Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• House bills threaten California's air, water and beaches;
• Governor Brown pushes clean energy goal;
• Redistricting commission finalizes district lines;
• Rolling Stone reports on the plastic bag wars;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Sacramento Bee 7/26/11
Editorial: House riders threaten California's air, water
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/26/3793749/editorial-house-riders-threaten.html

San Francisco Chronicle Blog 7/25/11
California beaches may be at risk under GOP environmental bill
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=93882

Los Angeles Times 7/26/11
Gov. Brown pushes 12-gigawatt clean-power goal
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-small-renewables-20110726,0,3997757.story

Sacramento Bee 7/26/11
California commission finalizes districts that may boost Democrats
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/26/3793780/california-commission-draws-lines.html

Rolling Stone 7/25/11
The Plastic Bag Wars
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-plastic-bag-wars-20110725

California Environmental News & Opinion

Press-Enterprise 7/25/11
State looking at regulating private fishing ponds, lakes
http://www.pe.com/localnews/environment/stories/PE_News_Local_D_fish25.3a4e9fb.html

San Jose Mercury News 7/25/11
Brown signs law to expand open space funding
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_18547980

San Francisco Chronicle 7/25/11
Salmon may face greater threat than water shortage
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/25/BA7F1KCRVE.DTL

NPR 7/26/11
Two States Protect Lake Tahoe, But One Eyes Changes
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/26/138473259/two-states-protect-lake-tahoe-but-one-eyes-changes

KQED Quest 7/25/11
Climate Change Favors Invasive Species in California Grasslands
http://science.kqed.org/quest/2011/07/25/climate-change-favors-invasive-species-in-california-grasslands/

San Jose Mercury News 7/24/11
Opinion: Bad economy can't stop Bay Area communities from advancing clean energy
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_18531081

Marin Independent Journal 7/25/11
Marin plastic bag opponents emboldened by state high court decision
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_18547665

KQED Quest 7/25/11
Bird-friendly Buildings in San Francisco
http://www.kqed.org/a/quest/R201107250833

Marin Independent Journal 7/25/11
New Marin law eliminates most graywater permits
http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_18546742

San Francisco Examiner 7/25/11
San Francisco's public power program goes up against PG&E for residents' dollars
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/07/public-power-program-goes-against-pge-residents-dollars

State Politics & Budget

Sacramento Bee 7/26/11
Dan Walters: Redistricting commission makes California's divisions official
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/26/3793781/dan-walters-redistricting-commission.html

Bloomberg 7/25/11
California Seeks $5B ’Bridge’ Loan to Pay Bills
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-26/california-seeks-5-billion-loan-as-states-gird-for-u-s-default.html

Capital Notes 7/25/11
Amazon Tax Suspended If Referendum Qualifies?
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/07/25/amazon-tax-suspended-if-referendum-qualifies/

San Diego Union-Tribune 7/25/11
Ducheny vs. Vargas for Congress?
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/25/ducheny-vs-vargas-for-congress/

San Francisco Chronicle Politics Blog 7/25/11
Tea Party darling & 2012 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to headline CA state GOP convention
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=93851

National Environmental News & Opinion

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 7/26/11
Report: U.S. Cities Must Prepare for Water-related Impacts of Climate Change
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mmehta/report_us_cities_must_prepare.html

Greenspace 7/25/11
More big Yellowstone fires predicted with climate change
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/07/yellowstone-fire-climate-change.html

Act Green (LCV Blog) 7/26/11
Gingrich backs away from 2008 ad urging action on climate change
http://www.actgreen.com/2011/07/gingrich-backs-away-from-2008-ad-urging.html

Los Angeles Times 7/25/11
Activist who faked energy lease bids faces sentencing
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-leases-20110726,0,311671.story

Huffington Post 7/26/11
Al Gore: What Do the Debt Ceiling and Climate Crisis Have in Common?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-gore/debt-ceiling-climate-crisis_b_909461.html

International Environmental News

California Watch 7/26/11
Climate change could release toxins trapped in arctic ice
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/climate-change-could-release-toxins-trapped-arctic-ice-11711

Grist 7/26/11
Here’s what an hour’s worth of ocean trash looks like
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-26-heres-what-an-hours-worth-of-ocean-trash-looks-like

Renewable Energy World 7/25/11
Germany Passes More Aggressive Renewable Energy Law
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/07/germany-passes-more-aggressive-renewable-energy-law

Frogs in the News

Defenders of Wildlife Blog 7/26/11
NEW REPORT: Perils Of The Frog Leg Trade
http://www.defendersblog.org/2011/07/new-report-perils-of-the-frog-leg-trade

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