Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today and over the weekend:

• Green Summit prepares enviros for 2011;
• Grist: Top 10 green stories of 2010;
• Probable carcinogen in 31 US cities' water;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV blog) 12/20/10
Green Summit Prepares Environmentalists for 2011
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/green-summit-prepares-environmentalists-2011

Grist 12/20/10
Top 10 green stories of 2010
http://www.grist.org/article/2010-12-19-top-ten-10-green-stories-of-2010

Washington Post 12/20/10
Study finds probable carcinogen in 31 U.S. cities' tap water
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122002505.html?hpid=topnews

Associated Press 12/20/10
California rain shatters records, and more is coming
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20101220/NEWS/101229996/1350?Title=California-rain-shatters-records-more-coming

Los Angeles Times 12/20/10
Total lunar eclipse visible Monday night
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-eclipse-20101218,0,7930927.story

San Francisco Chronicle 12/18/10
California backs off strict diesel rules
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/18/MNTO1GS7LN.DTL&type=green

California Watch 12/20/10
Critics worry about cheaper, popular mail-in ballots
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/cheaper-popular-mail-ballots-worry-critics-7479

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 12/20/10
Fixing California governance in the New Year
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/12/fixing-california-governance-i.html

High-Speed Rail

Fresno Bee, Associated Press 12/20/10
Board OKs longer high-speed rail route
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/12/20/2204826/board-oks-longer-high-speed-rail.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/20/3271104/board-oks-extending-cas-high-speed.html

California Progress Report 12/17/10
Traci Sheehan: With Federal Funding, Could It Now Be the Train to Somewhere?
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/8492

Fox and Hounds Daily 12/16/10
Michael Bernick: High Speed Rail, the Central Valley and the Growth of a Region’s Economy
http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/michael-bernick/8376-high-speed-rail-central-valley-and-growth-a-region%E2%80%99s-economy

State Environmental News

Sacramento Bee 12/20/10
Valley startup recycles plastic bottles in California
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/20/3269861/valley-startup-recycles-plastic.html

San Diego Union-Tribune 12/20/10
Bags busted by border officials
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/dec/20/bags-busted-border-officials/

Los Angeles Times 12/20/10
Cotton's sudden boom raises specter of a bust
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cotton-boom-20101220,0,3130683.story

Los Angeles Times (blog) 12/20/10
King Cotton booms in California. But what about the water issue?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2010/12/cotton-california-water-commodities-farming-agriculture-boom.html

California Watch 12/20/10
State to phase out energy-sucking light bulbs
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-phase-out-energy-sucking-light-bulbs-7558

Climate Watch 12/17/10
...And It's Not Even Winter Yet
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2010/12/17/wet-winter-raises-more-than-hopes/

California Report 12/17/10
Fast-Tracking Solar Projects
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201012170850/a

San Diego Union-Tribune 12/19/10
City flood projects hit legal wall
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/dec/19/city-flood-projects-hit-legal-wall/

Sacramento Bee 12/20/10
Habitat land rush worries Yolo rice farmers, officials
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/19/3268390/habitat-land-rush-worries-yolo.html

San Diego Union-Tribune 12/18/10
San Diego group honored for river clean-ups
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/dec/18/san-diego-group-honored-river-clean-ups/

San Francisco Chronicle 12/18/10
Brentwood fish ladder to help Marsh Creek salmon
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/18/BA3O1GSE0U.DTL&type=green

Fresno Bee (editorial) 12/16/10
Senate should pass lands bill
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/12/16/2201006/editorial-senate-should-pass-lands.html

State Politics

Sacramento Bee 12/19/10
Jerry Brown buttons up to focus on budget
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/19/3268407/jerry-brown-buttons-up-to-focus.html

San Jose Mercury News 12/20/10
Outside interests reign during dismal legislative session
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_16897914

Los Angeles Times 12/20/10
New redistricting panel takes aim at bizarre political boundaries
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gerrymander-20101220,0,2649002.story

Sacramento Bee 12/20/10
Legislators push to alter Capitol's business-as-usual
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/20/3269860/legislators-push-to-alter-capitols.html

Los Angeles Times 12/20/10
The time may be right for Kamala Harris
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-theweek-20101219,0,4210219.story

Los Angeles Times (column) 12/20/10
George Skelton: Whitman paid a high price for Latino distrust of GOP
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cap-20101220,0,4617120.column

Contra Costa Times 12/19/10
Lisa Vorderbrueggen: What will Arnold do next?
http://www.contracostatimes.com/lisa-vorderbrueggen/ci_16887523

PolitiCal 12/18/10
Schwarzenegger could see himself in Washington
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2010/12/schwarzenegger-could-see-himself-in-washington.html

CalBuzz 12/20/10
The Calbuzz Plan for Budget Reform and World Peace
http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/12/the-calbuzz-plan-for-budget-reform-and-world-peace/

Fresno Bee 12/19/10
Jim Boren: Change is coming to California
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/12/17/2202249/change-is-coming-to-california.html

National and International Environmental News

Christian Science Monitor 12/19/10
Gulf oil spill: Deep water cleanup still needed?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/1219/Gulf-oil-spill-Deep-water-cleanup-still-needed

Green (NY Times blog) 12/20/10
Engine Makers Sue to Block E15 Fuel
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/engine-makers-sue-to-block-e15-fuel/

Los Angeles Times 12/18/10
White House issues science integrity guidelines
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scientific-integrity-20101218,0,34563.story

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