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IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: Ohio chemical train derailment forces evacuations; Chile battles catastrophic wildfires amid record-breaking heat wave; EU has replaced Russian fossil fuels; PLUS: For the first time ever, global investment in clean energy equals fossil fuel investment… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!

Green News Report with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen 2/7/2023

‘Green News Report’ – February 7, 2023  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...   · · · · ·   ‘Green News Report’ – February 7, 2023  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): U.N. Secretary-General’s searing message for the fossil fuel industry; BP scales back climate targets as profits hit record; Neo-Nazis plotted to attack power grid, feds say; Feds warn Rio Grande settlement could trigger disaster; Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes; Texas carbon capture project is ‘Band-Aid’ to greenwash $10 billion LNG plant, locals say; Coal ash dumps along shores of Great Lakes threaten water supplies… PLUS: Essential insects in East Asia have declined massively, study finds… and much, MUCH more! …

STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY’S ‘GREEN NEWS REPORT’…

• Ohio chemical train derailment forces evacuations:
• Crews successfully release toxic chemicals from derailed Ohio train cars, authorities say (USA Today/Yahoo News)
• East Palestine under mandatory evacuation, possible explosion warning after toxic train derailment (WOSU/NPR):
  Based on interviews with crew members Sunday, a wayside defect detector indicated a mechanical issue, Graham said. The crew applied the emergency breaks, and after the derailment, the conductor decoupled the locomotives from the rail cars, moving them to a safe location.
• VIDEO: Crews conduct ‘controlled release’ of chemicals from train derailment in Northeast Ohio (WKYC)
• VIDEO: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine discusses Ohio train derailment in Columbiana County (WKYC)
• Residents of northeast Ohio urged to evacuate after derailed train threatens explosion (NPR)
• Residents not yet allowed to return to homes near site of fiery train derailment in Ohio (CNN)
• Extreme cold Arctic outbreak sets new records:
• Arctic outbreak shatters records in Northeast, including -108°F wind chill (Axios)
• The punishing, historic cold invading the Northeast, in five maps (Washington Post/MSN)
• VIDEO:’Epic’ ice storm leaves more than 370,000 without power and is blamed for at least 8 deaths (NBC News)
• Why the Polar Vortex Keeps Breaking out of the Arctic (NCAR)
• 3M to phase out PFAS chemicals:
• 3M to cease manufacture of toxic PFAS chemicals within 3 years (MLive):
  3M’s role in pioneering and selling PFAS chemicals has resulted in mounting legal costs as more pollution is found. Documents released to the public through lawsuits show 3M executives knew that PFAS was harmful generations ago…Bloomberg estimates the company could face up to $30 billion in long term PFAS liability.
• 3M to stop making ‘forever chemicals,’ to take up to $2.3B charge (Inforum)
• Illinois AG’s latest lawsuit alleges manufactures knew PFAS products posed significant risks (NPR)
• Tracing the flow of ‘forever chemicals’ into waterways and wildlife (Salon)
• Chile battling hundreds of wildfires amid record heat wave:
• Chile battles deadliest wildfires on record as heatwave grips (Reuters/MSN)
• Chile wildfires kill at least 23 people as 40C heat hampers effort to stop spread (Guardian)
• International help arrives for fire-hit Chile (AFP/MSN)
• EU bans Russian diesel fuel, and says it is free of Russian oil and gas:
• Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine (AP)
• VIDEO: EU Green Industrial Plan, EU Commission Pres. Ursula von der Leyen (Twitter)
• Russia’s oil revenues plunge as EU’s oil war enters round 2 (Politico)
• Wind and solar overtook fossil gas in Europe for the first time (Electrek)
• Clean energy investment equaled fossil fuel investment for first time ever in 2022:
• Clean Energy Saw as Much Investment as Fossil Fuels for the First Time in 2022 (Yale e360)
• Clean Energy Investments Top $1 Trillion (MSN)

‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (Stuff we didn’t have time for in today’s audio report)…

For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Daily Headlines page

• The U.N. Secretary-General’s searing message for the fossil fuel industry (New Yorker)
• BP scales back climate targets as profits hit record (BBC)
• Woman plotted with neo-Nazi to attack power grid, feds say (AP)
• Feds warn Rio Grande settlement could trigger disaster (E&E News)
• Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes (LA Times)
• Texas carbon capture project is ‘Band-Aid’ to greenwash $10 billion LNG plant, locals say (Guardian)
• What to know about the big quake that hit Turkey and Syria (AP)
• Census: Disasters Displaced More Than 3 Million Americans In 2022 (E&E News)
• Essential Insects In East Asia Have Declined Massively, Study Finds (Washington Post)
• Coal Ash Along Shores of Great Lakes Threatens Water as Residents Protest (Inside Climate News)
• Climate Denial Campaign Goes Retro With New Textbook (Grist)
• Sens. Cruz, Manchin Team Up To Fight A Nonexistent Gas Stove Ban (Huffington Post)
• Scientists study how wavy jet stream plus ‘extra warmth’ fuels extreme weather (Financial Times)
• CO Gov. Polis: Utilities must protect consumers from natural gas prices (Denver Post)
• Building Steam in Lithium Valley (The American Prospect)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• VIDEO: See what three degrees of global warming looks like (The Economist/YouTube)
• The 7 climate tipping points that could change the world forever (Grist)
• The 1977 White House climate memo that should have changed the world (Guardian UK)
• Four solutions to mitigate climate change, from the IPCC (Dr. Michael Mann, Penn Today)
• UN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’ (AP)
• Environmental Sacrifice Zones: 8 Places We’ve Given Up-Probably Forever (Environmental Health Network)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• VIDEO: 2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis (Guardian UK)
• 99.9 percent Of Scientists Agree Climate Emergency Caused By Humans (Guardian UK)
• Climate Fund Choices for Investors Are Multiplying (Bloomberg/Yahoo)
• How climate change could undo 50 years of public health gains (Grist)
• Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration (Pro Publica)
• Exxon’s Snake Oil: 100 years of deception (Columbia Journalism Review)
• VIDEO: A Message From the Future With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (The Intercept)
• What genuine, no-bullshit ambition on climate change would look like: How to hit the most stringent targets, with no loopholes. (David Roberts, Vox)
• A Global Shift To Sustainability Would Save Us $26 Trillion (Vox)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist’s Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)
• The great nutrient collapse: The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. (Politico)
• The world’s bleak climate situation, in 3 charts: We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there. (Vox)
• The Climate Risks We Face (NY Times):
  To stabilize global temperature, net carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced to zero. The window of time is rapidly closing to reduce emissions and limit warming to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit or 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the goal set in the Paris climate accord. The further we push the climate system beyond historical conditions, the greater the risks of potentially unforeseen and even catastrophic changes to the climate – so every reduction in emissions helps.
• The Uninhabitable Earth: When will climate change make earth too hot for humans? (New York Magazine):
  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak – sooner than you think.
• A beginner’s guide to the debate over 100% renewable energy (Vox):
  Clean-energy enthusiasts frequently claim that we can go bigger, that it’s possible for the whole world to run on renewables – we merely lack the “political will.” So, is it true? Do we know how get to an all-renewables system? Not yet. Not really.