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

• Brown, Whitman to debate Thursday;
• Schwarzenegger says budget vote is near;
• And much more.

Top News

San Francisco Chronicle 9/27/10
Brown, Whitman set to clash in debate Tuesday
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/27/MN641FJ6EK.DTL

Capitol Alert 9/27/10
Schwarzenegger says budget vote near; campaigns against Prop. 23
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/09/schwarzenegger-says-budget-vot.html

San Jose Business Journal, Los Angeles Times 9/27/10
Poll shows dead heat on Prop 23 question
http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2010/09/20/daily109.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/proposition-23-poll-global-warming-california.html

Prop 23 News & Opinion

San Francisco Chronicle (editorial) 9/27/10
Vote no on Proposition 23
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/26/EDTC1FIMSQ.DTL

Sacramento Bee (editorial) 9/26/10
Proposition 23 deserves to go down in disgrace
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/26/3055174/proposition-23-deserves-to-go.html

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 9/27/10
Warner Chabot: Meg Whitman won’t vote to kill the state's climate law; ‘she just wants to cut off its oxygen supply’
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/meg-whitman-prop-23-position

Associated Press 9/27/10
Schwarzenegger blasts big oil, defends climate law
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CA_SCHWARZENEGGER_CLIMATE_LAW_CAOL-?SITE=CAANR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Los Angeles Times (column) 9/26/10
Steve Lopez: Fighting Prop. 23 one phone call at a time
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0926-lopezcolumn-20100926,0,7168693.column

San Jose Mercury News 9/27/10
Byron Williams: Passing Prop. 23 would send California reeling backwards
http://www.mercurynews.com/columns/ci_16167566

Huffington Post 9/26/10
Ryan Van Lenning: Why Californians Must Crush Prop 23
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-van-lenning/post_933_b_739151.html

Sacramento Bee 9/25/10
Ballot Watch: Greenhouse gases
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/25/3055565/ballot-watch-greenhouse-gases.html

State Environmental News

Los Angeles Times (column) 9/27/10
George Skelton: Parks vs. ballot box budgeting
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-0927-cap-20100927,0,5546250.column

Greenspace 9/26/10
Purple gallinules: Birders converge for rare sightings at San Gabriel River
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/birders-converging-at-san-gabriel-river-for-rare-sighting-on-purple-gallinules.html

Press Enterprise 9/24/10
Air Resources Board approves emission targets (Quotes CLCV Board President Tom Adams)
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_emissions24.2e5940d.html

Greenspace 9/26/10
California cougars: a conflict between man and beast
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/09/mountain-lions-cougars-california-attacks.html

Los Angeles Times 9/27/10
Decline of burrowing owl in Imperial Valley prompts calls for inquiry
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-burrowing-owl-20100927,0,4213876.story

California Watch 9/27/10
Can California import genetically engineered – but dead – salmon?
http://www.californiawatch.org/watchblog/can-california-import-genetically-engineered-dead-salmon-5054

Los Angeles Times 9/26/10
Mining plan near Sequoia park divides region
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mountain-20100927,0,2209706.story

State Politics

Sacramento Bee 9/27/10
Economy is No. 1 issue at California candidate forum
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/27/3058606/economy-is-no-1-issue-at-california.html

Capitol Alert 9/27/10
Room for debate? Candidates to face off three times this week
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/09/three-debates-on-tap-for-this.html

San Francisco Chronicle 9/27/10
Former President Bill Clinton begins pitching for Brown and Newsom as "proven leaders" in green tech job creation
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=73190

Los Angeles Times 9/27/10
Latino voters in California still reluctant to embrace GOP candidates, poll shows
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0927-poll-20100927,0,5308121.story

Los Angeles Times 9/27/10
Whitman, Brown get celebrity support
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/09/whitman-brown-get-celebrity-support.html

Sacramento Bee 9/25/10
Brown: Whitman's plans help the rich
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/09/25/3055286/brown-whitmans-stands-benefit.html

Fox and Hounds Daily 9/27/10
Joel Fox: Turnout is the Key in Close Governor's Race
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/joel-fox/7916-turnout-key-close-governors-race

Associated Press 9/27/10
Fiorina courts Asian voters with business message
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16180417

San Francisco Chronicle 9/27/10
Barbara Boxer's trump card: Latinos
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=73220

Los Angeles Times (column) 9/25/10
Tim Rutton: Fiorina's billionaire backers
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/25/opinion/la-oe-rutten-fiorina-koch-20100925

David Allgood’s Cure for Insomnia

Fossil Fuel Funtime:

PG&E gas leaks exceed national average.
www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_16184907

Florida officials approve sand castle building but ban looking for BP oil.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/florida-beach-officials-sandcastles-allowed-on-beaches-excavating-for-oil-isnt-103843398.html

Experts question BP’s take on calamity.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100926/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_investigation

News from the Homeland:

Feds. let mining companies see diesel mortality study before public, victims.
www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/26/diesel-dangers-mining-companies-get-first-look-at-government-ca/

Hopey wants to eavesdrop on your internet communication.
www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_16181613

Florida panther comeback a mixed success.
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0924/Florida-panther-comeback-a-success-story-with-many-asterisks

EPA pushes states to cleanup Chesapeake.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59654

Local News from the Golden State:

Mercury cleanup sought for Auburn area irrigation district.
http://auburnjournal.com/detail/159826.html

High speed rail expected to bring 1500 jobs to Kern County.
www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x429510959/Report-Rail-operation-would-bring-at-least-1-500-well-paying-jobs

Highway 68 underpass a critical wildlife corridor.
www.thecalifornian.com/article/20100927/NEWS01/9270310/Highway-68-underpass-linking-Toro-Park-Fort-Ord-provides-critical-wildlife-access

Invasive snail gives Alameda beach goers a nasty rash.
www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_16173809

Reaction to smart meters varies by utility.
www.fresnobee.com/2010/09/26/2093830/reaction-to-smart-meters-depends.html

Legislature wants more fresh water in schools, provides no funding source.
www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-water-20100927,0,5954320.story

Burrowing owls disappearing from Imperial County.
www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_16185387

Solar stocks rise on California move.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59660

News Of The World:

Shipping emission up to six times higher than previously calculated.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/23/carbon-emissions-shipping

Walruses abandon Arctic ocean as ice shrinks bringing bad smell to shore.
www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/09/26/101145/as-arctic-ice-retreats-north-alaska.html

News from the Damp Isles:

Hedgehog sightings skyrocket!
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/23/hedgehogs-spotted-uk-gardens

Studying dung on the Wicken Fen video report.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/sep/23/wicken-fen-dung-national-trust

Wind turbine price could fall 25% by 2025.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/27/wind-turbine-costs-fall-2025

Deep water drilling likely to be approved off the Shetlands.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/sep/27/government-conflict-greenpeace-shetlands-drilling

UK must act now to save wildlife habitat.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59656

News From The Land Of the Four O’Clock Sun

Labour group accuses Alberta of boosting public relations spending while cutting environmental enforcement.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/labour-group-says-alberta-spending-more-on-public-relations-less-on-environment---103712919.html

News From the Rest of the World:

Uruguayans pass Argentineans in beef consumption.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/24/argentina-beef-consumption-drops

Australia faces worst plague of locusts in 75 years.
www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/australia-faces-worst-plague-of-locusts-in-75-years-2089919.html

Dead mice laced with Tylenol being airdropped on Guam to kill brown snakes.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100924-science-animals-guam-brown-tree-snakes-mouse-tylenol/

China seeks climate treaty in 2011.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59663

Frogs In The News:

Two lost frog species rediscovered.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/22/extinct-species-rediscovered-amphibians

New Mexico officials investigate deformed frogs.
www.koat.com/r/25152717/detail.html

Best Headlines Ever:

Stem cells are not horseplay.
www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100927/A_NEWS/9270312

Sea snot explosion in Gulf linked to BP.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100916-sea-snot-gulf-bp-oil-spill-marine-snow-science-environment/

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