Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. News & opinions today:

• Public support for alternative energy transcends political barriers;
• Renewables could be 80 percent of energy by 2050: U.N.;
• Opinion: Hitting the [BPA] bottle;
• California lands more high speed rail funds; and much more.

Top of the Ticket

Center for American Progress 5/9/11
Public Opinion Snapshot: The Public’s Support for Alternative Energy Transcends Political Barriers
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/05/snapshot050911.html

Reuters 5/9/11
Renewables could be 80 percent of energy by 2050: U.N.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/09/us-energy-renewables-idUSTRE7481L220110509

New York Times (opinion) 5/9/11
Dominique Browning: Hitting the [BPA] Bottle
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/opinion/09browning.html

Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert Blog 5/9/11
California lands more high speed rail funds
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/california-lands-more-high-spe.html

Santa Rosa Press Democrat 5/8/11
GOP bill calls for oil drilling off North Coast
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110507/articles/110509546

CLCV Groundswell Blog 5/6/11
Big Oil’s Fingerprints
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/big-oils-fingerprints

CA Environment News & Opinion

San Jose Mercury News (editorial) 5/9/11
Water plan's leaky as a sieve
http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_18011002

San Francisco Chronicle (editorial) 5/9/11
Calif. water plan for delta full of holes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/08/EDF71JD1D1.DTL#ixzz1LtAj65oX

San Francisco Chronicle 5/9/11
Oil tax backers brace for a brawl
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/09/MN561I5MQC.DTL

Associated Press 5/9/11
SF mayor orders more electric car charging sites
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_18026241

Fresno Bee 5/9/11
Corn food vs. fuel battle turns political again
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/05/08/2381097/corn-food-vs-fuel-battle-turns.html

San Francisco Chronicle 5/7/11
Feinstein, GOP senator fight subsidies for ethanol
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/07/MN5N1JCFTV.DTL&tsp=1

Bay Citizen 5/8/11
SF Plans to Sell 100 Percent Renewable Electricity
http://www.baycitizen.org/energy/story/sf-aims-sell-100-renewable-electricity/

Associated Press 5/6/11
Calif. prisons to be outfitted with solar panels
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/06/3608375/calif-prisons-to-be-outfitted.html

California Watch 5/9/11
Program helps grocery stores snuff out carbon footprint
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/program-helps-grocery-stores-snuff-out-carbon-footprint-10183

Sacramento Bee 5/9/11
State parks proposal would build Delta recreation facilities
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/09/3611826/state-parks-proposal-would-build.html

Contra Costa Times 5/9/11
A spoonful of sugar.... is toxic?
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_18009481

Sacramento Bee 5/9/11
Group urges 'climate justice'
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/09/3611845/group-urges-climate-justice.html

Sacramento Bee 5/7/11
New easement concept hopes to preserve small family farms
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/07/3608920/new-easement-concept-hopes-to.html

San Francisco Chronicle 5/7/11
Shark finless soup touted by chefs
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/07/BA8K1JD57H.DTL&type=green

Associated Press 5/6/11
Proposed shark fin ban makes waves in San Fran
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/06/3608353/proposed-shark-fin-ban-makes-waves.html

Los Angeles Times 5/7/11
Irrigation districts seek closure of commercial salmon season off California, Oregon
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-water-salmon-20110507,0,4067966.story

San Jose Mercury News 5/8/11
San Jose to consider car-sharing program
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_18018029

State Politics

Associated Press 5/9/11
Calif. teachers begin week of budget protests
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/09/3613047/calif-teachers-begin-weeklong.html

Calbuzz 5/9/11
Why Not All “Independent” Voters Are the Same
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/05/why-not-all-independent-voters-are-the-same/

California Watch 5/9/11
Lawmaker wants state to count more ethnic groups
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/lawmaker-wants-state-count-more-ethnic-groups-10180

Los Angeles Times 5/8/11
Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris: the California Democratic Party's future?
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-newsom-harris-20110508,0,3855227.story

Sacramento Bee (column) 5/9/11
Dan Walters: Legislature attracting fewer thoughtful people
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/09/3611614/dan-walters-legislature-attracting.html

Riverside Press Enterprise 5/9/11
Remap's number of Senate districts has big implications
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_senate09.3baeff4.html

Fox & Hounds Daily 5/9/11
Douglas Jeffe: Brown Tax Vote Critics need a Reality Check
http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/douglas-jeffe/8965-brown-tax-vote-critics-need-a-reality-check?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Los Angeles Times 5/9/11
Large field of candidates hoping to replace Harman is a challenge for debate organizers
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-candidates-20110509,0,84997.story

National & International Environmental News

The Hill E2 Blog 5/9/11
The week ahead: Lawmakers dig in on permits, tax breaks for oil industry
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/159873-the-week-ahead-lawmakers-dig-in-on-permits-tax-breaks-for-oil-industry

New York Times 5/8/11
Democrats See Strategy to End Big Oil Tax Breaks
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/us/politics/09congress.html

Politico 5/7/11
Barack Obama: Clean energy will deliver the ‘jobs of the future’
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54492.html

New York Times 5/8/11
Nuclear Agency Is Criticized as Too Close to Its Industry
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/business/energy-environment/08nrc.html?ref=earth

My Health News Daily 5/6/11
Prenatal BPA Exposure Can Lead to Lower Birth Weights
http://www.myhealthnewsdaily.com/bisphenol-a-bpa-prenatal-exposure-birth-weight-1481/

McClatchy 5/6/11
Some fear that EPA is going too far in regulating pesticides
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/05/06/113841/some-fear-that-epa-is-going-too.html

Greenspace LA Times Blog 5/6/11
General Mills, Procter & Gamble pressured to trim packaging
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/packaging.html

National Public Radio 5/7/11
World's Farmers Feel The Effects Of A Hotter Planet
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/07/135952277/worlds-farmers-feel-the-effects-of-a-hotter-planet

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