Daily Green

Hi, and happy Tuesday. For your edification and enjoyment:

• LAO criticizes California high-speed rail finances, management, urges project move to Caltrans;
• California gets $300 million more for high-speed rail, less than hoped;
• Feds pledge renewed focus on imperiled species; and much more.

Top of the Ticket

CLCV Groundswell Blog 5/6/11
Big Oil’s Fingerprints [updated 5/9/11 & corrected faulty link from yesterday's Daily Green]
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/big-oils-fingerprints

Multiple Sources 5/10/11
LAO Criticizes High-Speed Rail Project's Financing, Management
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zp0p52aay3hr4h&xid=zp0hft0m4chb3b&done=.zp0p52aay45r4h
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/lao-criticizes-high-speed-rail-project.html
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_California_High_Speed_Rail_571853C.shtml
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/10/legislatures-analyst-urges-high-speed-rail-project/

Multiple Sources 5/10/11
California Gets $300 Million For High-Speed Rail From Feds, Far Less Than Hoped
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_18028060
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/10/3614376/more-high-speed-rail.html

San Diego Union-Tribune 5/10/11
Feds pledge renewed focus on imperiled species
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/10/feds-pledge-renewed-focus-imperiled-species/

New York Times Greenwire 5/10/11
Interior Unveils Plan to Address Listing of More Than 250 Species
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/10/10greenwire-interior-unveils-plan-to-address-listing-of-mo-29798.html

California

San Francisco Chronicle 5/10/11
Oil Tax Backers Brace For A Brawl
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/05/09/MN561I5MQC.DTL

California Watch 5/10/11
Watchdog Criticizes Feds For Pulling Back On Radiation Monitoring
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/watchdog-criticizes-feds-pulling-back-radiation-monitoring-10200

Los Angeles Times 5/10/11
Gas Price Run-Up Takes Respite
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-gas-prices-20110510,0,2523561.story

San Francisco Chronicle 5/10/11
San Francisco To Install 80 Electric Car Charging Stations
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/09/BAJM1JE0CJ.DTL

SF Streets Blog 5/9/11
Andres Power Helps Lead a Streets Renaissance One Parklet at a Time
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/05/09/andres-power-helps-lead-a-streets-renaissance-one-parklet-at-a-time/

Calitics 5/10/11
With Only A Week To Go Before the CA-36 Special Election, It's Janice Hahn 13, Trees 0
http://calitics.com/diary/13475/with-only-a-week-to-go-before-the-ca36-special-election-its-janice-hahn-13-trees-0

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 5/10/11
Van Nuys, Long Beach airports cited as major lead polluters
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/05/lax-van-nuys-airports-cited-as-major-lead-polluters.html

US Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation 5/9/11
Reclamation Provides Funding for Water Recycling and Reuse Studies in Three Western States
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=36184

National & International

Environmental Working Group 5/10/11
Administration Stacks Panel With Big Oil and Gas
http://www.ewg.org/release/administration-stacks-panel-big-oil-and-gas

Huffington Post 5/10/11
Reid To Boehner: If You Want $2 Trillion In Cuts, Start With Oil And Gas Tax Breaks
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/reid-to-boehner-if-you-wa_n_859894.html

The Hill E2 blog 5/10/11
Rep. McClintock says Obama administration had 'irrational' reaction to Deepwater Horizon
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/160317-rep-mcclintock-says-obama-administration-had-irrational-reaction-to-deepwater-horizon

New York Times Greenwire 5/10/11
Vatican Report Shines Light on Climate Change Divisions Within the U.S. Faith Community
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/10/10greenwire-vatican-report-shines-light-on-climate-change-98836.html

Grist.org 5/10/11
The bike economy is booming
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-05-10-the-bike-economy-is-booming

Los Angeles Times (Opinion) 5/10/11
McKibben: Climate change and the flood this time
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0508-mckibben-levee-20110510,0,4588539.story

Huffington Post 5/10/11
Yes Men Affiliates Prank Peabody Energy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/yes-men-peabody-energy-prank_n_860185.html

Reuters 5/10/11
Japan To Shut Nuclear Plant On Quake Fears
http://planetark.org/wen/61963

Pro Publica 5/9/11
Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking
http://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking

Frogs in the News

Our Amazing Planet 5/10/11
Tree Frogs Provide New Answers to Amazon Diversity Puzzle
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/amazon-rainforest-biodiversity-treefrogs-1502/

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