Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. Lots of news today:

• Summers will keep getting hotter, say researchers;
• Former Secretary of the Interior Babbitt calls out Obama on the environment;
• Record California snowpack raises summer flood fear;
• Proliferation of paved surfaces alters weather patterns; and much more.

Top of the Ticket

California Watch 6/8/11
Summers will keep getting hotter, Stanford researchers say
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/summers-will-keep-getting-hotter-stanford-researchers-say-10697

Los Angeles Times 6/8/11
Former Interior secretary calls out Obama on the environment
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-environment-babbitt-20110608,0,3882784.story

San Francisco Chronicle 6/8/11
Record Calif. snowpack raises summer flood fear
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/08/MNVO1JQ9B4.DTL

Science Daily 6/7/11
Air Quality Worsened by Paved Surfaces: Widespread Urban Development Alters Weather Patterns
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121137.htm

San Francisco Chronicle 6/8/11
Coalition to sue U.S. over toxic farmland runoff
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/08/BAEE1JQTI9.DTL&type=green

Huffington Post 6/7/11
Roundup Birth Defects: Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Problems, New Report Finds
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/07/roundup-birth-defects-herbicide-regulators_n_872862.html

California Environmental News

KQED Climate Watch 6/8/11
Visualizing California Climate Change
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/06/08/visualizing-california-climate-change/

Legal Planet 6/7/11
Dueling Orders and Lots of Confusion in AB 32 Case
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/dueling-orders-and-lots-of-confusion-in-ab-32-case/

Sacramento Bee 6/8/11
As California redistricting panel works, Legislature watches
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/08/3684503/as-california-redistricting-panel.html

KQED Capital Notes 6/7/11
[Redistricting:] Orphans, Fingers, and Curls. Oh My.
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/06/07/orphans-fingers-and-curls-oh-my/

KQED California Report 6/7/11
Unlikely Allies Support Bill to Restrict Old Trucks
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201106070850/b

Stockton Record 6/7/11
Styrofoam bill moves forward; opponents vow to fight
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110607/A_NEWS/106070310/-1/NEWSMAP

NRDC Switchboard Blog 6/6/11
David Pettit: No Checks, No Balances, No Reform
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dpettit/no_checks_no_balances_no_refor.html

Los Angeles Times 6/7/11
Environmental coalition wants to save whales by reducing ships' speed in marine sanctuaries
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-whale-ships-20110607,0,5700416.story

Legal Planet 6/7/11
Grandfathering bad air: EPA exempts power plant from new climate and air quality rules
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/grandfathering-bad-air-epa-exempts-power-plant-from-new-climate-and-air-quality-rules/

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 6/7/11
Energy Department awards $4.2 million to 3 California lighting companies
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/energy-department-funds-california-lighting-research.html

San Francisco Chronicle 6/8/11
Caltrans sued over plan to widen Niles Canyon road
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/07/BAT71JQVUL.DTL

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 6/7/11
Newhall Ranch developers must not harm California condors, feds say
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/california-condors-newhall-ranch.html

Fresno Bee 6/7/11
Fresno Co. backs off on nuclear-energy support
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/06/07/2418180/fresno-co-supes-back-off-on-nuclear.html

San Mateo County Times 6/8/11
Law would force Bay Area cities to plan for sea level rise
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_18228644

Hanford Sentinel 6/8/11
Officials: rail project would cause $100 million hit to Kings economy
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/article_93f4220c-9158-11e0-85d9-001cc4c03286.html

National & International News

New York Times 6/5/11
China Faces ‘Very Grave’ Environmental Situation, Officials Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/world/asia/04china.html?ref=earth

Reuters 6/8/11
China's CO₂ emissions rose 10 percent in 2010: BP data
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-energy-bp-emissions-idUSTRE75728120110608

Guardian UK 6/8/11
Coalition on course to miss carbon emissions targets, says CBI
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/08/coalition-miss-emissions-targets-cbi

BBC News 6/7/11
Japan 'unprepared' for Fukushima nuclear disaster
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13678627

Guardian UK 6/8/11
Fukushima nuclear plant may have suffered 'melt-through', Japan admits
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/08/fukushima-nuclear-plant-melt-through

Reuters 6/8/11
Food demand eating into tropical forests: Report
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/62264

E2 Wire (The Hill Blog) 6/7/11
House Democrats: Slash oil tax breaks as part of deficit deal
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/165177-house-democrats-slash-oil-tax-breaks-as-part-of-deficit-deal

Huffington Post 6/8/11
Climate Talks Will Miss Kyoto Deadline, U.N. Official Says In Bonn, Germany
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/06/un-climate-talks-kyoto-deadline_n_871707.html

Climate Progress 6/8/11
This World Oceans Day, Pledge to Do Your Part
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/06/08/239498/world-oceans-day

FireDogLake 6/8/11
David Dayen: Republicans Pretending Commerce Secretary Nominee Is a “Radical”
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/06/08/republicans-pretending-commerce-secretary-nominee-is-a-radical/

New York Times/Greenwire 6/7/11
Unions Occupy a Middle Ground on Issues of Environmental Policy
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/07/07greenwire-unions-occupy-a-middle-ground-on-issues-of-env-65641.html

Christian Science Monitor 6/7/11
Germany to phase out nuclear power. Could the US do the same?
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0607/Germany-to-phase-out-nuclear-power.-Could-the-US-do-the-same

Christian Science Monitor 6/7/11
Fukushima meltdown could be template for nuclear terrorism, study says
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0607/Fukushima-meltdown-could-be-template-for-nuclear-terrorism-study-says

Reuters 6/6/11
Japan Nuclear Plant Could Leak More Radioactive Water
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/62230

Reuters 6/6/11
Rising Forest Density Offsets Climate Change - Study
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/62226

And Finally

Today Show (NBC) 6/8/11
Solar-powered bikini will keep you groovin' all summer long
http://thelook.today.com/_news/2011/06/07/6803446-solar-powered-bikini-will-keep-you-groovin-all-summer-long

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