Daily Green

Good morning all. In the news today:

• Has Whitman raised more "special interest" money than Brown?
• Attorney General candidates face off in only debate;
• River rises raise global warming concerns;
• David Allgood combs the world's news so you don't have to;
• and more news at your fingertips!

Governor's Race News

LA Times 10/6/10
Donations to Whitman undercut her no-special inerests claim
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-money-20101006,0,3385767.story

SacBee 10/5/10
Meg Whitman spending total: $140 million
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/meg-whitman-spending-total-140.html

California Watch 10/6/10
Despite massive fundraising advantage, Whitman trailing in polls
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/despite-massive-fundraising-advantage-whitman-trailing-polls-5375

Contra Costa Times 10/6/10
Does the 'Moonbeam' tag still apply to Brown?
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_16261111

Politics

CLCV Groundswell Blog 10/4/10
Want to vote in November? Don't procrastinate...
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/want-vote-november-dont-procrastinate

Calitics 10/5/10
Courage Campaign Launches Progressive Voter Guide
http://www.calitics.com/diary/12651/courage-campaign-launches-progressive-voter-guide

San Jose Mercury News 10/5/10
Calif. attorney general hopefuls clash in debate
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_16260116
Also: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/06/3082688/attorney-general-candidates-cooley.html
Also: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-attorney-general-20101005,0,3801209.story

SF Chronicle 10/6/10
Attorney general candidates' contrasting styles
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/06/MNEV1FGR03.DTL

No on Prop 26 Airs New ad 10/5/10
Police, teachers, doctors, enviros speak out against Prop 26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TilP52BTOYA

Capitol Notes 10/6/10
Budget +97: Now, Some Details
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2010/10/05/budget-97-now-some-details/

LA Times 10/6/10
Openness on California budget decisions remains elusive
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-budget-secrecy-20101006,0,5637331.story

Long Beach Press Telegram 10/5/10
Proposition 23 could be step to fighting climate change legislation nationwide
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_16260742

San Mateo Daily Journal 10/6/10
Oil Industry aids effort to suspend climate law
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=142918&title=Oil%20industry%20aids%20effort%20to%20suspend%20climate%20law

Grist 10/5/10
Stanford student gives $100,000 to No on Prop 23 campaign
http://www.grist.org/article/stanford-student-gives-100000-to-no-on-prop-23-campaign/

LA Times 10/5/10
Surge in early voting upends campaign playbooks
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-early-voting-20101005,0,5103886.story

Huffington Post 10/5/10
'Likely' Voters: How Pollsters Define and Choose Them
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/05/likely-voters-how-pollsters-choose-them_n_751560.html

Politico 10/6/10
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Obama will win in 2012
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43170.html

State Enviro News

SacBee 10/6/10
Feds reject putting Delta fish back on endangered list
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/06/3082944/feds-reject-putting-delta-fish.html

LA Times 10/6/10
Coastal Commissioner pays $1,000 fine for failing to report financial stake in project
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/coastal-commissioner-pays-1000-fine-for-not-reporting-financial-interests.html

SF Chronicle 10/5/10
New state law reduces copper in brake pads
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/05/BAL11FO3AT.DTL

Wall Street Journal 10/6/10
U.S. Approves Two Solar Plants in California
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703843804575534392249151072.html

San Jose Mercury News 10/6/10
PG& E will provide detailed gas-pipeline maps to fire departments
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16262475

National & International News

LA Times 10/6/10
Global warming: A rise in river flows raises alarm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/global-warming-river-flows-oceans-climate-disruption.html

The Guardian 10/6/10
Senate blamed for climate bills demise.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/06/senate-us-climate-bill

LA Times 10/5/10
10-10-10: Numerology meets environmentalism
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/10-10-10-numerology-meets-environmentalism-.html

SF Chronicle 10/5/10
Census may help the seas give up their secrets
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/05/EDK11FOJ5O.DTL

NY Times 10/6/10
Report Slams Administration for Underestimating Gulf Spill
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/earth/07spill.html

LA Times 10/5/10
Contractor says BP interfered with critical effort during rig fire
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-1005-oil-spill-hearing-20101005,0,1435880.story

AP 10/4/10
Kenneth Feinberg: Gulf Oil Spill Claims Will No Longer Be Affected By Victims' Geographic Proximity
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/04/kenneth-feinberg-gulf-oil_0_n_749358.html

LA Times 10/5/10
Are nanotech-based pesticides safe?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/food-safety-nanotech-pesticides-oregon-state-university.html

Environmental Heath News 9/30/10
Something's in the air: BPA found around the world
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/newscience/endocrine-disruptor-bpa-measured-in-the-worlds-air/

David Allgood's Insomnia Corner

Fossil Fuel Funtime

Turlock gas pipelines among riskiest in state.
http://www.turlockjournal.com/news/article/5869/

WVA Governor sues to block EPA mountain top mining reviews.
http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201010051078

Environmentalists protest oil engineers appointment to EPA fracking panel.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/10/05/05greenwire-enviros-protest-engineers-nomination-to-epa-fr-44341.html

News Of The World

World is at carbon dioxide precipice.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-oew-stewart-climate-change-20101006,0,2645579.story

Climate talks bogged down over financing, carbon limits.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/un-climate-change-talks-make-little-progress-u-s-envoy-pershing-says.html

Death of a theory, seeding oceans with iron won't halt global warming.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/coast-guard-trip-across-north-pacific-dashes-hopeful-scientific-theory/article1744583/

News from the EU

Fatal Hungarian toxic flood will take a year to clean up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11481740

News from the Land of 1.4 Billion People

China boosts efforts to limit carbon emissions.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/china-has-boosted-carbon-efforts-chicago-climate-exchange-s-huang-says.html

News from the Damp Isles

Pope’s UK visit cost environment and energy agencies £3.7 million in a time of cut backs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/05/pope-uk-environment-department-costs

BPA raises risk of prostate cancer.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1318181/Gender-bending-chemicals-plastics-raises-risk-prostate-cancer.html

News From The Land Of the Four O’Clock Sun

Canadian government to put price tag on polar bears.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/feds-putting-price-tag-on-polar-bears-want-to-appraise-iconic-animal-104365429.html

Scientist says oil sands should be left in the ground.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/nasa-scientist-tells-hearing-that-oilsands-should-be-left-in-ground-104361384.html

Climate change good for golfers, cod, bad for skiers, salmon.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/climate-change-good-for-golfers-and-cod-bad-for-skiers-and-salmon-study-104342519.html

Canada to join US in studying ways to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/government-commissions-study-to-curb-asian-carp-from-entering-great-lakes--104346599.html

Study links breast cancer to traffic pollution.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Breast%20cancer%20traffic%20pollution%20link%20examined%20Montreal%20study/3630920/story.html

News from the Rest of the World

Taiwan to double solar capacity by 2025.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/taiwan-targets-doubling-of-solar-power-capacity-of-2-000-megawatts-by-2025.html

800 megawatts of wind energy slated for South Africa.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-06/suzlon-planning-800-megawatts-of-wind-energy-projects-in-south-africa.html

Nigerian lead poisoning deaths double.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11478986

Christian sect threatens Chaco forest in Paraguay.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/05/chaco-paraguay-deforestation

News from the Homeland

Red Bluff Council set to discuss mountain lion that has outwitted Red Bluff police department for weeks.
http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/ci_16257606

Frogs In The News

New species of frogs discovered.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/10/new-species-gallery/?pid=345

Maryland zoo succeeds in breeding endangered golden frogs.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-10-05/features/bs-md-zoo-golden-frogs-20101005_1_project-golden-frog-live-amphibians-deadly-fungus

Experts warn of more frogs raining from the sky in East Africa.
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Experts%20warn%20of%20more%20fish%20and%20frogs%20rain%20/-/1056/1026788/-/g45tuoz/-/

Oddities In The News

Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell releases campaign ad declaring she is not a witch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxJyPsmEask&feature=player_embedded

Donald Trump is thinking of running for President.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2010/oct/06/donald-trump-considers-bid-president

Study shows independent voters are clueless.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/us/politics/07bai.html

Best Headlines Ever

Smoking chimp dies at 52, lives 10 years longer than average.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/11484057

Elixir of life for mice discovered.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8044018/A-genuine-elixir-of-life-at-least-for-mice.html

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