Green News Report w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen

Big Oil worried about global warming! And still fighting to keep their billion-dollar taxpayer subsidies; OPEC fights to raise oil prices; Koch-funded Americans For Prosperity fights environmental extremist kite-flying schoolchildren; PLUS: Hey Fox 'News', whaddaya say now that gas prices have fallen? ... [cue the crickets] ... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9352... and thanks for listening!

Raging wildfires turn deadly in the West; More frequent wildfires predicted in coming years... while Mitt Romney campaigns against hiring more firefighters; VA GOP banishes the words 'sea level rise''; PLUS: 2012: Hottest spring on record for the US .... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9344... and thanks for listening!

Congressional Republicans attack the military's clean energy programs; NC Republicans vote to outlaw physics; Germany sets solar energy world record; Warming Arctic now growing 'pop-up forests'; PLUS: US wildfire season, off to a roaring -- and record -- start... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9335... and thanks for listening!

Republicans collect another Obama Admin scalp as NRC chair steps down; More bad news for climate change-denying Heartland Institute: Corporate funders flee, Climate expert cleared of 'forgery' allegations; Robot fish! Yep, robot fish; PLUS: Remembering the Joplin tornado, and the ongoing toll of extreme weather disasters... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9313... and thanks for listening!

House GOP attacks America's clean energy industry -- again; Solar becoming cheaper than coal -- finally; Coal industry panicking -- naturally; Americans willing to pay more for clean energy, as long as it's not nuclear; PLUS: Australians are hot -- the hottest they've been in a thousand years ... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9306... and thanks for listening!

Ominous start to summer fire season; Watch out for hot air in a newly uncovered anti-wind propaganda campaign; The Saudi Arabia of Oil wants to become the Saudi Arabia of Solar; PLUS: House Republicans working to block advanced biofuels for the U.S. military ... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9303... and thanks for listening!

The deepest well ever dug; Cyber-attacks on the US natgas pipeline industry; Romney makes big promises to Big Oil; RFK Jr. fights Big Coal in Portland; Schizo Fox 'News' now says lower gas prices are a bad thing; PLUS: It's official: the last 12 months were the hottest on record in the US .... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9299... and thanks for listening!

Billionaire codger cage match: T. Boone Pickens picks on the Billionaire Koch Brothers; U.S. military prepares for climate change; Japan: nuke-free, but not worry free; Dino-Farts! PLUS: Billboard blowback - funders flee from Heartland Institute's Unabomber billboard blunder .... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9295... and thanks for listening!

It's WAR!; New rules on fracking to protect drinking water -- same old objections from Republicans; The state's rights versus federal regulations canard; UK: Climate protesters clash with police; Smoke-bomb dropped on French nuke plant; PLUS: Connecting the Dots: Blocking Warren Buffet's coal trains... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9289... and thanks for listening!

Poll shows Americans want clean energy, and are willing to pay for it; Mitt Romney, unclear on the concept of overfishing; Meet the nation's newest oil spill, now in Louisiana; Study criticizes federal pipeline oversight; Big Oil rolls in taxpayer dough, as America's wind energy industry begs for scraps; PLUS: Fox 'News' and hot air: No, wind farms do not cause global warming .... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9282... and thanks for listening!

Just a flesh wound? UK smacked by extreme weather whiplash; Sec. Chu talks sexy, sexy energy efficiency; 'Agent Orange Corn'? Dow Chemical says 'Yes, please!'; PLUS: Slow-jamming the news? How about slow-walking climate change? .... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9275... and thanks for listening!

BP Oil Disaster in the Gulf, 2 years on: Bizarre mutations in the Gulf ecosystem; First criminal charges finally filed; BP's billion-dollar settlement on hold; PLUS: Never mind Earth Day -- Mitt Romney wants to double down on coal.... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9269... and thanks for listening!

Obama calls for crackdown on Wall St. oil speculators -- cue rightwing freakout in 3..2..1..; Taxpayers save lives in latest tornado outbreaks; New rules for frackers; PLUS: Good news for millions who depend on water from the Himalayas.... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9260... and thanks for listening!

'Better living through chemistry'? Obama's EPA approves Agent Orange herbicide, his FDA refuses to ban antibiotics in animal feed; Debunking the GOP: Gas prices were higher under Bush; Total Oil totally can't stop massive off-shore leak; PLUS: Even Lloyd's of London warns against Arctic drilling... For more on the stories in this episode and our 'Green News Extra' please visit http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9254... and thanks for listening!

Profits vs. People at Obama's EPA confirmation hearing; Victory for the people in the federal fracking wars; GAO says nuke evacuation plans inadequate; Climate change is coming for your wine; PLUS: Environmental groups push back against Big Oil with hysterical ads ...