Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• LA Times says Obama "lukewarm" on conservation;
• Redistricting: Quakes! Tsunamis! Makeovers! Angst!;
• Cap and trade sparks renewed political debate;
• Bay Area parks in trouble;
• Mattel, under siege, promises new rain forest packaging policy;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 6/13/11
No budget deal, but Jerry Brown says vote will take place
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/06/no-budget-deal-but-jerry-brown.html

Politico 6/11/11
Political earthquake roils California delegation
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56703.html

KQED-FM Forum 6/13/11
California's New Political Boundaries
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201106130931

San Francisco Chronicle 6/12/11
Cap and trade sparks renewed political debate
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/12/MNVT1JQNB3.DTL

Los Angeles Times 6/12/11
California salmon fishing reopens, but trollers still worry
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/la-fi-adv-salmon2-20110612,0,470176.story

Los Angeles Times (editorial) 6/11/11
Obama lukewarm on conservation
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-babbitt-20110611,0,423148.story

San Francisco Chronicle (Open Forum) 6/10/11
Rep. Grace F. Napolitano: HR1837 seeks to overturn California water law
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/10/EDL31JRK0H.DTL

CA Environment News

California Watch 6/13/11
U.S. gas is artificially cheap: What we don't pay for at the pump
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/us-gas-artificially-cheap-what-we-dont-pay-pump-10692

Los Angeles Times 6/13/11
Thick snowpack holds water — and potential peril
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-snowpack-20110608,0,4311325.story

KQED-FM Forum 6/13/11
Bay Area Parks in Trouble
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201106131000

New York Times 6/11/11
In a War of Words, Makers of Plastic Bags Go to Court
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/science/earth/12garbage.html?_r=1&ref=earth

Greenspace 6/12/11
Lake Tahoe residents seek to halt bear hunt in court
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/bear-hunt-lake-tahoe-nevada.html

Greenspace 6/10/11
Mattel, under siege, promises new rain forest packaging policy
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/mattel-greenpeace-rainforest-indonesia-barbie-ken.html

Riverside Press Enterprise 6/12/11
Air quality officials outline 20-year clean-air strategy
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_future11.2c935b2.html

Inland Daily Bulletin 6/12/11
PG&E required to supply water to Hinkley residents
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_18253932

San Jose Mercury News 6/12/11
EPA chief praises UC Santa Cruz's work for 'environmental justice'
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18260361

Sacramento Bee 6/11/11
Bike-sharing program pedals ahead in Sacramento midtown
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/11/3692722/bike-sharing-program-pedals-ahead.html

Boogie Green 6/12/11
LA’s Controversial Sewage Sludge Recycling Program
http://sarahmosko.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/la%E2%80%99s-controversial-sewage-sludge-recycling-program/

San Diego Union-Tribune 6/10/11
Pollution controls improve La Jolla beach
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jun/09/pollution-controls-improve-la-jolla-beach/

State Politics

Calbuzz 6/13/11
Remap: Quakes! Tsunamis! Makeovers! Angst!
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/06/remap-quakes-tsunamis-makeovers-angst/

Los Angeles Times (analysis) 6/12/11
To survive, state GOP must reinvent itself
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-republicans-20110612,0,4554144.story

Sacramento Bee 6/12/11
10 bills to watch in California's Legislature
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/12/3693984/10-bills-to-watch-in-californias.html

Sacramento Bee 6/13/11
California's Legislature most highly educated, study finds
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/13/3695558/californias-legislature-most-highly.html

Riverside Press Enterprise 6/12/11
Maps of draft districts with ballot history
http://blogs.pe.com/politics/2011/06/draft-draft-draft-assembly.html

National & International Environmental News

The Hill E² Wire Blog 6/13/11
Report: Looming EPA rules unlikely to hamper power reliability
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/166057-report-looming-epa-rules-unlikely-to-hamper-power-reliability-

Politico 6/12/11
Green jobs success eludes President Obama
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/56759.html

Climate Progress 6/13/11
Boosting energy efficiency in buildings will create 114,000 jobs, new report finds
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/06/13/241403/energy-efficiency-buildings-will-create-114000-jobs-new-report/

Food & Water Watch Blog 6/13/11
The Case for a Ban on Gas Fracking
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/the-case-for-a-ban-on-gas-fracking/

New York Times 6/13/11
In Nuclear Crisis, Crippling Mistrust
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/13/world/asia/13japan.html?_r=1&hp

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