Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Governor Jerry Brown signs SB 2X: major victory for renewable energy;
• Report: Cities fiddle while world warms;
• Judge sides with farmers in delta diversion plan;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

CLCV Groundswell Blog 4/12/11
VICTORY: SB 2X signed for renewable energy
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/sb2x-victory

Multiple sources 4/12/11
Brown to Sign Renewable-Energy Bill
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703518704576258663284381114.html
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2011/04/12/brown-to-sign-renewable-energy-bill.html

Climate Watch 4/12/11
Report: Cities Fiddle While World Warms
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/04/11/cities-unprepared-for-climate-impacts/

Sacramento Bee  4/12/11
Delta diversion plan takes a hit when judge sides with farmers
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/12/3545868/delta-diversion-plan-takes-a-hit.html

Los Angeles Times 4/11/11
PG&E withdraws license renewal application for San Luis Obispo nuclear plant
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/04/pacific-gas-electric-asked-federal-regulators-to-hold-off-on-granting-them-a-new-license-to-run-the-diablo-canyon-nuclear-po.html

CA Environmental News & Opinion

Fresno Bee  4/12/11
Floodgates of Valley anger open at Fresno water hearing
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/04/11/2345915/water-hearing-gets-under-way-at.html

Fresno Bee  4/12/11
Water debate rages at hearing
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/04/11/2346849/water-debate-rages-at-hearing.html

California Watch 4/12/11
Researchers alarmed over arsenic in baby food
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/researchers-alarmed-over-arsenic-baby-food-9770

The San Mateo Daily Journal 4/12/11
Nancy Arbuckle, Sue Chow and Alice Kaufman: Because it’s the Bay
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&title=Because%20it%92s%20the%20Bay&id=156462

California Report 4/12/11
Nuclear Incident Test Becomes Timely Reminder
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201104120850/b

Associated Press 4/12/11
Emergency drill today at San Onofre Nuclear Plant
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_17822432

San Jose Mercury News 4/12/11
High-speed rail, BART to San Jose targeted in U.S. budget
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-high-speed-rail/ci_17824203

Fresno Bee 4/12/11
Federal cuts could slow CA's high-speed rail plans
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/04/11/2345989/federal-cuts-could-slow-cas-high.html

Long Beach Press Telegram 4/11/11
Radiation inspections increase at area ports
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_17822013

Bay Citizen 4/12/11
Bay Area Gas Prices Highest in the Nation
http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/bay-area-gas-prices-highest-nation/

California Progress Report 4/12/11
Alan Kandel: Countdown to Earth Day 2011
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/8871

San Francisco Chronicle 4/10/11
Wet spring portends another big year for snakes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/10/SPFE1IRN4G.DTL

Sacramento Bee 4/12/11
State tries to rescue fish trapped in Yolo Bypass
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/04/12/3547323/state-tries-to-rescue-fish-trapped.html

State Politics

Capitol Alert 4/12/11
Jerry Brown says first 100 days went 'remarkably well'
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/04/jerry-brown-says-first-100-day.html

Politico 4/12/11
California incumbents safe no more?
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52970.html

Sacramento Bee 4/12/11
See every gift given to state leaders, aides
http://www.sacbee.com/2009/09/02/2156954/database-see-every-gift-given.html

Calbuzz 4/12/11
Kam Kuwata, RIP
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/04/kam-kuwata-rip/

National & International Environmental News

Multiple sources 4/12/11
Japan raises nuclear crisis rating to highest level
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-earthquake-20110412,0,2410014.story
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/japan-to-raise-rating-of-nuclear-crisis-to-highest-level/2011/04/11/AFxrFEND_story.html

The Hill E2 Blog 4/12/11
Spending bill cuts EPA funding, delists wolves, limits funding for Interior 'wild lands' policy
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/155425-spending-agreement-cuts-energy-and-water-programs-by-five-percent-from-fy2010-levels

Green New York Times blog 4/12/11
Break Energy Deadlock, Bipartisan Group Urges U.S.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/break-energy-deadlock-bipartisan-group-urges-u-s/

Green New York Times blog 4/12/11
Clean Energy Loan Program at Risk in Budget Talks
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/clean-energy-loan-program-at-risk-in-budget-talks/

Associated Press 4/12/11
Fracking shale for natural gas promises landowners great wealth, worries for the environment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/fracking-shale-for-natural-gas-promises-landowners-great-wealth-worries-for-the-environment/2011/04/12/AFTyZ0OD_story.html

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