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IN TODAY’S RADIO REPORT: 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 House… All that and more in today’s Green News Report!

Green News Report with Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen 2/6/2024

‘Green News Report’ – February 6, 2024  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...   · · · · ·   ‘Green News Report’ – February 6, 2024  |  With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

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IN ‘GREEN NEWS EXTRA’ (see links below): Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category; Biden confronts unfinished business with Ohio chemical train wreck; UN climate chief’s blunt message: Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change; Climate activist Greta Thunberg acquitted in protest arrest charge; Ethiopia to prohibit import of non-electric cars; Shuttered coal mine converted into a gravity battery; Big companies cashed in on Mississippi’s water. Small towns paid the price… PLUS: The dawn of the clean hydrogen economy… and much, MUCH more! …

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

• California: State of emergency from historic atmospheric river:
• Live updates: Atmospheric river lashes California with heavy rain and wind (CNN)
• 3 dead as storm pummels California, causing flooding and dozens of mudslides in L.A. area (NBC News)
• Live updates: Storm continues to cause damage across Southern California (KTLA-Los Angeles)
• Relentless storm leads to eye-popping rainfall totals in Southern California (OC Register)
• What’s an atmospheric river? A pineapple express? AP explains the weather phenomenon (AP)
• L.A.’s flood-control system survived epic storm. But it’s losing battle with climate change (L.A. Times):
  Los Angeles County’s Byzantine flood control system has thus far absorbed near-record precipitation “” a feat that officials say was made possible by extensive preparations, including the massive dredging of key debris basins and clearing of storm drains in areas deemed most susceptible to flooding. But as the most intense period of rain passed into history Monday, the concern among local engineers and officials was whether flood infrastructure built over the last 100 years and based on 20th century hydrologic records can continue to keep up with increasingly frequent extreme weather events propelled by climate change.
• Record California storm fueled by bomb cyclone, El Nino, climate change (Washington Post)
• VIDEO: PBS, NBC Report on California Flooding, Climate Connection (This Is Not Cool blog)
• Chile grapples with extreme heat and deadly, catastrophic wildfires:
• Over 300 people are still missing as wildfires in Chile’s deadliest disaster in years are easing (AP)
• Wildfires that are turning neighborhoods to ash are likely Chile’s deadliest on record, UN agency says (CNN/MSN)
• How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s (AP)
• Spain: Catalonia delcares historic drought emergency:
• Catalonia: State of emergency declared as region faces worst ever drought (BBC)
• Catalonia declares drought emergency, extending restrictions to Barcelona (Guardian):
  Announcing the measures on Thursday, Pere Aragonès, the Catalan president, said that in some areas it had not rained at all for three years, describing the situation as the worst drought in modern history.
• ‘A new climate reality’: Spain’s drought-stricken villages have been in crisis mode for months (EuroNews)
• Studies show climate change is increasing intensity of extreme weather:
• The Fingerprints on Chile’s Fires and California Floods: El Nià±o and Warming (NY Times):
  Two disasters, far apart, show how a dangerous climate cocktail can devastate places known for mild weather.
• CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Fires in Chile, California rains and Spain drought spread pain of weather extremes (AP)
• Project 2025: Republicans’ plan to dismantle U.S. climate policy:
• ‘Reversed and scrubbed.’ How a second Trump term could gut climate research (E&E News):
  Project 2025 also calls for replacing the White House climate adviser with an “energy/environment” adviser who would pivot to serving the needs of the fossil fuel industry…In a Trump White House, he said, it won’t matter that there is overwhelming scientific consensus that humans are driving climate change and that it’s a crisis that needs to be addressed.
• Conservatives want Trump 2.0 to bury climate science (Politico)
• Trump’s Plan To Stop ‘That Climate Nonsense’ Is Via Heritage Foundation (Crooks and Liars)
• ‘Project 2025’: plan to dismantle US climate policy for next Republican president (Guardian, 7/23/2023)
• Putin’s energy blackmail gambit has backfired in Europe:
• Europe Moves Into a New World After a Crippling Energy Crisis (Bloomberg):
  This month, a cold front swept across much of Europe and giant tankers that carry fuel through the Red Sea were rerouted to avoid escalating violence. That should have pushed gas prices higher. Instead, they just kept falling.
• Liquified natural gas is finally taking off in Europe””and that’s good news for the U.S. (Fortune)
• VIDEO: Europe Escaping Russia’s Gas Blackmail with Clean Energy (This Is Not Cool blog)
• EU agrees plan to enable member states to end all gas imports from Russia (Guardian, Dec. 2023)

‘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

• Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category (AP)
• Biden Confronts Unfinished Business With Ohio Train Wreck (E&E News)
• The dawn of the clean hydrogen economy (Canary Media)
• What happened when climate deniers met an AI chatbot? A study suggests there could be an unexpected upside to ChatGPT’s popularity. (Grist)
• UN climate chief’s blunt message: Fewer loopholes, way more cash to really halt climate change (AP)
• A London judge acquits climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to leave oil industry conference (Washington Post)
• Ethiopia to Prohibit Importation of Non-Electric Cars (Borkena)
• Taylor Swift isn’t the only private jet flier. Does celebrity carbon offsetting work? (EuroNews)
• Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price. (NY Times)
• Rocky Mountain Gray Wolves Won’t Get Endangered Species Protections (The Hill)
• EPA Proposes To Enable States To Require ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup (The Hill)
• In Kenya, The King Of The Jungle Faces A New Challenge “” Ants (Washington Post)
• Two Climate Advisers Quit U.S. Export-Import Bank Over Fossil Fuel Plans (NY Times)
• This disused mine in Finland is being turned into a gravity battery to store renewable energy (EuroNews)
• Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you (Washington Post)
• How to electrify your life when you rent (The Verge)
• Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy (Climate Crocks)
• These are the places most at risk from record-breaking heat waves as the planet warms (CNN)
• Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? Here’s How to Get Started (Inside Climate News)
• Feeling Hopeless About the Climate? Try Our 30-Day Action Plan (The Revelator)
• 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)
• Project Drawdown: 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming (Drawdown.org)
• An Optimist’s Guide to Solving Climate Change and Saving the World (Vice)