Daily Green

In today’s (and over-the-weekend) news:

• What to watch on election night;
• Attacks planned on EPA;
• Prop 23 failing;
• State unveils cap & trade rules for global warming;
• Much more! 

Top of the Ticket

Time Magazine 11/1/10
California Election: Environmentalists Get Green
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2028355,00.html

Politico 11/1/10
Energy races to watch on election night 2010
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44487.html

Washington Post (editorial) 10/31/10
California's dirty Prop 23
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/30/AR2010103003474.html

Los Angeles Times 10/30/10
GOP plans attacks on the EPA and climate scientists
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-epa-battle-ahead-20101030,0,6040861.story

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 11/1/10
Field Poll: Props. 19, 23 trailing; Prop. 25 support continues
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/field-poll-finds-props-19-23-t.html

Business Week/Bloomberg 11/1/10
Doerr Joins Hedge-Fund Manager Steyer to Defend California Fees (Quotes CLCV CEO Warner Chabot)
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-01/doerr-joins-hedge-fund-manager-steyer-to-defend-california-fees.html

Greenspace (LA Times blog) 11/1/10
Prop. 26: A new strategy for big oil companies?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/11/prop-26-prop-23-oil-companies-chevron.html

San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News 10/30/10
State unveils new rule for battling climate change
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/30/MNFL1G479U.DTL
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16474741

State Environmental Politics

Scientific American 11/1/10
Should California Voters Repeal State Efforts to Curb Greenhouse Gases?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=california-proposition-23

Labor’s Edge (California Labor Federation blog) 11/1/10
Vote NO on Proposition 26 - If Polluters Don't Pay, Taxpayers Will
http://www2.calaborfed.org/index.php/site/page/718/

Huffington Post 11/1/10
Tina Gerhardt: Litmus Test: California Voters to Determine Fate of Climate Change Bill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-gerhardt/litmus-test-california-vo_b_776748.html

PolitiCal (LA Times blog) 11/1/10
Why did Valero launch Prop. 23?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/prop-23-ab-32-oil-companies-valero.html

Sacramento Bee (opinion) 11/1/10
Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger: State can lead nation on carbon cutbacks
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/31/3144391/state-can-lead-nation-on-carbon.html

Sacramento Bee (column) 11/1/10
Dan Walters: The new Big Four promise to improve California's environment, economy and quality of life
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/01/3147922/dan-walters-new-big-four-promise.html

Los Angeles Times 11/1/10
Solar farm sparks heated debate in California's Panoche Valley
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar-panoche-20101101,0,6937595.story

Los Angeles Times (column) 10/31/10
George Skelton: Inside the nine ballot propositions
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20101101,0,2003862,full.column

More CA Environment

Climate Watch 10/29/10
Climate News that Went By in a Blur
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2010/10/29/climate-news-that-went-by-in-a-blur/

San Jose Mercury News 11/1/10
Flame out: wet weather, cool summer kept 2010 fire season to historically mild levels
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_16480831

Climate Watch 11/1/10
National Parks Wrestle with Warming
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2010/11/01/national-parks-wrestle-with-warming/

Press-Enterprise 10/29/10
Energy Summit to showcase how businesses can conserve
http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_D_energysummit30.259ad3e.html

Quest (KQED) 11/1/10
Newt Migration
http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2010/11/01/newt-migration

San Francisco Chronicle 10/31/10
Weighing choices for eco-conscious living
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/31/HOOH1FMF29.DTL

San Diego Union-Tribune 10/31/10
Dredging effort to make Mission Bay safer draws criticism from conservationists
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/31/dredging-effort-make-waterways-safer-draws-critici/

More State Politics

California Progress Report 10/29/10
Peter Schrag: The Paranoid Style of Politics
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/8335

San Jose Mercury News 11/1/10
"Enthusiasm gap" between Republicans and Democrats more hype than reality in California
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_16480518

PolitiCal (LA Times blog) 11/1/10
Boxer campaigns with labor allies, says Fiorina walks "on that far right lane"
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/10/boxer-campaigns-with-labor-allies-says-fiorina-walks-on-that-far-right-lane.html

San Francisco Chronicle 11/1/10
In anti-incumbent year, Jerry Brown's "comeback kid" tour has Democrats (and Brown) celebrating political endurance (VIDEO)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=75932

California Report 11/1/10
Gubernatorial Candidates Make Final Push
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201011010850/a

Bay Area News Group 11/1/10
Whitman, Brown a portrait in contrasting styles
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_16486474

Los Angeles Times 11/1/10
Candidates and their supporters pull out all the stops
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-campaign-20101101,0,1268257.story

California Watch 11/1/10
As gubernatorial election approaches, donors play both sides
http://www.californiawatch.org/watchblog/gubernatorial-election-approaches-donors-play-both-sides-6232

San Francisco Chronicle 11/1/10
Harris, Cooley in dead heat, Field Poll says
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2010%2F10%2F29%2FMNMR1G434M.DTL

San Francisco Chronicle 11/1/10
State insurance commissioner race unusually heated
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/01/BAQR1G0N72.DTL

Bay Citizen 11/1/10
Maldonado's Latino Balancing Act
http://www.baycitizen.org/elections-2010/story/maldonados-latino-balancing-act/

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 11/1/10
Parties pour last minute cash into state legislative races
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/11/parties-pour-last-minute-cash.html

David Allgood’s Insomnia Corner

FOSSIL FUEL FUNTIME:

Burning coal for heat puts Navajo families at risk.
http://www.daily-times.com/ci_16481231

PG&E offers to close coal plant early.
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/pge_offers_to_close_coal_plant.html

Oyster industry struggles with effects of oil spill, coastal restoration efforts.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/10/louisiana_oyster_industry_stru.html

BP oil still taking a toll on Louisiana tribe.
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/45131/

Coal industry spending big to buy new Congress.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/us/politics/30coal.html?ref=earth

Halliburton rejects blame for catastrophic BP cement job.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/us/30halliburton.html?ref=earth

NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND:

Rally for Sanity packs Washington Mall with hundreds of thousands carrying literate, correctly spelled signs. Tea Party denies existence of sanity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/us/politics/31rally.html?_r=1&hpw

Obama's environmental agenda under threat from Republican victory.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/31/republican-onslaught-obama-environment-agenda

New dioxin rules will force more cleanups.
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=13418095

Erosion of wetlands threatens to destroy gulf coast.
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/erosion-of-wetlands-is-biggest-threat-to-gulf-coast/19691578

NJ Gov. Paterson’s plan to pull out of Superfund angers residents.
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Anger-over-state-pullout-760946.php

Endangered gray wolf key to maintaining ecosystem health.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/50510729-82/wolves-elk-species-eat.html.csp

Arizona sued to force endangered listing of Mexican gray wolf.
http://trivalleycentral.com/articles/2010/10/29/front/doc4ccb049077ff4952261836.txt

NOAA, FDA say Gulf seafood is safe.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41944

LOCAL NEWS FROM THE GOLDEN STATE:

Kern County proposal draws ire of High Speed Rail Authority.
http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x989072246/Paranoid-or-just-vigilant-County-supervisors-intervene-on-rail-project

State approves solar project near Newberry Springs.
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/project-9577-solar-apply.html

Sprawl, development threaten thriving coastal habitat in what remains of San Diego County's coastal open space.
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_1fa238b4-bfc8-5c50-a856-1a732b5ad04d.html

Activists push to expand Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.
http://www.smdp.com/Articles-c-2010-10-28-70637.113116-Expanding-the-Santa-Monica-Mountains.html

Captured fishers from north coast used to re-establish Sierra Nevada fisher population.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_16483805

NEWS OF THE WORLD:

Countries join forces to save life on Earth.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/countries-join-forces-to-save-life-on-earth-2120487.html

Biodiversity talks end in weak deal to protect nature.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11655925

Major produces to eliminate BPA from packaging.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/major-producers-to-ditch-bpa-from-packaging-2121837.html

Ottawa conference seeks global consensus on risks of BPA.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-conference-seeks-global-consensus-on-risks-of-bisphenol-a/article1780226/

NEWS FROM THE EU:

Europe must brace for a colder drier winter this year.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60056

NEWS FROM THE LAND OF 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE:

Obesity follows wealth.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-fat-20101031,0,3753979.story

Xianyang offers cash for cigarette butts.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/chinese-city-offers-cash-for-cigarette-butts-2121968.html

Sustainable growth formulas fail in many cities.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/60052

NEWS FROM THE DAMP ISLES:

Britain establishes world's largest marine reserve.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/britain-sets-up-the-worlds-largest-marine-reserve-2121367.html

Study attributes rise of the jellyfish to ecosystem instability.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11644500

What UK will lose in government forest sell off.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/29/forest-sell-off-government

Oil lobby fights North Sea wind farms.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/31/oil-industry-wind-farm-threat

Britons terrified of the countryside.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/30/britons-countryside-national-trust

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

Spike in salmon population doesn't mean decline is over.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sudden-fish-boom-doesnt-mean-decline-is-over-inquiry-head-says/article1779070/

Indigenous groups want mine minister to resign over comments.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/first-nations-chiefs-want-bc-mines-minister-to-quit-over-offensive-comments/article1779571/

Toxins end mollusk harvests in Nova Scotia's Prospect Bay.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/toxin-outbreak-leads-to-ns-ban-on-mollusk-harvesting-in-prospect-bay-106324533.html

Chemical Valley health issues prompts lawsuit.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/chemical-valley-health-issues-prompt-lawsuit-against-queens-park/article1780041/

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD:

Climate change creates urgent need to move Indonesian capital.
http://www.alertnet.org/db/an_art/60167/2010/09/28-091447-1.htm

Scientists fear proposed road's impact the Serengeti's great wildlife migrations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/world/africa/31serengeti.html

Indian arrests 5, seizes three elephants in elephant smuggling probe.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/five-held-in-elephantsmuggling-probe-2122109.html

FROGS IN THE NEWS:

American tree frogs "sing" in advance of rain, thunder.
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1676888.html

Western chorus frog endangered by loss of habitat.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Tiny+frog+losing+ground/3750145/story.html

BEST HEADLINES EVER:

Miniature human livers grown in lab are the long hoped for replacements for cocktail olives.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11654943

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