Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Santa Barbara County studying possible ban on fracking;
• Yellowstone National Park again gets 900,000 visitors in July;
• Warmer temperatures to expand California exotic grass populations;
• Clean tech VC drops 44%, and much more.

California Environmental News

Lompoc Record 8/4/11
Santa Barbara County studying possible ban on ‘fracking’
http://www.lompocrecord.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_77bc29ca-be5f-11e0-99ad-001cc4c002e0.html

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 8/4/11
Yellowstone National Park again gets 900,000 visitors in July
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/08/yellowstone-national-park-visitation.html

Los Angeles Times 8/3/11
The dark side of solar and wind power projects
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-safety-20110803,0,2524795.story

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 8/4/11
Los Angeles solar power rebates slashed 32%
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/08/solar-power-los-angeles-rebates-.html

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 8/3/11
Warmer temperatures to expand California exotic grass populations
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/08/global-warming-california-grass.html

Press Enterprise 8/3/11
Global warming temperature increases expected to increase smog, exotic diseases and asthma
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_heat04.2e5948f.html

Hanford Sentinel 8/3/11
Letter from Kings County supervisors slams state high-speed rail authority’s handling of project
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/article_39d20376-bde9-11e0-9bbd-001cc4c002e0.html

Inyo Register 8/3/11
Forest Service closes area campgrounds, cuts hours
http://www.inyoregister.com/node/1647

Stockton Record 8/4/11
Solar homes will make affordable development even more economical
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110804/A_NEWS/108040322

Sierra Sun Times 8/4/11
Signing of AB 120 Stalls Effort to Restart Suction Dredge Mining in California
http://goldrushcam.com/sierrasuntimes/index.php/news/mariposa-daily-news-2011/110-august/3119-signing-of-ab-120-stalls-effort-to-restart-suction-dredge-mining-in-california

Los Angeles Times 8/4/11
Revenue rises but losses widen at Tesla electric car company
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/08/revenue-rises-but-losses-widen-at-tesla-electric-car-company.html

Redistricting

Fox & Hounds 8/4/11
Quinn: The Redistricting Commission: Now To The Courts
http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/tony-quinn/9277-the-redistricting-commission-now-to-the-courts

Sacramento Bee 8/4/11
Interactive map: See your new California legislative and congressional districts
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/07/29/3804492/see-your-senate-assembly-or-congress.html

Riverside Press 8/4/11
Democrats look to capitalize on remapped Inland districts
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_democrats04.3f3aee3.html

California Politics

Sacramento Bee 8/4/11
Dan Walters: California Democrats declare war on ballot measures
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/04/3815557/dan-walters-california-democrats.html

Capitol Weekly 8/4/11
Proposed initiative targets unions’ political clout
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=zw9feabsfq1gvf

Inside Bay Area (Political Blotter blog) 8/4/11
Campaign finance reform plan
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/04/campaign-finance-reform-plan-unveiled/

National & International Environmental News

New York Times / Greenwire 8/3/11
Senate Democrats Confident They Can Keep Anti-EPA Bills at Bay in Fall
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/03/03greenwire-senate-democrats-confident-they-can-keep-anti-71181.html

CNN 8/3/11
Kids' car seat tests reveal chemicals
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/03/kids-car-seat-tests-reveal-chemicals/

New York Times 8/4/11
A Tainted Water Well, and Concern There May Be More
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/us/04natgas.html

Grist.org 8/3/11
Climate Change: Murdoch’s sins go way beyond the hacking scandal
http://www.grist.org/climate-change/2011-08-03-murdochs-sins-go-way-beyond-the-hacking-scandal

The Center for Public Integrity 8/4/11
White House urges end to programs that can make dangerous jobs safer
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/08/04/5506/white-house-urges-end-programs-can-make-dangerous-jobs-safer

SF Chronicle/Bloomberg 8/4/11
John Doerr says U.S. must do more on clean energy
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/04/BUBC1KIP4F.DTL

SF Chronicle/Bloomberg 8/4/11
Clean tech sees 44% drop-off in VC, report says
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/04/BU5C1KJ09B.DTL

AP 8/4/11
Cargill Recalls 36 Million Pounds Of Ground Turkey
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/04/138971290/cargill-recalling-36m-pounds-of-ground-turkey

AP 8/4/11
Study: Healthy eating is privilege of the rich
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/08/03/1706087/study-healthy-eating-is-privilege.html

Guardian UK 8/3/11
Scientists call for protected areas to conserve deep sea environment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/aug/03/protected-areas-deep-sea-environment

The Independent UK 8/3/11
Why the day of the condor could be drawing to a close
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/why-the-day-of-the-condor-could-be-drawing-to-a-close-2331401.html

Guardian UK 8/3/11
Shell accepts liability for two oil spills in Nigeria
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/03/shell-liability-oil-spills-nigeria

AP 8/4/11
U.S., Wyoming agree to allow hunters to kill wolves
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wyoming-wolves-20110804,0,3572458.story

New York Times Green blog 8/3/11
Climate Change an Extra Burden for Native Americans, Study Says
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/climate-change-an-extra-burden-for-native-americans-study-says/

New York Times / Greenwire 8/3/11
Louisiana Senator Pledges to Block Confirmation of Wildlife Chief
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/03/03greenwire-la-senator-pledges-to-block-confirmation-of-wi-73393.html?ref=earth

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