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Hello, all. In the news today:

  • Study: Fishing, tourism bring in more money than drilling;
  • GE will bring 25,000 electric cars to life by 2015;
  • Emergency budget session called;
  • And more.

Top Stories

San Francisco Chronicle 11/12/10
Study: More money in tourism, fishing than oil
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/11/MNRR1GAPUR.DTL

Los Angeles Times 11/12/10
General Electric says it will buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-autos-ge-electric-cars-20101112,0,3332060.story

Sacramento Bee 11/12/10
Jerry Brown's frugal side rules as transition begins
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/12/3179332/jerry-browns-frugal-side-rules.html

Multiple Sources 11/12/10
Lame-duck Schwarzenegger calls emergency budget session for new lawmakers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/11/schwarzenegger-calls-for-emergency-lame-duck-budget-session.html
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/11/schwarzenegger-to-call-budget.html
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2010/11/11/schwarzeneggers-28-day-budget-fix/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/11/BA831GAT60.DTL

San Jose Mercury News 11/12/10
U.S. Rep. Jerry McNerney claims victory in close congressional race
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_16589306

State Environmental News

Sacramento Business Journal 11/12/10
Having defeated Prop. 23, coalition seeks national agenda
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2010/11/12/having-defeated-prop-23-coalition.html

Fox & Hounds Daily 11/11/10
Name Calling Won't Change Facts About Green Jobs
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/sue-kateley/8214-name-calling-won%E2%80%99t-change-facts-about-green-jobs

Christian Science Monitor 11/11/10
California: The green guinea pig
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Green-Economics/2010/1111/California-The-green-guinea-pig

Bay Citizen 11/11/10
Tesoro Refinery Health Hazard Warning Lifted
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/pulse-of-the-bay/tesoro-refinery-health-hazard-warning/

Santa Barbara Independent 11/11/10
California, Excommunicated
http://independent.com/news/2010/nov/11/california-excommunicated/

Sacramento News & Review 11/11/10
Cap and giveaway
http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content?oid=1873113

Grist 11/11/10
Advice for a carbon-powered Congress
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-11-advice-for-a-carbon-powered-congress

San Jose Mercury News 11/12/10
SunPower reports $20 million profit
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_16589153

Washington Post 11/11/10
What Does Proposition 26 Mean For Climate Change?
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/11/what_does_proposition_26_meanf.html

San Jose Mercury News 11/11/10
Byron Williams: My question to California voters: What were you thinking?
http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_16575475

SF Weekly Blog 11/11/10
Congestion Pricing Likely To Be Killed By Prop. 26
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/11/congestion_pricing_likely_to_b.php

Forbes Magazine 11/10/10
California Dreaming: Missing America's Wake-Up Call
http://www.forbes.com/2010/11/10/california-texas-climate-change-law-opinions-contributors-larry-bell_print.html

 
 
 

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