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Hello, all. In the news today:

• State Park closures possible next year;
• Air regulators clamp down on lead emissions from battery recycling plants;
• Lots more post-election news;
• And more!

Top News

Inland Daily Bulletin 11/10/10
State Park closures possible next year
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_16567075

KQED Quest blog 11/9/10
State Parks: Back to the Drawing Board
http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2010/11/09/state-parks/

Los Angeles Times 11/10/10
Air regulators clamp down on lead emissions from battery recycling plants
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-lead-pollution-20101110,0,7624163.story

State Politics

Los Angeles Times 11/10/10
Politicians weigh runs for Oropeza's state Senate seat
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oropeza-seat-20101110,0,2632898.story

Contra Costa Times 11/10/10
McNerney's lead grows in CD 11 race
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_16569750

Reuters 11/8/10
Passage of little-known initiative may disrupt California climate plan
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/11/08/passage-of-little-known-initiative-may-disrupt-california-climate-plan/

Riverside Press 11/10/10
Registrar fired after slow vote count
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_vote10.2143fce42.html

Salon 11/3/10
How the rejection of Prop. 23 affirms the California dream
http://www.salon.com/technology/how_the_world_works/2010/11/03/proposition_23_and_the_california_dream/index.html

CalBuzz 11/10/10
Beware Murphy, Rasmussen and Other B.S. Artists
http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/11/beware-murphy-rasmussen-and-other-bullshitters/

State Environmental News

AP 11/10/10
Chromium plume spreads in water of California town made famous by 'Brockovich' film
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_16565783

Sacramento Bee 11/10/10
Yolo halts habitat damage projects
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/10/3173215/yolo-halts-habitat-damage-projects.html

Sacramento Bee 11/10/10
Regional water board faces big decision on Sacramento sewage -- and lacks a quorum
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/10/3173213/regional-water-board-faces-big.html

San Francisco Chronicle 11/9/10
Ghost Fleet ships to be scrapped at Mare Island
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/10/BA781G9LCF.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle 11/10/10
PG&E ordered to probe Hinkley's new water woes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/10/BA4A1G9H7V.DTL

Grist 11/9/10
Home Energy Score could be a much-needed MPG for houses
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-09-home-energy-score-could-be-a-much-needed-mpg-for-houses

Grist 11/10/10
A question for James Fallows about coal and focus: Is dirty coal really our "clean energy future"?
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-10-question-james-fallows-coal-focus

David Allgood's Patent Remedy for Insomnia, Ague, Chills, and General Malaise

FOSSIL FUEL FUNTIME:

EPA issues reporting rule for oil and gas industry.
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/11/09/09greenwire-epa-issues-emissions-reporting-rules-for-oil-a-30139.html

BP disaster caused by "one bad call after another."
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/gulf-oil-spill-one-bad-call-after-another/19709959

Poor cementing of BP well a symptom of wider problems.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/09/103472/testimony-poor-cementing-behind.html

Scientists say methane in Pennsylvania water caused by fracking.
http://www.propublica.org/article/science-says-methane-in-pa.-water-is-from-drilling-not-natural-causes

PA agency will aid victims of gas drilling contaminated wells.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/homepage/20101110_Pa__agency_votes_to_aid_owners_of_contaminated_wells.html

EPA subpoenas Halliburton over fracking fluids.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A83YY20101109

Kansas governor's promise of fair and thorough review of coal power project met with skepticism.
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/11/09/business-financial-impact-us-parkinson-coal-plant-kansas_8090521.html?boxes=Homepagebusinessnews

Gas leak causes evacuations in Visalia.
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/11/09/2152940/update-visalia-gas-leak-causes.html

NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND:

Half of Obama's green stimulus money remains unspent.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/10/barack-obama-green-stimulus

Pentagon can't explain apparent missile firing off Los Angeles coast.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1110-mystery-missile-20101110,0,1077349.story

Does US have a food safety crisis?
http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-11-09-do-we-really-have-a-food-safety-crisis

US announces home energy efficiency initiative.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60172

Army Corps of Engineers may allow green power developers to fill wetlands.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-09-092.html

LOCAL NEWS FROM THE GOLDEN STATE:

EPA set to reject CARB clean air plan.
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/41979

California Energy Commission still opposes Solar Millennium project south of Ridgecrest.
http://www.ridgecrestca.com/newsnow/x412541025/CEC-staff-still-opposed-to-solar-project

A decade after "Erin Brokovich", PG&E's contamination still spreading in Hinckley.
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/hinkley-22901-erin-spreads.html

Clean air group says air board has not done enough to curb lead pollution in Los Angeles.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/11/lead-pollution-battery-recycling-los-angeles.html

Cooley expands lead over Harris.
http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_16565202

Vallejo lists green targets.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_16571654

NEWS OF THE WORLD:

Private equity funds see profits in buying up scarce water supplies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6A82ZV20101109

IEA says eliminating fossil fuel subsidies is the fastest way to cut energy use.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11718304

IEA says glut of natural gas threatens investment in renewables.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/nov/09/gas-iea-oil-renewables

1000 endangered tigers slaughtered illegally in the last decade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11718648

Whales shown to suffer from sunburn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9173000/9173271.stm

Sea turtle herpes caused by sewage.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/101108-green-sea-turtles-tumors-pollution-science-environment/

NEWS FROM THE EU:

Europe warned that forced use of biofuels could impact food production.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/09/more-biofuels-could-hit-fuel-production

EU launches race for green tech billions.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60171

NEWS FROM THE LAND OF 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE:

Father of child poisoned by contaminated milk jailed for making a fuss.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11724323

NEWS FROM THE DAMP ISLES:

Biofuels plan will cause rise in carbon emissions.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/biofuel-plan-will-cause-rise-in-carbon-emissions-2129773.html

National Trust launches campaign to save ancient trees.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/britains-ancient-trees-walking-the-trunk-route-2129659.html

NEWS FROM THE LAND OF THE 4 O’CLOCK SUN:

Saskatchewan towns want people to slaughter beavers.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/bounty-on-beavers-proposed-by-saskatchewan-rural-municipalities-107009223.html

Shrinking caribou herds prompt Newfoundland and Labrador to toughen hunting rules.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/shrinking-nl-caribou-herd-leads-to-tougher-hunting-restrictions-106992868.html

Report says federal government lacks expertise to deal with dirty rivers, lakes.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/water-woes-reports-say-feds-lack-know-how-to-deal-with-dirty-rivers-and-lakes-106978088.

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD:

Climate change devouring low lying land in Solomon Islands.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/09/solomon-islands-climate-change

Miniature Cuban frog packs powerful punch.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/punctuated-equilibrium/2010/nov/07/5

FROGS IN THE NEWS:

Beatty, Nevada unites to celebrate survival of Amargosa toad.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131194364

BEST HEADLINES EVER:

Scientific study shows civilization was just an excuse to get drunk.
http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/did-humans-learn-to-grow-grains-to-get-drunk/19709081

Raccoons attack Alameda woman.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/10/3173785/raccoons-attack-alameda-woman.html

Scientists say bushcricket has largest testicles among living things.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11718029

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