Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Green California passes 23 environmental priority bills through first houses;
• CLCV endorses Janice Hahn for Congress;
• Budget fight heats up in the Capitol;
• Poll shows Americans split on causes of global warming;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 6/8/11
Green California: Working together to win legislative victories for the environment
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/greencavictories

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 6/9/11
Vote for the Environment on July 12: Janice Hahn for Congress
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/voteforhahn

Los Angeles Times 6/8/11
California budget talks hit an impasse over three-month tax extension
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-budget-20110608,0,1467048.story

Contra Costa Times 6/9/11
California Democrats set stage for budget fight
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18235733

New York Times 6/9/11
Americans Still Split on Global Warming, Poll Shows
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/americans-still-split-on-global-warming-poll-shows/

CA Environmental News & Opinion

Huffington Post 6/8/11
Jakada Imani: What It Takes to Preserve Environmental Justice in California
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jakada-imani/environmental-justice-in-california_b_873289.html

Sacramento Bee 6/9/11
Californians generate less garbage in recession, easy landfill pressure
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/09/3687662/californians-generate-less-garbage.html

San Diego Union-Tribune 6/8/11
Legislator tries to hang up on phone books
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/08/legislator-tries-hang-phone-books/

San Francisco Chronicle 6/9/11
Pumps' fish slaughter alarms conservationists
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/09/MNNB1JOVQP.DTL&type=green

San Francisco Chronicle Politics Blog 6/8/11
Solar is the new cell phone
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=90579

Bag Monster Blog 6/7/11
Belmont, CA Takes Next Step in Banning Plastic Bags & Polystyrene Containers
http://www.bagmonster.com/2011/06/belmont-ca-takes-next-step-in-banning-plastic-bags-polystyrene-containers.html

San Jose Mercury News 6/8/11
San Carlos may consider banning plastic bags, foam food containers
http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_18227735

Fresno Bee 6/8/11
Feds, farmers talk damage from river restoration
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/06/08/2420213/feds-farmers-talk-damage-from.html

Safe Routes to School Blog 6/8/11
SANDAG – first California Region to produce plan under SB 375
http://saferoutescalifornia.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/sandag_transformcomment/

State Politics & Budget

PolitiCal 6/8/11
Radio hosts change tune on tax election, then so do GOP lawmakers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/06/radio-hosts-change-tax-election-tune-then-so-do-gop-lawmakers.html

Sacramento Bee 6/9/11
Union chief says Jerry Brown's tax vote is 'fraught with peril'
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/09/3687493/union-chief-says-jerry-browns.html

California Progress Report 6/9/11
“Job Killer” Rhetoric is Wrong
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/9057

Capitol Weekly 6/9/11
Opinion: Redistricting is turning the heat up on Latinos, other minorities
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zrjtykmdqyhvr4&xid=zrid02xmkxxcfb&done=.zrjvnrs73dgt9h

National & International Environmental News

Greenhouse (USA Today Blog) 6/8/11
EPA bans toxic rat poisons, citing risks to kids
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/06/epa-ban-toxic-rat-mouse-poisons/1

Greenspace 6/8/11
Latino groups push Obama on ozone standards
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/latino-groups-push-obama-on-ozone-standards.html

E² Wire (The Hill Blog) 6/8/11
Former Interior chief slams Obama's 'silence' on conservation 
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/165399-former-interior-secretary-bashes-obama-for-silence-on-conservation

New York Times 6/8/11
U.S. Is Falling Behind in the Business of ‘Green’
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/business/09subsidies.html

Politico 6/9/11
Mitt Romney: No apologies on climate change stance
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56580.html

Politico 6/9/11
Rick Santorum: Climate change is ‘junk science'
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56599.html

Grist 6/8/11
FDA admits supermarket chickens test positive for arsenic
http://www.grist.org/food-safety/2011-06-08-fda-admits-supermarket-chickens-test-positive-for-arsenic

Des Moines Register 6/8/11
USDA testing climate credits for farmers
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/06/08/project-aims-to-pay-for-farmers-for-cutting-greenhouse-gases/

Tree Hugger 6/8/11
Why Recycling Plastic Bottles Doesn't Help The Problem (Video)
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/why-recycling-plastic-bottles-doesnt-help-the-problem-video.php

Reuters 6/8/11
Canada confirms it will reject new Kyoto Protocol
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-climate-canada-idUSTRE75755O20110608

Democracy Now! 6/9/11
Critics Dub Planned Puerto Rico Pipeline the "Death Route" for Alleged Threat to Environment, Public Health
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/9/critics_dub_planned_puerto_rico_pipeline

Reuters 6/8/11
Greenpeace accuses Barbie of destroying Indonesia
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-mattel-protest-indonesia-idUSTRE7571BZ20110608

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