Daily Green

Hello and good morning all. In today’s news:

• First eight redistricting commissioners selected, "new era" begins;
• Senator Boxer resigned to incremental progress;
• EPA fails on Central Valley smog;
• Arnold's enviro activist future?
• And more including your week-ending cure for insomnia from David Allgood.

Top of the Ticket

Los Angeles Times 11/19/10
California begins a new era in redistricting
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-redistricting-20101119,0,2128075.story

San Jose Mercury News 11/19/10
Boxer resigned to incremental progress on the environment
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16650627

San Francisco Chronicle 11/19/10
Earthjustice: EPA fails on Central Valley smog
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/19/BAER1GEC4F.DTL

Sacramento Bee 11/19/10
Delta plan churns up concerns
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/19/3197332/delta-plan-churns-up-concerns.html

State Environmental News

Guardian 11/18/10
Arnold Schwarzenegger: my future as a green activist
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/18/arnold-schwarzenegger-green-comeback

Los Angeles Times, Associated Press 11/19/10
California coastal panel challenges beach curfews
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-beach-curfew-20101117,0,3659434.story
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/19/3197922/calif-coastal-regulators-targeting.html

San Francisco Chronicle 11/19/10
'New Environmentalists' - Goldman Prize winners
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/19/MV2N1G8UIF.DTL&type=green

Associated Press 11/19/10
Sonoma's Infineon Raceway to get solar makeover
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/19/3198059/sonomas-infineon-raceway-to-get.html

Marin Scope Newspapers 11/18/10
Plastic bag ban closer in Marin, San Rafael
http://www.marinscope.com/articles/2010/11/17/sausalito_marin_scope/news/doc4ce458512e5b6225065453.txt

Sunnyvale Sun 11/19/10
Sunnyvale council moves toward plastic bag ban
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16638201

Associated Press 11/19/10
Feds reach $7m deal for Whittier toxic cleanup
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/19/3198333/feds-reach-7m-deal-for-whittier.html

Los Angeles Times 11/19/10
Gabrielino Band of Mission Indians denounces nature center
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-narrows-20101119,0,591966.story

San Diego Union-Tribune 11/19/10
New San Onofre boss says plant turnaround "a challenge"
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/17/new-san-onofre-boss-says-turning-around-nuclear-pl/

Times-Standard 11/19/10
Big chinook run on the Eel River this year; more fish will likely be seen at Van Arsdale station than in decades
http://www.times-standard.com/ci_16656489

Marin Independent Journal 11/18/10
County coho program could deliver results
http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_16641707

Los Angeles Times 11/19/10
State takes key step toward preserving Tejon Ranch wilderness
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-tejon-20101119,0,5989137.story

State Politics

Sacramento Bee 11/19/10
First members selected for California redistricting panel
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/19/3197118/first-members-selected-for-states.html

Sacramento Bee (column) 11/19/10
Dan Walters: Remapping panel must avoid traps
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/19/3197117/dan-walters-remapping-panel-must.html

San Francisco Chronicle 11/19/10
After tough battle, Barbara Boxer vows to fight on
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/19/MN8R1GE6T4.DTL

Los Angeles Times 11/19/10
For the GOP, California is a deep blue hole
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-poll-20101119,0,1562210.story

Capitol Alert 11/19/10
Jerry Brown credited with election's best negative spot
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/11/washington-posts-cillizza-jerr.html

National & International Environmental News

Agence France-Presse 11/19/10
U.S. climate envoy, Todd Stern, dismisses climate change skeptics
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-19-u.s.-climate-negociator-todd-s-dismisses-climate-change-skeptics

Agence France-Presse 11/19/10
Leading climate change economist warns U.S. of trade boycott
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-19-leading-climate-change-economist-warns-u.s.-of-trade-boycott

Reuters 11/19/10
Republican asks To Expand Power Of Energy Panel
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/60275

Politico 11/18/10
Infighting over House energy portfolio
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/45343.html

Huffington Post 11/19/10
Outgoing Republican Congressman slams party for climate change denial
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/18/bob-inglis-climate-change-denial_n_785404.html

Dot Earth (NY Times blog) 11/18/10
An Inconvenient Mind
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/an-inconvenient-mind/

Hearst Newspapers 11/19/10
Limits on natural gas imperil jobs, industry warns
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/19/MNTU1GE7FQ.DTL&type=green

Green (NY Times blog) 11/19/10
A Call to Action on Ocean Acidity
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/alerting-states-to-ocean-acidity/

Grist 11/19/10
Kentucky cancels coal plant, new power movement electrifies grassroot alliance
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-18-breaking-kentucky-cancels-coal-plant-new-power-movement

Green (NY Times blog) 11/19/10
New Roads = Traffic = Emissions?
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/new-roads-traffic-emissions/

Associated Press 11/19/10
US Embassy: Beijing air quality is 'crazy bad'
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/19/AR2010111901323.html

David Allgood’s Cure for Insomnia

FOSSIL FUEL FUNTIME:

Republicans more receptive to oilsands than Democrats
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/republicans-more-receptive-to-oilsands-than-democrats-alberta-official-109031294.html

Fracking blamed for water contamination:  Inspectors overwhelmed.
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/frack-main111810/frack-main111810/

Pennsylvania panel approves new fracking safeguards.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40257754

India, China buying US coal, shale gas fields.
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-18-india-china-buying-u.s.-coal-mines-shale-gas-fields

NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND:

Senator blast VA over handling of Camp Lejeune toxic water victims claims.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/11/18/104000/senator-blasts-va-over-handling.html

EPA will test 124 additional chemicals for endocrine disruption.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-17-092.html

Illinois villagers share fears of cancer cluster.
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/11/residents-share-worries-over-cancer-cluster-fears.html

Texas environmental, oil regulators told to be tougher on pollution.
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/environmental-oil-agencies-told-to-be-tougher-on-1057804.html

LA among 15 cities that violate airborne lead standards.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/airborne-lead

Hawaiian false killer whale proposed for endangered species protection.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-17-093.html

Planned US bio-lab is riskier than official say.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19743-planned-us-biolab-is-riskier-than-officials-say.html

LOCAL NEWS FROM THE GOLDEN STATE:

Household cleaning products to be reformulated to fight smog.
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/household-cleaners

Poor air quality drives Kern County Arts Council Director to step down.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1206833793/Air-quality-causes-local-arts-council-director-to-resign

PUC Consumer Division urges more study on smart meters.
http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2010/11/sacramento/puc-consumer-division-urges-more-study-on-smartmeters/

Lake Tahoe snowfall will decrease due to climate change.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/17/3191208/tahoe-snowfall-going-on-downhill.html

NEWS OF THE WORLD:

Farming exotic animals will not halt illegal trade.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11787324

Rare warm weather drives African pelican to Siberia.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60282

UN Climate panel must solve forest carbon riddle.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60281

Global coral bleaching the worst ever seen.
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/42024

NEWS FROM THE EU:

Green farm policy vision unveiled.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AH4IY20101118

EU will not move on climate before US, China.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6AH4E520101118

NEWS FROM THE DAMP ISLES:

Hen harrier faces extinction.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/19/hen-harrier-faces-extinction-england

Cumbria's natural landscape may be restored to ease flooding.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/18/cumbria-landscape-flooding

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

Conservatives in Senate kill climate bill.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11781175

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD:

Explosion rocks New Zealand coal mine, 27 missing.
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_16654995

Haiti's species near mass extinction.
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/News-haitis-species-near-mass-extinction-111810.aspx

Airborne pollution contributing to Himalayan glaciers shrinkage.
http://www.economist.com/node/17519770

India to increase compensation to 1984 Bhopal victims of United Carbide's toxic explosion.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60277

FROGS IN THE NEWS:

Endangered La Loma tree frog bred in captivity for the first time.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40261526/ns/technology_and_science-science/

The race to save Haiti's 50 frog species from extinction.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/the-race-to-save-haitis-50-endangered-frog-species-from-extinction.php

Devon zoo breeds rare yellow mantella frog.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/devon/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_9195000/9195615.stm

BEST HEADLINES EVER:

Canned unicorn meat finally horns it way into the meat market. Now with more rainbows!
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-18-canned-unicorn-meat-finally-horns-its-way-into-the-meat-market

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