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Hello and good afternoon all. Thanks to those of you who joined us and supported our Environmental Leadership Awards in Los Angeles last night.  We were thrilled to honor Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, the Honorable Richard Katz, environmentalist Rampa Hormel and Maywood Mayor Ana Rosa Rizo. Event photos here.

In today’s news:

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV blog) 12/3/10
Environmental Advocates Honor Southern California “Green” Champions
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/environmental-advocates-honor-southern-california-green-champions

Capitol Alert 12/3/10
New study sharply criticizes high-speed rail project
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/12/new-study-sharply-criticizes-h.html

Multiple sources 12/3/10
Brown to go public with California's dire budget news
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/03/3229717/brown-to-go-public-with-californias.html
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_16761874
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/03/MN3T1GL7CB.DTL

Multiple sources 12/3/10
Green Chemistry rules draw toxic reaction
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/green-chemistry-rules-draw-toxic-reaction-7181
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/03/MN3T1GL7G5.DTL
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-green-chemistry-20101203,0,5160138.story

Associated Press 12/3/10
Climate: 2010 on track as 1 of 3 hottest on record
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/03/MN721GL0GS.DTL&type=green

State Environmental News & Politics

Santa Rosa Press Democrat 12/3/10
Will Congress ban oil drilling off the Sonoma coast?
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20101202/articles/101209843

Sacramento Bee 12/3/10
Salmon continue their comeback in area waterways
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/03/3229721/home-for-the-holidayssalmon-continue.html

Fresno Bee 12/3/10
State's Kettleman City study 'flawed,' activists say
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/12/02/2182949/states-study-of-kettleman-flawed.html

The Thin Green Line (SF Chronicle blog) 12/3/10
While GOP mocks climate change, the rest of the world is planning for it
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=78277

New York Times 12/3/10
Exotic new life form unlike any ever seen before discovered in Mono Lake
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/science/03arsenic.html?_r=1&ref=science

Greenspace 12/3/10
Appellate court upholds farmland preservation rule
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/12/an-acre-for-an-acre-farmland-preservation-measure-upheld.html

The Californians 12/3/10
Marina desalination plant approved in Monterey County
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20101202/NEWS01/101202021/Marina-desalination-plant-gets-green-light

Contra Costa Times 12/3/10
High speed rail approves $4.3 billion extension
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_16764968

San Mateo Daily Journal 12/3/10
Burlingame firm sued over illegal biowaste dumping
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=147435&title=DA%20sues%20over%20illegal%20bio-waste%20dumping

Monterey Herald 12/3/10
Big Sur Land Trust Grows
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_16767676

Times-Standard 12/3/10
Humboldt County mayors meet to discuss Schwarzenegger’s controversial call for Coastal Commission nominees.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_16767675

Ukiah Daily Journal 12/3/10
Meeting held to discuss pot cultivation problem in National Forests
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/ci_16763495

Malibu Times 12/3/10
Malibu Lagoon restoration project
http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2010/12/02/news/news3.txt

David Allgood’s Insomnia Corner

FOSSIL FUEL FUNTIME:

Oil spill commission looks at Arctic drilling.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/12/03/104673/oil-spill-commission-examines.html

In wake of disastrous spills, commission proposes more oversight.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/03/MN6C1GL2F3.DTL

Inspectors adrift in oil rig safety push.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704369304575632860076238770.html

Strip mining coal outpaces land reclamation.
http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201012021246

Dick Cheney to be charged in Halliburton oil bribery case.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40478180/ns/world_news-africa/

Oregon approves closure of coal fired power plant.
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/12/oregon_regulators_recommended.html

Strong gas odor envelopes downtown Long Beach.
http://www.presstelegram.com/breakingnews/ci_16762711

NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND:

EPA celebrates 40^th anniversary.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/taking-square-aim-at-critics-e-p-a-marks-its-40th/

What if the EPA never existed?
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-12-02-what-if-there-had-never-been-a-u.s.-environmental-protection-age

Judge refuses to close Great Lakes to alien invader carp.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60444

Big Poultry ramps up its assault on Chesapeake Bay.
http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-12-02-big-poultry-ramps-up-its-assault-on-the-chesapeake

Air pollution tied to babies’ ear infections.
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINTRE6B162I20101202

Texas proposal spurs race to dispose of nuclear waste.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/science/earth/03nuke.html

Four Republican Senators call for Obama to end climate “bailouts”.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-02/republican-senators-call-on-obama-to-end-climate-bailouts-.html

NEWS OF THE WORLD:

Is God blocking a climate deal in Cancun?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/dec/02/cancun-climate-change-summit-monbiot

Four myths hold back action on climate change.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/dec/02/four-myths-climate-change-energy-efficiency

Around the world, thermometers point to hottest year ever.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/around-world-thermometers-point-to-2010-being-hottest-year-yet-2149808.html

2010 promises to be among top 3 hottest years recorded.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/2010-almost-certain-to-be-among-3-hottest-years-un-weather-agency-111207914.html

As biodiversity declines, disease flourishes.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/as-biodiversity-declines-disease-flourishes/

Making forests pay in a warming world.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B21UB20101203

Climate talks struggle to overhaul carbon trade.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60450

Bamboo shown to be an excellent carbon trap.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/42073

Ocean acidification threatens food supply.
http://www.enn.com/wildlife/article/42072

NEWS FROM THE EU:
Despite criticism, Europe will keep trawling.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/

Spain cuts windpower subsidies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B22NW20101203

NEWS FROM THE LAND OF 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE:

China promises new solar support.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/china-promises-new-support-to-solar-development--111257724.html

NEWS FROM THE DAMP ISLES:

Urban tree planting program launched.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11894742

Residents fund nature preserve in new housing development.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/dec/01/residents-fund-nature-reserve

Gov’t accused of glacial response to bitter cold snap.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/government-accused-of-glacial-response-as-uk-counts-cost-of-big-freeze-2149807.html

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

New Brunswick beach now protected breeding area for endangered plovers.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/nb-beach-breeding-area-for-endangered-plovers-now-a-protected-area-111189569.html

2010 on track to be warmest year recorded in Canada.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/2010-on-track-to-be-warmest-year-for-canada-un-weather-agency-says-111211854.html

Manitoba creates to new parks to protect pristine lakes, caribou and boulders.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/manitoba-creates-2-new-parks-to-protect-pristine-lakes-caribou-boulder-fields-111158254.html

Opposition to oil pipeline mounts.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/enbridge-pipeline-project-faces-increasing-native-opposition/article1822425/

Auditor slams British Columbia groundwater management.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/a-g-decries-state-of-bc-groundwater-management/article1821521/

Aboriginals want say in energy projects.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B15WT20101202

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD:

Dirty air missing in Mexico City as pollution efforts succeed.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/12/02/104629/whats-missing-in-mexico-city-dirty.html

Mexico’s Bimbo to build $200 million wind farm.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60446

BEST HEADLINES EVER:

Tree vandal calls actions a "service, not a crime".
http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_16762093

Cherry guy promises to stop turning bees red.
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-12-03-cherry-guy-will-go-extra-mile-to-keep-brooklyn-bees-from-turning

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