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Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Bill banning BPA in baby products narrowly passes Assembly;
• Shark fin ban overwhelmingly passes Assembly;
• Anti-nuclear ballot measure starts circulating;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 5/24/11
BPA ban narrowly passes Assembly but needs your help in the Senate
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/bpa-ban-narrowly-passes-assembly-needs-your-help-senate

San Francisco Chronicle 5/24/11
Shark fin ban passes Assembly
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/24/BAS61JJSM7.DTL

Political Blotter (Oakland Tribune Blog) 5/23/11
Anti-nuclear ballot measure starts circulating
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/23/anti-nuclear-ballot-measure-starts-circulating/

CA Environmental News & Opinion

California Watch 5/24/11
State working with feds on national car pollution standards
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-working-feds-national-car-pollution-standards-10380

San Jose Mercury News 5/24/11
Greenstart: New Bay Area tech incubator homing in on green technology
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18126512

Los Angeles Times 5/23/11
For water researchers, an atmosphere full of questions
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-atmosphere-20110524,0,5567053.story

Californians Against Waste Blog 5/23/11
Legislators to Consider Statewide Styrofoam Ban
http://www.cawrecycles.org/whats_new/recycling_news/may23_sb568update

Contra Costa Times 5/23/11
Bay toxic fish warnings updated
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18123623

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 5/23/11
NRDC Urges LA to Adopt the Wilshire Blvd. Bus-Only Lane without any Exemptions
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mwyenn/nrdc_urges_la_to_adopt_the_wil.html

Spouting Off (Heal the Bay Blog) 5/24/11
Malibu Lagoon Restoration Delayed
http://spoutingoff.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/malibu-lagoon-restoration-delayed/

Safe Routes to School in California Blog 5/23/11
Data proves alarming trends of danger in the streets for Pedestrians and Bicyclists in Los Angeles
http://saferoutescalifornia.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/cityofla_stratplan/

State Politics & Budget

San Francisco Chronicle 5/24/11
California budget expected to soar in next 4 years
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/24/MN701JITJ3.DTL

New York Times 5/23/11
Prison Ruling Raises Stakes in California Fiscal Crisis
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/us/24california.html

California Planning & Development Report 5/23/11
Study Illustrates Profound Quality-of-Life Disparities Across California
http://www.cp-dr.com/node/2950

Sacramento Bee 5/24/11
New FPPC chief seeks to refocus agency
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/24/3648785/pefepsofj-sepof-sepofj-sepof.html

National & International Environmental News

Multiple Sources 5/24/11
Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/05/24/dangerous-by-design-how-the-u-s-builds-roads-that-kill-pedestrians/
http://la.streetsblog.org/2011/05/24/transportation-4-america-report-federal-and-local-governments-need-to-address-pedestrian-safety/
http://t4america.org/pressers/2011/05/24/report-documents-preventable-pedestrian-deaths-ranks-most-dangerous-metro-areas/

Politico 5/24/11
Cold shoulder for climate change
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55522.html

Grist 5/24/11
Climate policy for conservatives
http://www.grist.org/climate-policy/2011-05-24-climate-policy-for-conservatives

Greenspace 5/23/11
Offshore drilling pact will give NOAA scientists more say
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/offshore-drilling-pact-will-give-noaa-more-say.html

Legal Planet 5/23/11
Credit Where It’s Due: Tim Pawlenty Says We Need to “Phase Out” Energy Subsidies
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/credit-where-its-due-tim-pawlenty-says-we-need-to-phase-out-energy-subsidies/

Politico 5/24/11
Pawlenty's ethanol speech underscores Hill efforts
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55580.html

Greenspace 5/24/11
Energy Department challenges students, encourages home energy conservation
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/energy-education-initiative.html

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 5/23/11
Warning: transit data may not mean what you think they mean
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/beware_transit_data_may_not_me.html

Grist 5/24/11
How industrial agriculture makes us vulnerable to climate change, Mississippi floods edition
http://www.grist.org/industrial-agriculture/2011-05-23-industrial-agriculture-vulnerable-climate-mississippi-floods

New York Times 5/23/11
Getting Wise to the Owl, a Charismatic Sentry in Climate Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/science/24owl.html

Californians Against Waste Blog 5/24/11
EU Considers Ban on Plastic Bags
http://www.cawrecycles.org/node/4547

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