Daily Green

Hello all. In today’s news:

• Secret budget negotiations threaten California's public health and environment;
• House committee launches major attack on Clean Water Act;
• Al Gore slams Obama's inaction on climate change;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

CLCV Blog 6/22/11
Tom Adams: Secret budget negotiations threaten California's public health and environment
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/secret-budget-negotiations

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 6/21/11
House Committee Launches Most Significant Attack on the Clean Water Act in at Least 15 Years
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/sfleischli/another_clean_water_act_rollba.html
Also: http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/22/22greenwire-house-panel-fast-tracks-bill-to-divest-epa-of-65975.html

Rolling Stone 6/22/11
Al Gore: Climate of Denial
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622

California

Sacramento Bee 6/22/11
Post-Japan, Poll Finds Californians Cool Toward Nuclear Power
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/22/3718298/post-japan-poll-finds-californians.html

California Labor Federation Blog 6/21/11
AB 16: Keeping High-Speed Rail Jobs in California
http://www.calaborfed.org/index.php/page/ab_16_keeping_high-speed_rail_jobs_in_california/

HealthyCal.org 6/22/11
Community Activist Helps Turn Sacramento Neighborhood Green
http://www.healthycal.org/community-activist-helps-turn-sacramento-neighborhood-green.html

Earth Techling 6/22/11
Solar Power Roofs Top San Diego Schools
http://www.earthtechling.com/2011/06/solar-power-roofs-top-san-diego-schools/

California Watch 6/22/11
There's A Fungus Among Us – In The Dishwasher
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/theres-fungus-among-us-dishwasher-11004

Sacramento Bee 6/21/11
Groups sue Army Corps of Engineers over levee tree-removal policy
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/21/3715239/groups-sue-army-corps-of-engineers.html

Sacramento Bee 6/21/11
Editorial: Governor needs to keep pledge at Battle Creek
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/21/3715189/governor-needs-to-keep-pledge.html

Political Blotter (Oakland Tribune Blog) 6/21/11
Arnold touts California at Vienna Energy Forum
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/06/21/arnold-touts-california-at-vienna-energy-forum/

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 6/22/11
Pollution alert: Welcome to summer, just don't inhale
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/06/los-angeles-ozone-alert.html

Politico 6/21/11
Lynn Woolsey to announce retirement
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57445.html

Redistricting

Los Angeles Times/PolitiCal 6/21/11
Redistricting commission extends deadline for public comment
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/06/redistricting-commission-extends-deadline-for-public-comment-sets-new-date-for-release-of-next-versi.html

National & International

KQED Climate Watch 6/22/11
Shrugs Over High Court Decision
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/06/21/shrugs-over-high-court-decision/

Defenders of Wildlife 6/21/11
Senate Ag panel OKs spraying pesticides over water
http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/press_releases_folder/2011/06_21_2011_senate_ag_panel_oks_spraying_pesticides_over_water.php

New York Times Dot Earth blog 6/22/11
On Gore’s Climate and Obama Complaints
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/22/gore-slams-merchants-of-poison-prods-obama-on-climate/

Food & Water Watch Blog 6/21/11
MIT’s Fracking Report Backs its Donors: Gas Companies
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/mits-fracking-report-backs-its-donors-gas-companies/

Grist 6/21/11
In London, bike commuters now the majority in some places
http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-06-21-in-london-bike-commuters-are-the-majority-in-some-pla-outnumbers

Environment News Service 6/22/11
Most Europeans Care Deeply About the Environment
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2011/2011-06-22-01.html

Forbes 6/22/11
The Cash-Back Car: Monetizing Electric Vehicles
http://blogs.forbes.com/ericagies/2011/06/22/the-cash-back-car-monetizing-electric-vehicles/

Forbes 6/22/11
Feds Grant $1.4 Billion Guarantee For World’s Largest Rooftop Solar Project
http://blogs.forbes.com/toddwoody/2011/06/22/feds-grant-1-4-billion-guarantee-for-worlds-largest-rooftop-solar-project/

Miami Herald 6/22/11
Road map identifies immediate measures to address climate change
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/06/22/2278647_road-map-identifies-immediate.html

US Dept. of Justice 6/22/11
Iowa Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Violate the Clean Air Act
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/June/11-enrd-819.html

Charleston Gazette 6/21/11
Study: Birth defect rates higher in mountaintop removal areas
http://wvgazette.com/News/201106211246

Los Angeles Times 6/22/11
Commerce secretary nominee John Bryson promises 'relentless focus' on jobs
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-bryson-commerce-20110622,0,4158698.story

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