Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• House may vote today on re-opening oil drilling off California’s coast;
• American Lung Association report: Clean car standards would save California billions;
• Center for Environmental Health pursuing legal action over polluting with leaded plane fuel;
• Brown administration backing away from Delta tunnel plan;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Political Blotter 5/10/11
House to mull oil drilling off California’s coast
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/05/10/house-to-mull-oil-drilling-off-californias-coast/

San Francisco Chronicle 5/11/11
Emissions: State urged to tighten tailpipe rules
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/11/BAUG1JEE99.DTL

Sacramento Bee 5/11/11
Tough clean car standards would save California billions, study says
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3617450/tough-clean-car-standards-would.html

California Watch 5/11/11
Oil companies polluting with leaded plane fuel, group says
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/oil-companies-polluting-leaded-plane-fuel-group-says-10224

Sacramento Bee 5/11/11
Brown administration looks at smaller water projects to bypass Delta
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3617577/brown-administration-looks-at.html

Stockton Record 5/11/11
Intentions of Delta plan seem murky
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110511/A_NEWS0803/105110312/-1/A_NEWS07

Sacramento Bee 5/11/11
Editorial: Can Bay Delta Plan go beyond tunnel vision?
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3617341/can-bay-delta-plan-go-beyond-tunnel.html

CA Environmental News & Opinion

California High Speed Rail Blog 5/11/11
Legislative Analyst Wants to Give HSR the Scott Walker Treatment
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2011/05/legislative-analyst-wants-to-give-hsr-the-scott-walker-treatment

Sacramento Bee 5/11/11
Dan Walters: High-speed train trip going nowhere
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3617419/dan-walters-high-speed-train-trip.html

Sacramento Bee 5/11/11
California hearing on dredging rules attracts few
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3617810/california-hearing-on-dredging.html

Los Angeles Times 5/11/11
San Francisco likely to crack down on Yellow Pages
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0511-yellow-pages-20110511,0,5593486.story

Sacramento Bee 5/11/11
Editorial: City, county explore park revenue ideas
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3617342/city-county-explore-park-revenue.html

Californians Against Waste Blog 5/10/11
Single-Use Bag Ordinances Continue to Prevail
http://www.cawrecycles.org/whats_new/recycling_news/may10_bagupdate

Streetsblog San Francisco 5/10/11
Bay Area Set for Its Biggest Bike to Work Day Yet
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/05/10/bay-area-set-for-its-biggest-bike-to-work-day-yet/

National & International Environmental News

Politico 5/10/11
White House opposes combining Energy Department and EPA
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/54699.html

The Hill's Floor Action Blog 5/11/11
Democrats continue to press for oil company tax hikes as amendments to drilling bills
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/160525-democrats-continue-to-press-for-oil-company-tax-hikes-as-amendments-to-drilling-bills

Streetsblog Capitol Hill 5/11/11
Knowing Is Half the Battle: States Lack Data to Make Good Transpo Decisions
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/05/11/knowing-is-half-the-battle-states-lack-data-to-make-good-transpo-decisions/

TreeHugger 5/11/11
Public Lands Are Key To Survival of North American Bird Species
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/05/public-lands-are-key-to-survival-of-north-american-bird-species.php

Huffington Post 5/11/11
How Many Lives Will American Electric Power Shorten to Get Weaker Clean Air Rules?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-beinecke/aep-clean-air_b_860527.html

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 5/11/11
Congressional Leaders and Prince Charles Call for Transforming Farming and Ag Subsidies
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/congressional_leaders_and_prin.html

Grist 5/11/11
Bill Gates on energy philanthropy, R&D funding, & why the U.S. will out-innovate China
http://www.grist.org/climate-energy/2011-05-11-bill-gates-energy-philanthropy-rd-funding-u.s.-outcompete-china

Reuters 5/11/11
Clinton heads to Greenland for Arctic summit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/11/us-arctic-clinton-idUSTRE74A4ZH20110511

TreeHugger 5/11/11
Liberia and EU Sign Deal to End Illegal Logging That Funded War
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/05/liberia-eu-sign-deal-end-illegal-logging-funded-war.php

Grist 5/10/11
The iPhone is the new Prius
http://www.grist.org/transportation/2011-05-05-the-iphone-is-the-new-prius

Reuters 5/11/11
Enviro-word of the moment: Anthropocene
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/05/11/enviro-word-of-the-moment-anthropocene/

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