth saltier, and not in a good way; U.S. greenlights fifth major offshore wind project; PLUS: President Biden launches massive investments in America's...

  
• 10.31.2023

  Green News Report 10/31/2023

  Striking UAW workers reach historic deal with Big 3 automakers, including on EVs!; Staggering loss and damage from Hurricane Otis in Acapulco; PLUS: America now has a new EV battery recycling industry..

  
• 10.26.2023

  Green News Report 10/26/2023

  Powerful Category 5 Hurricane Otis slams into Mexico and the history books; Demand for fossil fuels will peak by 2030, IEA projects; Big Oil doubles down, acquiring new fossil fuel reserves; PLUS: New Republican House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson is...

  
• 10.24.2023

  Green News Report 10/24/2023

  Rising sea levels threaten Florida property values and its economy; 'Superfog' triggers massive, deadly vehicle pileup in Louisiana; New study confirms hurricanes really are undergoing rapid intensification more frequently, due to global warming; PLUS: Melting of the huge West Antarctic...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Green News Report 10/19/2023

  Alaska cancels snow crab harvest due to crashing populations; New documents show the natural gas industry used Big Tobacco's playbook to block gas stove pollution regulations for decades; PLUS: Sweeping new study finds the U.S. is on track to reach...

  
• 10.17.2023

  Green News Report 10/17/2023

  Mighty Mississippi River falls to new record lows; Exxon Mobil acquires a major fracking company, expanding its fossil fuel production; PLUS: Climate change is coming for bees, beer, coffee and chocolate...

  
• 10.12.2023

  Green News Report 10/12/2023

  Deadly combination of intense heat and humidity could render parts of the world, including the U.S., 'unlivable' as the planet warms; Damage to an undersea natural gas pipeline off the coast of Finland looks like sabotage; PLUS: European Union launches...

  
• 10.10.2023

  Green News Report 10/10/2023

  Big victory for striking auto workers demanding a just transition to electric vehicles; Glacial outburst flood in India kills dozens, damages significant infrastructure; Millions of children displaced every year due to extreme weather disasters; PLUS: Climate change is coming for...

  
• 10.05.2023

  Green News Report 10/5/2023

  Scientists are freaking out about September's record heat and Antarctica's missing sea ice; Critical climate targets still barely within reach, thanks to growth of renewable energy; PLUS: After weakening UK climate policies, British Prime Minister cancels high-speed rail, expands offshore...

  
• 10.03.2023

  Green News Report 10/3/2023

  New York City floods again after third 100-year storm in two years; From Minneapolis to Mexico, bizarre extreme heatwaves set new September records; Home insurance bubble could burst as climate disasters strain insurance markets; PLUS: Norway has gone almost 100...

  
• 09.26.2023

  Green News Report 9/26/2023

  New Orleans declares emergency over saltwater intrusion in drinking water; Fracking operations are "devouring America's groundwater" amid persistent drought; PLUS: Republicans' government shutdown will suspend critical operations like FEMA disaster recovery...