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Hi everyone. News & opinions today:

• CLCV Blog: Time to choose -- kids or chemical industry?
• Congress considering repeal of oil tax breaks, West Coast oil drilling;
• Oil tax initiative signature gathering can begin;
• Sea levels rising faster, says new report;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

CLCV Blog 5/3/11
Time to choose: Kids or chemical industry?
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/time-choose-kids-or-chemical-industry

E2 Wire (The Hill Blog) 5/4/11
House Democrats will force vote Thursday on repealing oil tax subsidy
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/159187-democrats-will-force-vote-thursday-on-bill-to-repeal-key-oil-tax-break

California Watch 5/4/11
Congress considers West Coast oil drilling
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/congress-considers-west-coast-oil-drilling-10109

Contra Costa Times 5/4/11
Backers of oil tax initiative can start to gather signatures
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_17985024

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 5/4/11
Climate change: Arctic ice melting faster, sea level to rise more, report says
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/climate-change-arctic-ice-melting-faster-sea-level-to-rise-more-report-says.html

KQED Climate Watch 5/4/11
Are Rising Seas Returning to the West Coast?
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/05/03/are-rising-seas-returning-to-the-west-coast/

Bay Citizen 5/4/11
Nonprofit Issues Climate Change To-Do List for Governments
http://www.baycitizen.org/environment/story/nonprofit-climate-change-do-list-local/

California Environmental News

San Francisco Chronicle 5/4/11
Climate change: Report offers [Bay Area] strategies to adapt
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/04/BA1L1JBFQR.DTL

California Streets 5/3/11
California “Transit-First” Bill Loses All Its Punch, Now Only Targets One Project
http://www.californiastreets.org/2011/05/california-transit-first-bill-loses-all-its-punch-now-only-targets-one-project/

Legal Planet 5/4/11
Infill Builders at the State Capitol
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/infill-builders-at-the-state-capitol/

San Mateo County Daily Journal 5/4/11
Rail authority pursuing four track system
http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=158062&title=Rail%20authority%20pursuing%20four%20track%20system

Fresno Bee 5/3/11
Fresno high-speed rail routes might change
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/03/2375048/fresno-high-speed-rail-routes.html

San Francisco Chronicle 5/4/11
PG&E worries about its San Bruno-related costs
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/03/MN8L1JA1CK.DTL

North County Times 5/3/11
Oceanside facing possible $10 million fine for December sewage spill
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/oceanside/article_c7f4e5bc-97aa-5123-acdf-eaef56f45619.html

Vallejo Times-Herald 5/3/11
Benicia braces for possible park closures under state budget cuts
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_17985586

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 5/4/11
Mow down air pollution: Trade in your gas-powered lawn mower
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/lawnmower-exchange.html

Los Angeles Times 5/4/11
Turning his near-ghost town into a clean-tech boomtown
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nipton-20110504,0,912654.story

New York Times 5/4/11
10 billion people by 2100? U.N. study counts it likely
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/04/3599679/population.html

National & International Environmental News

Reuters 5/3/11
BP to pay $25 million penalty over [2006] Alaska oil spill
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/03/us-bp-spill-penalty-idUSTRE7424DR20110503

The Independent UK 5/3/11
Americans hold negative perceptions of BP in the year after Deepwater
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/americans-hold-negative-perceptions-of-bp-in-the-year-after-deepwater-2278358.html

AP 5/4/11
New alarm on melting ice: 5-foot sea level spike
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/04/MN601JBFFK.DTL

Reuters 5/4/11
Renewable energies to leap, costs fall: U.N.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/us-energy-ipcc-idUSTRE74325N20110504

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