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Good morning all. In the news today:

• California passes a historically delayed budget;
• The governor's race gets even uglier;
• More newspapers oppose Prop 23, the Dirty Energy Initiative;
• Is genetically modified corn good for non-GMO corn?
• David Allgood has news you don't want to read... and more (or less)!

Budget Battle Ends

AP 10/8/10
California lawmakers pass long-overdue budget
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/US_California_Budget_530135C.shtml

LA Times 10/8/10
Senate vote brings end to California budget impasse
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-california-budget-20101009,0,3940315.story

LA Times 10/8/10
A flurry of deals delays state budget
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-budget-20101008,0,221858.story

SacBee 10/7/10
Transparency? Assembly votes before budget bill made public
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/transparency-assembly-votes-be.html

Governor's Race

SacBee 10/8/10
Brown campaign apologizes for slur
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/08/3089091/brown-campaign-apologizes-for.html

LA Times 10/8/10
Meg Whitman opens her checkbook again
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/meg-whitman-opens-up-her-checkbook-again.html

San Jose Mercury News 10/7/10
Maid's story may end up being the key to governor's race
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16281097

San Jose Mercury News 10/7/10
Governor's race offers stark choice in shaping judiciary
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_16283914

Stop Prop 23, The Dirty Energy Initiative

State Press 10/10
Prop 23 is just a bad ballot measure
http://www.montereyherald.com/opinion/ci_16286509
Also: http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_16282019
Also: http://www.dailycal.org/article/110678/proposition_23_skin-deep_legislation_not_a_solution
Also: http://articles.coastlinepilot.com/2010-10-07/news/tn-cpt-1008-verdelaguna-20101007_1_aggregate-net-jobs-impact-clean-energy-economy-green-jobs

Bay Citizen 10/7/10
Following the Money on Prop 23
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/following-money-prop-23/

Kansas City 10/6/10
Study: Barely noticeable impact on small business from clean energy standards
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/06/2282996/study-barely-noticeable-impact.html

NY Times Op-Ed 10/5/10
Thomas Friedman: "The Terminator vs. Big Oil"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/opinion/06friedman.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Huffington Post 10/7/10
Koch-funded attacks on Prop 23 include manufacturing science
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-hoggan/koch-funded-attacks-on-pr_b_754849.html

Reuters 10/7/10
How one small business cut energy use and costs
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS88858431820101007

Politics

LA Times 10/7/10
California lieutenant governor candidates trade sharp barbs
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lieutenant-gov-20101008,0,4511668.story

AP 10/8/10
Democrats see glimmer of hope ahead of 2010 midterm elections
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/08/democrats-midterm-election-2010-_n_755460.html

Bay Citizen 10/7/10
Tackling redistricting with both money and zeal
http://www.baycitizen.org/proposition-20/story/tackling-redistricting-money-and-zeal

NY Times 10/7/10
Obama calls for voters to outweigh outside money
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/us/politics/08campaign.html?_r=2&hpw

Environmental News

LA Times 10/8/10
On 10/10/10, join the global party against global warming
http://www.latimes.com/theguide/events-and-festivals/la-et-mckibben8-20101008,0,5188909.story

Planet Ark 10/8/10
Scenarios: Republican election impact on climate control
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59791

SF Chronicle 10/8/10
Overestimate fueled state's landmark diesel law
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/08/MNOF1FDMRV.DTL

Grist 10/7/10
The Clean Air Act has been cheaper and more effective than industry predicts, again and again
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-10-07-clean-air-act-cheaper-more-effective-than-industry-predicts/

LA Times 10/7/10
Genetically modified corn helps protect non-engineered cousins, study finds
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-gmo-corn-20101008,0,5035842.story

NRDC On Earth 10/7/10
The Vanishing: This man's bees are in grave danger. So is our food supply. Why something so small matters so much.
http://www.onearth.org/article/unearthed-the-vanishing

Grist 10/8/10
What climate activists could learn from the anti-slavery movement
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-10-07-slavery-climate-change/

The Guardian 10/7/10
What's the carbon footprint of... a volcano?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/oct/07/carbon-footprint-volcano

Grist 10/7/10
Coal companies charged with massive violations of water pollution laws in Kentucky
http://www.grist.org/article/coal-companies-charged-with-massive-violations-of-water-pollution-laws-in-k/

High Desert Daily Press 10/7/10
Feds approve another solar plant in Calif.
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/ivanpah-22229-plant-solar.html

David Allgood's Insomnia Corner

Fossil Fuel Funtime

Oil tank ruptures in Compton.
http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_16282900

Big coal devastates Appalachia destroying mountains.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/06/mining-mining

Two Kentucky coal companies accused of fraud on pollution reports.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/07/101774/groups-accuse-2-ky-coal-companies.html

EPA rejects 11 Kentucky coal mining permits.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20101006/NEWS01/310060127/1003/business/EPA%20opposes%2011%20Ky.%20coal%20mining%20water%20permits

Surprise inspections result in citations for serious violations a Massey Energy WVA coal mine.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKqhqTNUBwZgyjok7oyGgkK5PS0gD9IN0RBG0

Explosions, fires, polluted water result from fracking.
http://www.thevillager.com/villager_389/explosions.html

News Of The World

China, US blamed for stalling climate talks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/08/china-us-blamed-talks-stall

Toxic algae rapidly kills coral reefs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9070000/9070148.stm

News from the EU

Hungarian toxic spill laden with high levels of mercury, arsenic.
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/hungary-toxic-sludge-greenpeace-cites-high-levels-of-arsenic-mercury/19666232

Anger and fear spread in Hungary over toxic spill.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/anger-in-hungary-fear-downstream-as-toxic-contamination-spreads-2101071.html

Hungary opens criminal inquiry on toxic flood.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hungary-sludge-20101007,0,2706656.story

Enzyme may unlock biofuels from waste.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59797

European truck makers fear new carbon curbs.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59788

News from the Land of 1.4 Billion People

China winning race for green jobs.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/07/china-global-race-green-jobs

Hong Kong air killing more people than SARS outbreak.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/10/06/bloomberg1376-L9WTM31A1I4H01-7D04F3CH8HA5B8JBPQ1F8OKIVH.DTL

News from the Damp Isles

Climate change threatens UK harvests.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/8048917/Climate-change-threatens-UK-harvest.html

Scotland votes to water down emissions targets.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/08/scotland-watered-down-emissions-targets

Landowners play crucial role in wildlife conservation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/07/landowners-wildlife-conservation

Lady bugs by the thousands invading English homes.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/ladybirds-are-invading-our-houses-this-autumn-often-in-their-thousands-whats-going-on-397186.html

News From The Land Of the Four O’Clock Sun

Ontario pulls plug on gas fired power plant.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-pulls-plug-on-gas-fired-plant/article1747600/

Lethal paralytic toxin found in B.C. shellfish.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-shellfish-lovers-warned-over-lethal-paralytic-toxin/article1749076/

Alberta names scientists to study water near oil sands.
http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101007/edm_panel_101007/20101007/?hub=EdmontonHome

Electric cars put lithium miners on fast track.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59794

News from the Rest of the World

South Africa to cut coal use 50% by 2030.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-08/south-africa-to-halve-coal-use-by-2030-turn-to-nuclear-business-day-says.html

Rare tube nosed fruit bat sighted in New Guinea.
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/rare-yoda-bat-spotted-in-papua-new-guineas-lost-world/19664837

News from the Homeland

Palo Altans oppose bullet train station.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16286320

Frogs in the News

Virus killing UK's frogs.
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7020152303?Disease%20Killing%20Off%20Common%20Frogs%20In%20UK

New frog species discovered on New Britain.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/200-new-species-discovered-in-papua-new-guinea.html

Court upholds vernal pool protection critical to frog reproduction.
http://mobile.californiafarmer.com/main.aspx?ascxid=cmsNewsStory&rmid=0&rascxid=&args=&rargs=9&dt=634221175378352000&lid=a8yebu2d9qxnz7lo&adms=634221175376324000X3ccaad6684&cmsSid=42714&cmsScid=9

Oddities In The News

Nevada Senate candidate claims Muslim law taking hold in US.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/08/sharron-angle-muslim-law-_n_755346.html

Christine O'Donnell dodges questions about Sarah Palin's presidential qualifications.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/08/christine-odonnell-palin-cnn_n_755503.html

Best Headlines Ever

Distressed cockerel, Fred, left in wheelie bin!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/8048254/Cockerel-left-in-wheelie-bin.html

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