Green News Report w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

Tide turns against climate change deniers, as even Rupert Murdoch dumps rightwing policy front group ALEC; Climate change now a defining campaign issue in races around country; 35k walruses start their own sad climate march in Alaska; PLUS: Tide turns against King Coal: Canadian coal mine sells for just $2 ...

Good news: President Obama creates the world's largest marine sanctuary; Bad news: humans have wiped out half of the world's wildlife; Scientists find humans to blame for Australia's hottest year in history; PLUS: A major oil company joins Google in breaking up with Rightwing climate change-denying front group ALEC...

'GNR' Special Climate Week Coverage continues: China's first-ever pledge to cut emissions; Environmental experts say we're not doing enough; Administration officials make the economic case FOR climate action; PLUS: Corporate titans step up to the challenge...

GNR SPECIAL COVERAGE: Climate Week 2014 -- the People's Climate March (largest in history), the protests on Wall Street (can ya hear us now?), and the special United Nations Climate Summit (every country on board)...

Leo DiCaprio takes on his most important role yet; Louisiana's Gov. Bobby Jindal plays his <em>dumbest</em> role yet; Fracking operations confirmed to contaminate water supplies -- again; Black lung coal disease on the rise -- again; PLUS: Polluter front group attacks scary actors and musicians for speaking out on global warming ...

Baby, it's hot outside:  Hottest year on record in California, hottest August on record for the entire planet; Record hurricane hits Cabo San Lucas; Warm-water fish found in Gulf of Alaska; PLUS: The Green Mountain State goes even greener: Burlington, VT now, officially, 100 percent renewable...

Going the wrong way! Greenhouse gas emissions jump at fastest rate on record; Australia's emissions jump after carbon tax axed; Oceans acidifying at rate not seen in 300 million years; PLUS: Some good news: Ozone Hole begone! The ozone layer is bouncing back...

Catastrophic floods in Pakistan & India; Historic flooding in Phoenix, AZ; Continuing denialism on Fox 'News'; Hillary Clinton says global warming is both a crisis and an opportunity; Rand Paul isn't interested; PLUS: A win for the Lobster Boat Blockade, and climate action...

Accountability for BP in deadly Gulf Oil Spill Disaster; Accountability for CA electric company in deadly natural gas pipeline explosion; California legislature bans plastic bans, regulates groundwater for first time in history; PLUS: Celebrating 50 years of protecting America's wildlands and rivers...

Fire and explosion at Indiana refinery with a history of exploding; UN climate report warns of 'irreversible' global warming; Million-dollar fines for oil and chemical spills; Renewable energy now produces 22% of world's electricity; PLUS: Get ready for the People's Climate March on Sept. 21 in NYC...

Napa earthquake is a warning for CA's nuclear plants; Another coal plant bites the dust in NC; Cutting emissions will save more money than it costs; PLUS: Fighting drought with a 'salmon cannon'. Yep -- a salmon cannon...

Way too much water now falling on the Arizona desert; Another day, another toxic spill, this time in the Ohio River; New breakthrough recycles old car batteries into solar panels; Wind energy prices hit an all-time low in U.S.; PLUS: An innovative water wheel auto-magically cleaning up Baltimore Harbor...

Another one bites the dust: Oregon denies proposed coal export facility; It's official: July 2014 was the 4th hottest July on record; Fracking industry illegally using diesel fuel, threatening underground water supplies; PLUS: New report finds Republican officials DO accept climate change, they're just too cowardly to admit it publicly...

Broken climate: Historic storms and floods paralyze cities from Nebraska to Detroit to Long Island, while California breaks heat records - again; China dumping coal, breaking solar records; PLUS: President Jimmy Carter criticizes climate-denying Republicans as 'nutcases'...

If it seems like there's more extreme weather -- you're right; What sanctions? ExxonMobil begins drilling with Russia in the Arctic; Methane rising in the melting Arctic; PLUS: Oops: Looks like the U.S. State Dept. vastly underestimated emissions from the Keystone XL pipeline...