Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• State Senate committee passes bill banning BPA in baby products;
• Community groups sue EPA over toxic waste dumps;
• Study examines how many Pacific Ocean fish eat plastic;
• Dueling transportation bills introduced in House and Senate;
• Study shows fracking wastewater is poisonous to plants and trees;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell 7/7/11
BPA Vote: Speaking as a Doctor and a Mom
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/speaking-doctor-and-mom

Los Angeles Times 7/7/11
EPA sued over toxic waste dumps in California
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dumps-suit-20110707,0,7682583.story

Christian Science Monitor 7/6/11
Pacific Ocean trash patch mystery: How many fish eat plastic?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2011/0706/Pacific-Ocean-trash-patch-mystery-How-many-fish-eat-plastic

Wall Street Journal 7/7/11
Dueling Bills Seeks to Fund Road, Infrastructure Plans
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303544604576430314142653944.html

Streetsblog 7/6/11
Boxer: Two-Year Transpo Bill Will Save 600,000 Jobs
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/07/06/boxertwo-year-transpo-bill-will-save-600000-jobs/

Tree Hugger 7/7/11
Fracking Wastewater Poisonous To Plants & Trees: US Forest Service
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/study-fracking-wastewater-poisonous-to-plants-trees.php

California Environmental News & Opinion

Comstock's Magazine 7/7/11
Turf and money battles continue over California water reform
http://www.comstocksmag.com/Articles/0711_F_Changing-Tide.aspx

Defenders of Wildlife Blog 7/7/11
California Sea Otter Bill Passes Senate Committee Vote!
http://www.defendersblog.org/2011/07/california-sea-otter-bill-passes-senate-committee-vote

Audublog (Audubon California Blog) 7/6/11
Survey reveals steep decline in numbers of rare Tricolored Blackbirds
http://www.audublog.org/?p=5633

Grist 7/6/11
Should California adopt the German solar model?
http://www.grist.org/solar-power/2011-07-06-should-california-simply-adopt-german-solar-tariffs

Bakersfield Californian 7/6/11
Palmdale sues high-speed rail authority over Grapevine study
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/business/growth/x481155514/Palmdale-sues-high-speed-rail-authority-over-Grapevine-study

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 7/7/11
Safeguard, Baby, Safeguard: Settlement of SoCal Lawsuit Increases Protections Against the Dangers of Urban Oil Drilling
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dnagami/safeguard_baby_safeguard_settl.html

NPR 7/7/11
Mining Companies On Quest To Cash In On Gold
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/07/137661503/mining-companies-on-quest-to-cash-in-on-gold

Sacramento Bee 7/7/11
State to assess Battle Creek logging activity and effect on salmon
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/07/3752593/state-to-assess-battle-creek-logging.html

San Francisco Chronicle 7/6/11
A chance to reclaim Hetch Hetchy Valley
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/06/ED691K3SK2.DTL

State Politics & Budget

Capitol Weekly 7/7/11
With smoke, there’s fire: The tax man cometh your way
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=ztvmxu8tjdhkye

California Watch 7/7/11
Combative LA congressional race brings big spending
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/combative-la-congressional-race-brings-big-spending-11331

Daily Breeze 7/6/11
Republican businessman Huey seeks win in heavily Democratic 36th District
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_18421132

National Environmental News & Opinion

Politico 7/7/11
EPA funding cuts outlined by GOP
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/58409.html

Think Progress 7/7/11
In Twitter Town Hall, President Repeatedly Emphasizes Clean Energy Future
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/07/07/262286/obama-twitter-townhall-clean-energy/

Sacramento Bee 7/7/11
Editorial: Will Obama cave on fuel efficiency?
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/07/3484479/obama-fuel.html

Daily Mail 7/7/11
Could scented candles kill you?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2012034/Could-scented-candles-kill-Theyre-womens-favourite-indulgence.html

California Watch 7/7/11
Compact fluorescent lights release mercury vapor when broken
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/compact-fluorescent-lights-release-mercury-vapor-when-broken-11333

International Environmental News

Associated Press 7/7/11
UN Reports Surging Investments in Renewable Energy
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=14017681

Guardian 7/7/11
Shelving of energy bill shows government is not serious about its green agenda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/07/energy-bill-shelved

Just for Fun

Capitol Weekly 7/7/11
Opinion: Happy California Day … one of these years, maybe
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=ztxlwnv7nphqgf&xid=ztvnysyalflw1n&done=.ztxn1kokii5923

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