Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Santa Barbara County studying moratorium on fracking;
• Downturn in stock market affecting California's economy;
• EPA set to miss deadline on ozone rules;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Santa Ynez Valley News 8/9/11
Santa Barbara County studying delay of all ‘fracking’
http://www.syvnews.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_7715eb02-c15a-11e0-9eae-001cc4c03286.html

Sacramento Bee 8/9/11
Wall Street aftershocks felt in California's economy
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/09/3825233/wall-street-aftershocks-felt-in.html

Los Angeles Times 8/9/11
EPA set to miss deadline on ozone rules
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-ozone-20110809,0,6836518.story

California Environmental News & Opinion

New York Times 8/8/11
Offsets Could Make Up 85% of Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Program
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/08/08greenwire-offsets-could-make-up-85-of-califs-cap-and-tra-29081.html

Californians Against Waste 8/8/11
Recycling Opportunities Soon to Spread to Many Apartments and Businesses
http://www.cawrecycles.org/whats_new/recycling_news/aug8_commrecyclingSD

Green Roots (Planning and Conservation League Blog) 8/8/11
Delta Plan Takes it Head On: Flow Standards, Water Budgets and Fees
http://greenroots.pcl.org/2011/08/08/delta-plan-takes-it-head-on-flow-standards-water-budgets-and-fees/

San Jose Mercury News 8/8/11
Huge San Benito County solar farm proposal has its day in court
http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_18641569

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 8/8/11
State Senate committee to consider protecting L.A. stadium proposal from state environmental laws
http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_18641259

Streetsblog San Francisco 8/8/11
San Francisco Could Require Bicycle Access in Downtown Buildings
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/08/08/city-could-require-bicycle-access-in-downtown-buildings/

State Politics

San Francisco Chronicle 8/9/11
California joins move to revamp Electoral College
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/09/BAM11KKSPC.DTL

California Watch 8/9/11
State needs campaign finance reform, report says
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-needs-campaign-finance-reform-report-says-11966

National Environmental News & Opinion

E² Wire 8/9/11
White House to unveil efficiency standards for heavy-duty trucks
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/175983-obama-unveils-first-ever-efficiency-standards-for-heavy-duty-trucks

TreeHugger 8/9/11
US Fracking Industry Reserves Overstated By At Least 100%: Report
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/fracking-industry-reserves-overstated-at-least-100-percent.php

E² Wire 8/8/11
Dems press EPA on permits for ‘fracking’
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/175899-dems-press-epa-on-permits-for-gas-fracking

Reuters 8/9/11
Groups ask U.S. court to restore wolf protections
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/09/us-wolves-appeal-idUSTRE77806E20110809

Politico 8/8/11
Climate change deniers spout B.S., says Al Gore
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60890.html

Climate Progress 8/8/11
Michele Bachmann Pledges to Have the EPA’s “Doors Locked and Lights Turned Off”
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/08/08/290508/michele-bachmann-pledges-to-have-the-epa%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cdoors-locked-and-lights-turned-off%E2%80%9D/

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 8/9/11
Seeing cities as the environmental solution, not the problem
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/kbenfield/seeing_cities_as_the_environme.html

Grist 8/8/11
Is your cheese killing the planet?
http://www.grist.org/sustainable-food/2011-08-08-is-your-cheese-killing-the-planet

International Environmental News

Reuters 8/8/11
Analysis: Water rights trade to help quench world thirst
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/us-water-idUSTRE7772GC20110808

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 8/9/11
China's New Solar Directive Looks to Rapidly Scale Up Deployment by 2015
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/mdavidson/chinas_new_solar_directive_loo.html

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