Daily Green

Good morning, all. News & opinions today:

• Australia's climate chief comes to CA, urges action;
• Beinecke on new drilling: "unconscionable" and won't lower gas prices;
• House GOP shuts down vote to repeal Big Oil tax breaks;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

KQED Climate Watch 5/5/11
Australia's Climate Chief Comes to CA, Urges Action
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/05/04/australias-climate-chief-comes-to-ca-urges-action/
Listen to the interview: http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201105040900

San Francisco Chronicle (opinion) 5/5/11
Brett Baker: Where farmers, fishermen agree
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/04/ED641JBSD8.DTL

Huffington Post 5/4/11
Frances Beinecke: New Drilling Bills Won't Help With Gas Prices, Will Make Rules Weaker Than Pre-BP Spill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-beinecke/drilling-gas-prices-bp-oil-spill-fuel-efficiency_b_857552.html

The Hill E2 Blog 5/5/11
House GOP rejects effort by Democrats to vote on repealing oil industry tax subsidy
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/159441-house-gop-rejects-effort-by-democrats-to-vote-on-repealing-oil-inudstry-tax-subsidy

CA Environmental News & Opinion

Fresno Bee 5/5/11
Deadline for protection of smelt extended
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/04/2376401/deadline-for-smelt-protection.html

Associated Press 5/5/11
Fed review: Plan to restore Calif. delta lacking
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/05/05/state/n100744D95.DTL

Fresno Bee 5/5/11
I-5 Grapevine back as high-speed rail route option
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/04/2376168/i-5-grapevine-back-as-high-speed.html

Calitics 5/5/11
Lucas O'Connor: Darrell Issa's Big Oil Road Show
http://calitics.com/diary/13456/darrell-issas-big-oil-road-show

Wall Street Journal 5/5/11
Dash of Change Coming to Salt-Site Plan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576299380762758972.html

Los Angeles Times 5/5/11
Rising gasoline prices fuel the growing appeal of compressed natural gas vehicles
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-autos-natural-gas-20110505,0,6594934.story

Daily Breeze 5/5/11
MB's battle to ban plastic bags goes to high court
http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_17994590

Fresno Bee (editorial) 5/5/11
Will the SmartMeter debacle wake up PG&E?
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/04/2375929/will-the-smartmeter-debacle-wake.html

Associated Press 5/5/11
California gas station owners sue BP subsidiary
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/04/3602074/calif-gas-station-owners-sue-bp.html

State Politics

Los Angeles Times 5/5/11
3 Democrats stand out in race to replace Jane Harman
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harman-democrats-20110504,0,3459681.story

California Watch 5/5/11
No challenger yet, but Feinstein raising cash for re-election
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/no-challenger-yet-feinstein-raising-cash-re-election-10138

San Jose Mercury News 5/5/11
California legislators insist their calendars should be secret
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_17992500

Los Angeles Times 5/5/11
California has $2 billion in unexpected tax revenue
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-budget-20110505,0,1073828.story

Los Angeles Times (editorial) 5/5/11
California budget: Sticking it to the GOP
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-dems-20110504,0,4224265.story

National & International Environmental News

Reuters 5/5/11
Analysis: Green energy can wean off subsidies, gradually
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/05/us-energy-green-support-idUSTRE7443DU20110505

Los Angeles Times 5/5/11
Wolf protections lifted in most of Northern Rockies
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wolves-20110505,0,302469.story

NY Times Green Blog 5/5/11
Coming to a Planet Near You: 3 Billion More Mouths to Feed
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/coming-to-a-planet-near-you-3-billion-more-mouths-to-feed/

Guardian 5/5/11
EU unveils plans to pay fishermen to catch plastic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/04/eu-fishermen-catch-plastic

NY Times Dot Earth Blog 5/4/11
More on Tornadoes, Floods, Climate and Risk
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/more-on-tornadoes-floods-climate-and-risk/?ref=earth

Bay Citizen 5/4/11
Call to Revamp Toxic Substances Law
http://www.baycitizen.org/blogs/quality-of-life/call-revamp-toxic-substances-law/

Guardian 5/5/11
Shell and Cairn Energy announce 'risky' drilling plans in Arctic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/may/05/shell-cairn-energy-oil-drilling-arctic

Associated Press 5/4/11
Climate activists target states with lawsuits
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/04/3600413/climate-activists-target-states.html

NY Times Green Blog 5/5/11
Aquifer’s Depletion Poses Sweeping Threat
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/aquifers-depletion-poses-sweeping-threat/?src=tptw

Huffington Post 5/5/11
D.A. Barber: A Green Transportation Dialog Should Start During National Train Day and Transportation Week
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/da-barber/-green-transportation-_b_857878.html

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