Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In today's news and opinion:

• CLCV to celebrate environmental champions on June 2;
• End to greenwashing in sight?
• Initial rail construction confirmed in central Valley;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

CLCV Groundswell Blog 5/27/11
Warner Chabot: Celebrating Environmental Champions
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/celebrating-environmental-champions

KQED-FM “Forum” 5/27/11
An End to Greenwashing?
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201105271000

Fresno Bee (editorial) 5/27/11
Feds confirm Valley for initial rail construction
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/26/2404099/editorial-feds-confirm-valley.html

Capitol Alert 5/26/11
California's Latino population booming, Census Bureau finds
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/california-latino-population-census.html

California Environmental News & Opinion

Multiple sources 5/26/11
Sport fish contaminated along California's urban coastline
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/widespread-contamination-in-sport-fish-along-californias-urban-coastline-survey-finds-.html
http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2011/05/27/study-finds-mercury-pcbs-in-coastal-fish/128841/

Desert Dispatch 5/27/11
BLM approves desert power transmission project
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/transmission-10947-california-around.html

Sacramento Bee 5/27/11
Assembly OKs bill on sale of Sacramento's treated wastewater
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/26/3657727/assembly-oks-bill-on-sale-of-sacramentos.html

Bay Citizen 5/26/11
Tea Party: Anti-Sprawl Plan Will Take Your Freedom
http://www.baycitizen.org/development/story/tea-party-anti-sprawl-plan-will-take/

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 5/26/11
The San Joaquin River Agreement and H.R. 1837 - A Deal is a Deal
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bnelson/the_san_joaquin_river_agreemen.html

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 5/26/11
California Water Regulators Propose Exemptions from Farm Water Measurement Law
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/eosann/california_water_regulators_pr.html

Redwood City Patch (opinion) 5/26/11
Marianna Raymond: What Should Be Done with the Cargill Salt Ponds?
http://redwoodcity.patch.com/articles/what-should-be-done-with-the-cargill-salt-ponds

San Francisco Chronicle 5/27/11
Rod Diridon: It's time to invest fully in high-speed rail
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/27/ED5H1JLLR9.DTL

San Jose Mercury News 5/26/11
Bill to add transportation seat for San Jose, Oakland passes Assembly
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_18148836

Multiple sources 5/27/11
PG&E rates to drop for heaviest utility users
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/26/BU1F1JLL1G.DTL
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/26/2404314/pge-rate-cuts-okd-for-biggest.html

Ventura County Star 5/27/11
Idea of selling Malibu compound fuels feud between neighbors, park agency
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/may/26/idea-of-selling-malibu-compound-fuels-feud-park/

State Politics

California Watch 5/27/11
Latino population growing slower than in other states
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/latino-population-growing-slower-other-states-10466

California Watch 5/27/11
Despite setbacks, critic of ranked-choice voting persists
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/despite-setbacks-critic-ranked-choice-voting-persists-10463

Sacramento Bee 5/27/11
Dan Walters: Top-two strategy deployed in Janice Hahn-Debra Bowen contest
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/27/3657878/dan-walters-top-two-strategy-deployed.html

Calbuzz 5/27/11
Friday Rapture: Sarah & Oprah Vs. Arnold & Harvey
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/05/friday-rapture-sarah-oprah-vs-arnold-harvey/

Associated Press 5/27/11
California Senate rejects social networking privacy bill
http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_18155622

National Environmental News

Dow Jones Newswire 5/27/11
US Nuclear Industry's Response To Fukushima Shaped By BP Oil Spill
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201105261751dowjonesdjonline000645&title=us-nuclear-industrys-response-to-fukushima-shaped-by-bp-oil-spill

Green NY Times Blog 5/26/11
Oil Shareholders Demand Fracking Disclosures
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/26/on-our-radar-oil-shareholders-demand-fracking-disclosures/

New York Times 5/27/11
Tests Reveal Mislabeling of Fish
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/science/earth/27fish.html

Audubon Magazine 5/27/11
Happy Birthday, Rachel Carson! Your Legend Lives on in Today's "Women in Conservation"
http://magblog.audubon.org/happy-birthday-rachel-carson-your-legend-lives-todays-women-conservation

E2 Wire (The Hill Blog) 5/27/11
G-8 leaders weigh tougher nuclear safety treaty, pledge climate progress
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/163659-g8-leaders-weigh-tougher-nuclear-safety-treaty-pledge-climate-progress

Reuters 5/26/11
Sloppy recycling poses threat to green tech: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/26/us-recycling-idUSTRE74P5LN20110526

Grist 5/26/11
How to get to a fully renewable power system
http://www.grist.org/renewable-energy/2011-05-26-how-to-get-to-a-fully-renewable-power-system

New York Times 5/26/11
Christie Pulls New Jersey From 10-State Climate Initiative
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/nyregion/christie-pulls-nj-from-greenhouse-gas-coalition.html

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