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Good afternoon, all. News & opinions today:

• Where social justice meets clean tech;
• Why CEQA is essential for California neighborhoods;
• Who President Obama chose as the next Commerce Secretary;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

CLCV Groundswell Blog 6/1/11
Ian Kim: Making Social Justice a Cornerstone of the Clean Tech Revolution
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/ian-kim-making-social-justice-cornerstone-clean-tech-revolution

California Progress Report 6/1/11
Bill Magavern: Why CEQA Is Essential for California Neighborhoods
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/9030

Los Angeles Times 6/1/11
Obama taps John Bryson for Commerce secretary, highlighting green energy initiatives at Edison
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-john-bryson-commerce-20110531,0,5123415.story

Climate Watch 6/1/11
Planting Seeds for a New CA Nuclear Plant
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/05/31/planting-seeds-for-a-new-ca-nuclear-plant/

Listen to the story from the California Report: http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201106010850/a

California Environment

Calitics 6/1/11
Lucas O'Connor: San Onofre Nuclear Facility experiences fifth spill in 25 months
http://calitics.com/diary/13539/san-onofre-nuclear-facility-experiences-fifth-spill-25-months

Multiple sources 6/1/11
Senate approves Walmart-inspired limits on superstores
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/31/senate-approves-walmart-inspired-limits-superstore/
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/superstore-projects-could-face.html

Santa Maria Times 6/1/11
‘Fracking’ for oil prompts questions about local oversight, contamination
http://www.santamariatimes.com/news/local/article_7a79d6c6-8c14-11e0-99a8-001cc4c002e0.html

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 6/1/11
California High-Speed Rail Authority overhaul remains on track
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/high-speed-rail-authority-refo.html

Associated Press 6/1/11
EPA orders tire facility to stop receiving tires
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18184388

San Jose Mercury News 6/1/11
Google CEO's 'green' house has neighbors seeing red
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_18171501

Calbuzz 6/1/11
Brown Tackles State’s Streisand Parkland Scheme
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/06/brown-tackles-states-streisand-parkland-scheme/

San Jose Mercury News 6/1/11
Judge to rule on spat over seals at Southern California beach
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_18173574

Eureka Times-Herald 6/1/11
Naturalist's legacy lives on in campaign to stop state parks closure
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18181485

Los Angeles Times 6/1/11
Judge delays Malibu Lagoon restoration for at least a year
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-malibu-lagoon-20110601,0,1568244.story

Associated Press 6/1/11
3 California condors die of lead poisoning
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20110531/NEWS06/110531030/3-California-condors-die-lead-poisoning

San Diego Union-Tribune 6/1/11
Tuna ranchers seek future in San Diego
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/31/tuna-ranchers-seek-future-san-diego/

State Politics

PolitiCal (LA Times blog) 6/1/11
Barbs, jokes fly at roast of Assembly speaker
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/06/barbs-jokes-fly-at-roast-of-assembly-speaker-.html

Sacramento Bee (column) 6/1/11
Dan Walters: June is pivotal for Gov. Brown and California budget
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/01/3667513/dan-walters-june-is-pivotal-for.html

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 6/1/11
Roger Dickinson, Richard Pan would butt heads under redistricting proposals
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/incumbent-lawmakers-to-butt-he.html

California Progress Report 5/30/11
Peter Schrag: Grover’s Corners Comes to the Redistricting Commission
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/9024

National & International Environmental News

Green NY Times Blog 6/1/11
The Right’s Environmental Wish List
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/conservatives-environmental-wish-list/

Los Angeles Times 6/1/11
Study links cellphones to possible cancer risk
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-he-who-cell-phones-20110601-1,0,3849386.story

Greenspace LA Times blog 6/1/11
Judge rules against Utah's bid to control roads in national parks
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/judge-rules-against-utahs-fight-to-control-roads-in-national-parks-1.html

New York Times 5/31/11
In Japan, a Culture That Promotes Nuclear Dependency
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/world/asia/31japan.html

Newsweek 5/29/11
Are You Ready for More? In a world of climate change, freak storms are the new normal
http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/29/are-you-ready-for-more.html

Reuters 6/1/11
Global carbon market growth stalls in 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/01/us-carbon-market-worldbank-idUSTRE7501VM20110601

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