Daily Green

Hello and good afternoon all. In today’s news:

• Field Poll: Brown opens up 10-point lead over Whitman;
• Attorney General race has national energy implications;
• Way more election news, including a video of "Greener Governor" campaign interviews -- did we talk to you on camera?

Top of the Ticket

Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle 10/28/10
Brown opens 10-point lead over Whitman in Field Poll
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/28/3138704/brown-opens-10-point-lead-over.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/28/MN881G2V3C.DTL

Greenwire/New York Times 10/28/10
Calif. AG Race Has National Energy Implications
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/10/27/27greenwire-calif-ag-race-has-national-energy-implications-57619.html

Sacramento Bee 10/28/10
Environment up for discussion in California attorney general race
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/28/3138361/environment-up-for-discussion.html

(See a video on Harris and Cooley and their different positions on Prop 23 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKS9uevTUso)

San Francisco Chronicle 10/28/10
Prop. 23 another Bay Area-Texas showdown
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/27/BUDL1G2H66.DTL

Wall Street Journal 10/28/10
Outcome on Proposition 23 Could Sway Venture Funds
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303738504575568812369392150.html

California Report 10/28/10
Work Begins on Huge Mojave Solar Plant
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201010280850/b

Riverside Press-Enterprise 10/28/10
Solar power projects could employ thousands
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_solarwork28.21969b4.html

Desert Dispatch 10/28/10
Ivanpah solar project breaks ground
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/ivanpah-9556-solar-starts.html

CA Environment & Environmental Politics

Groundswell (CLCV blog) 10/27/10
Katy Rexford: Cal State Los Angeles Student Leader Joel Francis-1, Dirty Energy Billionaire Charles Koch-0
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/joel-francis-1-dirty-energy-billionaire-0

Groundswell (CLCV blog)/GreenGov2010.org 10/28/10
Californians on the Governor's Race (Video)
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/greener-governor-video
http://www.greengov2010.org/you-report/2010/10/californians-governors-race

Sacramento Bee 10/28/10
Director Cameron joins anti-Prop. 23 campaign
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/28/3138442/director-cameron-joins-anti-prop.html

(Editor’s Note: Watch the ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAljum3boB0)

Which Way LA? (KCRW) 10/28/10
Prop 26: How Does It Impact Public Health, the Environment?
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/ww/ww101027prop_26_how_does_it_

Voice of San Diego (opinion) 10/27/10
Ryan Mann: Vote No on Propositions 23 and 26
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/letters/article_a4f114ba-e123-11df-8da9-001cc4c002e0.html

Oakland Tribune 10/28/10
Bay Area transit agencies turn to voters to finance road repairs
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_16442776

San Diego Union-Tribune 10/28/10
San Diego officials join group to remove invasive pests
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/28/san-diego-officials-part-group-eradicate-invasive-/

California Watch 10/28/10
Inspector general: Rail officials may have mismanaged funds
http://californiawatch.org/watchblog/inspector-general-rail-officials-may-have-mismanaged-funds-6163

KQED-FM 10/28/10
Tesla Factory Opens at Former NUMMI Plant
http://www.kqed.org/a/californiamoney/R201010280733

Bloomberg News 10/28/10
GM's 2011 Volt buyers won't get $3,000 rebate from California
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_16453168

San Francisco Chronicle 10/28/10
Researchers assess extinction risks of vertebrates
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/27/MNTO1G1Q76.DTL&type=green

More CA Politics

Forum (KQED-FM) 10/28/10
Fact Checking the Campaigns for CA Governor, U.S. Senate, and State Propositions
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201010280900

Los Angeles Times 10/28/10
Whitman ends campaign by lashing out at media, Brown
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1028-whitman-20101028,0,846031.story

Capitol Weekly (news analysis) 10/28/10
Jennifer Chaussee: Whitman and women: How gender plays in the campaign
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=z8g506xaxshxk0

(Editor’s note: For CLCV and other groups’ take on who will best represent women, see CLCV’s blog: http://www.ecovote.org/blog/women-and-environmental-candidates)

Wall Street Journal 10/28/10
Whitman Banks on Big Ground Game
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303443904575578663202183050.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_News_SanFranciscoBayArea68_4

PolitiCal (LA Times blog) 10/27/10
State controller race: Strickland mailer misleads over CalPERS crack down
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/strickland-mailer-misleads-over-calpers-crack-down.html

Capitol Weekly 10/28/10
Redistricting: Tense political leaders watch, wait
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=z8i2nz8e9i1ho0&xid=z8g58ehtj1tzno&done=.z8i31fc98ujodo

San Francisco Chronicle 10/28/10
Club for Growth IE now targeting Dem Jerry McNerney, trolling for donations
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=75666

National Environmental News

New York Times, Washington Post 10/28/10
Firms Knew of Cement Flaws Before Spill, Panel Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/us/29spill.html?_r=2&hp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/28/AR2010102804124.html

Agence France-Presse 10/28/10
US sets up security zone around BP oil spill site
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101027/ts_alt_afp/usoilpollutionenvironmentbpsecurity

Greenwire 10/28/10 (subscription required)

All states but Texas on track to issue GHG permits -- report
http://www.eenews.net/gw/

National Public Radio 10/28/10
As BPA Levels Rise, Sperm Quality Falls
http://www.kqed.org/news/story.jsp?id=36711

David Allgood’s Insomnia Corner

FOSSIL FUEL FUNTIME:

Gulf fishers are shrimping in oil.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/27/gulf-of-mexico-shrimping-oil-spill-residual_n_775035.html

NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND:

EPA defends new rules to cut pollution.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60019

Companies fight to keep global warming data secret.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/28/greenhouse-gases-database_n_775173.html

Navy tests boat powered by algae.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/27/us-navy-biofuel-gunboat?intcmp=122

Texas benzene levels linked to birth defects.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7266557.html

Air pollution raises heart disease risk.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/2010310280026

Agency says Camp Lejeune water undoubtably a risk.
http://www.jdnews.com/news/report-84143-lejeune-agency.html

Giant solar projects shape nation’s clean energy future.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2010/2010-10-27-091.html

LOCAL NEWS FROM THE GOLDEN STATE:

Los Angeles set to pick Westside, central subway routes.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-transit-20101028,0,6167119.story

Coastal Commissioners challenge city permits for homeowners to alter beach.
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/27/coastal-panel-members-challenging-pierpont-pact/

Napa Valley Latinos prepare to participate in the election.
http://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/article_46a1567e-e261-11df-b293-001cc4c002e0.html

NEWS OF THE WORLD:

Conservation with teeth needed to save nature.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2010/2010-10-28-01.html

World leaders work to establish historic deal to save nature.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60021

World Bank to account for nature.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11642538

Japan announces creation of $2 billion conservation fund at world biodiversity conference.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/27/japan-biodiversity-conference-conservation

Grim news on animal extinctions at world biodiversity conference.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-biodiversity-20101027,0,5475237.story

Science struggling to track destruction of nature.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60023

Some pesticides more toxic than previously thought.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19640-suicidebypesticide-study-ranks-compound-toxicity.html

NEWS FROM THE EU :

Naples suffers under growing garbage piles.
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/27/naples-suffers-as-garbage-piles-up.html

Solar power could crash Germany's power grid.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20827842.800-solar-power-could-crash-germanys-grid.html

NEWS FROM THE DAMP ISLES:

Anti-wind farm revolts cut project approvals.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/8091934/Wind-farm-revolts-blamed-for-dramatic-fall-in-planning-approvals.html

Amateur bee keepers spark honey boom.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8089911/Honey-boom-thanks-to-middle-class-beekeepers.html

Chicken poo lights town.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/28/chicken-poo-lights-town

Solar storm coming in battle for energy industry.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/28/chicken-poo-lights-town

NEWS FROM THE LAND OF THE 4 O’CLOCK SUN:

Study shows natures benefits for Vancouver worth billions.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/study-shows-mother-natures-benefits-worth-billions-in-metro-vancouver-105903008.html

Syncrude CEO said to be upset that nature killed birds in company's toxic waste ponds.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/syncrude-says-dead-bird-count-now-350-at-oilsands-pond-asks-scientists-for-help-105881173.html

Foreigners hurt by Canadian mining can now complain to a federal office
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/feds-launch-ombudsman-to-field-complaints-on-canadian-mining-operations-abroad-105789568.html

Ethical mining bill defeated after fierce lobbying.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ethical-mining-bill-defeated-after-fierce-lobbying/article1775529/

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD:

BHP Billiton abandons coal project in Australian conservation area.
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/green-win-signals-shift-in-mine-approvals-20101027-173xn.html

In Myanmar, new monkey species found, then eaten.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101027-snub-nosed-monkey-sneezes-new-species-science-discovered-eaten/

FROGS IN THE NEWS:

Frogs don't cause warts, but watch out for salmonella.
http://pulse.blogs.heraldtribune.com/10073/frogs-dont-cause-warts-but-watch-for-salmonella/

Mining for endangered toads.
http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_north/caledoniacourier/news/105719328.html

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