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Hello all. In the news today:

• CD 36: Special results for a special election;
• Governor Brown looks for Republican budget votes;
• Obama Administration gives concession to industry on emissions;
• And so much more...

CD 36 Election Coverage

CLCV Blog 5/18/11
CD 36: Too Close to Call
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/cd-36-too-close-call

LA Times 5/18/11
Janice Hahn, Craig Huey appear headed to runoff
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/05/janice-hahn-craig-huey-appear-headed-to-runoff-in-congressional-race-to-replace-jane-harman.html

Politico 5/18/11
Republican Craig Huey may advance to California run-off
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55189.html

CA Budget News

LA Times 5/18/11
California's revenue surge might stymie efforts to stabilize finances
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-budget-20110518,0,1401512.story

SacBee 5/17/11
Poll: Californian's economic outlook sours
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/californians-economic-outlook.html

Contra Costa Times 5/18/11
California budget battle: Gov Brown returns to inside game, wooing GOP
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_18081567  

Fox & Hounds 5/17/11
If Republicans wouldn't vote for an election on taxes, why would they vote for the taxes themselves?
http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/daniel-weintraub/9001-if-republicans-wouldn%E2%80%99t-vote-election-taxes-why-would-they-vote-taxes-the

State Environmental & Political News

Greentech Media 5/18/11
How Will the California System Operator Cope With 33% Renewables?
http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/how-will-the-california-system-operator-cope-with-33-renewables/

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 5/17/11
New study finds flame retardant chemicals are in most baby products.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sjanssen/new_study_finds_flame_retardan.html   

Contra Costa Times 5/17/11
High fish kill at Delta pumps, but that's not necessarily a bad thing
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18076571

LA Times 5/17/11
Hybrid stickers in California for carpool lanes set to expire
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hybrid-stickers-20110517,0,2131688.story

San Jose Mercury News 5/16/11
PG&E spending on pipeline repairs was under budget in prior years
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_18074933

Climate Watch 5/18/11
PG&E abandoning wave power
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/05/17/pge-abandoning-wave-power

SacBee 5/18/11
Bill to boost campus balloting spurs party-line split in Assembly
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/california-campus-ballot-party-line-split.html

Healthy Cal 5/18/11
Housing slump gives breathing room to land use debates
http://www.healthycal.org/housing-slump-gives-breathing-room-to-land-use-debates.html

Grist 5/18/11
California schemin': How a fake organic fertilizer bamboozles farmers and watchdogs alike
http://www.grist.org/organic-food/2011-05-18-california-how-a-fake-organic-fertilizer-bamboozled-farmers   

National & International News

LA Times 5/17/11
EPA delays rule on industrial emissions
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-epa-emissions-20110517,0,4831405.story

NY Times 5/17/11
Senate blocks bill to eliminate tax breaks for oil companies
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/us/politics/18congess.html

Talking Points Memo 5/17/11
Jon Huntsman Shocks Right By Refusing To Deny Climate Change Is Real
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/jon-huntsman-shocks-right-by-not-being-a-climate-change-denier.php

Grist 5/17/11
Six irrational ideas about oil and gas prices debunked
http://www.grist.org/oil/2011-05-17-six-irrational-ideas-about-oil-and-gas-prices-debunked

LA Times 5/17/11
Judge puts endangered species agreement on hold
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/endangered-species-agreement-on-hold.html

New Scientist 5/18/11
Calculations may have overestimated extinction rates
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21028136.300-calculations-may-have-overestimated-extinction-rates.html

Grist 5/17/11
More evidence cell phones kill bees
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-05-17-more-evidence-cell-phones-kill-bees

Huffington Post 5/17/11
UK Pledges to cut carbon emissions in half by 2025
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/uk-carbon-emissions-2025_n_863118.html

Huffington Post 5/17/11
Whistleblowing Kentucky Miner Fired, Alleges Discrimination
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/whistleblowing-kentucky-miner-fired-arch-coal_n_863299.html

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