Daily Green

Good morning all. In the news today:

• Tensions mount at the top of the ticket;
• Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger is a formidable No on 23 weapon;
• Green jobs are a long-term job solution but not an immediate recession fix;
• Scientists study the impact of population on emissions;
• As always, David Allgood produces a reliable, if not bizarre, co-feature;
• ... and more!

The Top of the Ticket

SF Chronicle 10/12/10
Whitman, Brown clash in final debate tonight
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/12/MN6Q1FR5U3.DTL

LA Times 10/11/10
Tactics split state's top two GOP contenders
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-two-paths-20101011,0,5030043.story

Political Ticker 10/11/10
Fiorina: Palin is qualified to be president
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/11/fiorina-palin-is-qualified-to-be-president/

Fox & Hounds 10/11/10
From the Gubernatorial Candidates on the Budget: "No Comment"
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/joel-fox/8023-from-gubernatorial-candidates-budget-%E2%80%98no-comment%E2%80%99

LA Times 10/10/10
Whitman calls "whore" comment a slur, refuses further comment
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/whitman-calls-whore-comment-a-slur-refuses-further-comment.html

SF Chronicle Politics Blog 10/11/10
Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman show off their inner Latina... with tequila shots?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=74296

LA Times 10/11/10
Obama heads to California for Boxer
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/obama-head-to-california-for-boxer.html

State Politics

NY Times 10/11/10
Foes Outspend Backers of Proposition 23
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/foes-outspend-backers-of-proposition-23/?ref=earth

San Jose Mercury News 10/11/10
The coalition that is fighting to defeat Prop 23 has a formidable weapon in its arsenal: Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16311902

KQED California Report 10/11/10
Prop. 23: Suspending Attempt to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201010110850/b

SacBee 10/11/10
FPPC: Big money flowing to ballot measure campaigns
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/fppc-big-money-flowing-to-ball.html

SF Chronicle Blog 10/11/10
Ahead of November vote, CA ballot measures rake in the dough
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/index

SacBee 10/11/10
Kamala Harris gets boost from Obama - but will it help at polls?
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/kamala-harris-touts-obama-endo.html

LA Times 10/11/10
With budget signed, Senate Republicans change leaders
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/with-budget-signed-senate-republicans-change-leaders-.html

Reuters 10/11/10
Republican election impact on climate control
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1111661920101011

SacBee 10/11/10
Study finds Texas with economic edge on California
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/study-finds-texas-with-economi.html

Press-Enterprise 10/11/10
Democrats express fear of a Chairman Issa
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_issa12.29423b0.html

State Environmental News

SacBee 10/12/10
California's green-jobs numbers paint a mixed picture
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/12/3097036/californias-green-jobs-numbers.html

Politico 10/11/10
California climate board to heat up debate
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43429.html

LA Times 10/12/10
Solar energy proponents push California to adopt 'feed-in tariff' for individual power producers
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-utility-tariff-20101012,0,4581782.story

LA Times 10/12/10
Coastal panel weighs restoration of Malibu Lagoon
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-malibu-lagoon-20101012,0,4778493.story

LA Times 10/12/10
Visions taking shape for proposed CleanTech Corridor in downtown LA
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-clean-tech-corridor-20101012,0,6515662.story

KQED California Report 10/12/10
LA Mayor Goes In Search of Transit Dollars
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201010120850/a

Redding 10/11/10
Push to protect woodpecker may impact salvage logging
http://www.redding.com/news/2010/oct/11/group-pushes-to-save-bird/

Ventura County Star 10/11/10
Water credits threaten aquifer
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/11/water-credits-threaten-aquifer/

SF Chronicle 10/12/10
Officials refuse to clear levees of foliage
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/12/MNQT1FR969.DTL

National & International News

The New Yorker 10/11/10
Inside the Senate's battle over climate change
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/11/101011fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all#ixzz120ZXC4re

BBC World News 10/12/10
Population shifts 'substantially influence' emissions
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11514248

NRDC On Earth 10/11/10
China's Climate Emissions Are Global Issue, But Water Scarcity is Greater Domestic Priority
http://www.onearth.org/onearth-blog/china’s-climate-emissions-are-global-issue-but-water-scarcity-is-greater-domestic-prior

NPR 10/11/10
Will Electric Cars Work For The Everyday Driver? (part 1 of 3)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130362812

NPR 10/12/10
In Search Of Charging Stations For Electric Cars (part 2 of 3)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130433987

NPR 10/11/10
Whales Help Fertilize Ocean with Floating Dung
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130437080&sc=fb&cc=fp

McClatchy 10/11/10
New interest in Idaho's rare-earth deposits
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/11/101878/new-interest-in-idahos-rare-earth.html

NY Times 10/12/10
Offshore Wind Power Line Wins Praise, and Backing
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/science/earth/12wind.html?_r=1&ref=earth

LA Times 10/11/10
For now, no more wolves in Arizona
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/10/no-more-wolves-for-arizona.html

Star Tribune 10/11/10
Minnesota ethanol plants' price is pollution
http://www.startribune.com/local/104746614.html

David Allgood's Insomnia Corner

Fossil Fuel Funtime

Preliminary study shows fracking threatens streams.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20101012_Philly_academy_study_finds_gas_drilling_threatens_streams.html

Backlog of coal mine safety violation enforcements growing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/11/AR2010101106558.html?sub=AR

News Of The World

Reservoirs a neglected source of methane emissions.
http://yubanet.com/enviro/Reservoirs-a-neglected-source-of-methane-emissions.php

Study says airline exhaust kills 10,000 per year, ship emissions kill 60,000.
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/airplanes-dont-kill-people-but-jet-fuel-exhaust-does/19669550

Wind power investment will exceed $200 billion by 2030.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-12/wind-could-meet-12-of-global-power-demand-by-2020-gwec-says.html

World Bank pressured on clean energy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/business/energy-environment/12iht-renworld.html

Nighttime lights bring insects and disease.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41871

News from the EU

Analysis lags on Hungarian sludge leak.
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101011/full/news.2010.531.html

Hungary seizes firm responsible for catastrophic toxic spill.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59830

Czechs may face environmental disaster similar to Hungary’s.
http://www.praguemonitor.com/2010/10/12/czechs-may-face-environmental-disaster-similar-hungary

Eastern Europe dotted with environmental disasters in waiting.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/nationworld/eastern-europe-dotted-with-disasters-in-waiting_2010-10-12.html

Poverty forces Roma people to scavenge ewaste.
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/629864/poverty_forces_roma_people_to_scavenge_toxic_ewaste.html

News from the Land of 1.4 Billion People

High levels of toxic metals found in Chinese cigarettes.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59829

China surpasses America in energy use.
http://www.enn.com/business/article/41870

News from the Damp Isles

Bumblebees prefer striped red flowers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11520117

Landfill mining is the next big thing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/11/energy-industry-landfill

Government asked to raise funding for conservation, species protection.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/12/rspb-conservation-funding

News From The Land Of the Four O’Clock Sun

Millions of plastic pellets washing up on the shores of Lake Huron.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/millions-of-white-plastic-pellets-washing-up-on-shores-of-lake-huron-104663939.html

Mining company says its discharge into the Columbia River will exceed allowable limits of mercury.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/teck-says-discharge-into-columbia-river-likely-exceeded-allowable-mercury-levels-104602504.html

Prince Edward Island wind plan is dying.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-peis-wind-plan-is-dying/article1752506/

Newfoundland seeks input on managing Green River caribou herd.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/newfoundland-asking-for-input-on-managing-george-river-caribou-herd-104768464.html

Oil sands yield profits, protests.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/business/energy-environment/12iht-rensands.html

News from the Rest of the World

New carnivorous mammal species found in Madagascar.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9080000/9080783.stm

Brazil considers inserting microchips in trees to control logging.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59832

Brazil will turn over management of Amazon to private companies to control illegal logging.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59823

Indonesia probes role of illegal logging in Papua flooding.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59825

Japanese develop stink bug repellent.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/bring-on-the-stink-bugs/?ref=earth

News from the Homeland

Tree cutting imperils East Bay levees.
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_16292553?nclick_check=1

Ohio drowning in manure.
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/10/10/ohio-farms-drowning-in-manure.html

Frogs in the News

Virus kills 80% of UK's common frogs.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ranavirus-its-a-frogs-life-2103914.html

Golden poison frog faces extinction as biodiversity hopes fade.
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101011/full/467764a.html

Best Headlines Ever

Ottawa studying potential power source of the future, flammable snowballs.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/ottawa-studying-potential-power-source-of-the-future-flammable-snowballs-104709974.html

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