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Hello and good afternoon all. Along with many of its readers, the Daily Green will be on vacation until January 4, 2011. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and a happy New Year. In today’s news:

• Editorial: California leads way on global warming;
• California's congressional delegation won't grow;
• California to spend another $1.2 billion to extend first leg of high-speed rail;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

San Francisco Chronicle (editorial) 12/21/10
California leads way on global warming
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/20/EDDA1GS8B9.DTL

Washington Post 12/20/10
Environmental community shifts focus away from Washington with 'think local' strategies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122004710.html

Multiple sources 12/21/10
California's congressional delegation won't grow
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/census-congregational-districts-california.html
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/12/california-house-of-representa.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/21/3272733/census-to-determine-number-of.html

Los Angeles Times 12/21/10
With census changes, GOP gains edge in races for Congress, president
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-1222-redistricting-census-updat20101221,0,1714043.story

State Environmental News

Bay Area News Group 12/21/10
California to spend another $1.2 billion to extend first leg of high-speed rail
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16908398

Fresno Bee 12/21/10
Long-gone Madera Co. town begins high-speed rail line
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/12/20/2205511/long-gone-madera-co-town-named.html

Greenspace 12/21/10
Chromium-tainted drinking water: Time for a federal crackdown?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2010/12/chromium-drinking-water-riverside-california.html

California Report 12/21/10
Smokers Asked Not To Toss Butts
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201012210850/a

Los Angeles Times 12/21/10
Fuel cells popping up in California
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-bloom-box-20101221,0,2576333.story

Forum (KQED-FM) 12/21/10
Bay Area Water Supply
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201012210900

San Diego Union-Tribune 12/21/10
Experts offer top 10 ways to have a greener holiday
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/dec/21/top-10-ways-have-sustainable-holiday/

San Francisco Chronicle 12/21/10
Owls eat poisoned rats, suffer gruesome deaths
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/17/MNS81GLK02.DTL&type=green

Associated Press 12/21/10
Wind energy company moving headquarters to KC
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/21/3273315/wind-energy-company-moving-headquarters.html

San Francisco Chronicle 12/21/10
Lehigh Southwest Cement discharges worry neighbors
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/12/21/BAF61GTC7B.DTL&type=green

Associated Press 12/21/10
Customs officials seize Chinese plastic bags
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/21/3273221/customs-officials-seize-chinese.html

Associated Press 12/21/10
Workers clear vegetation-choked Calif lake
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/21/3272830/workers-clear-vegetation-choked.html

State Politics

Sacramento Bee 12/21/10
Brown will eliminate state's stimulus tracking office
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/21/3272297/brown-will-eliminate-states-stimulus.html

Fox and Hounds Daily 12/21/10
John Wildermuth: Californian of the Year is Jerry Brown
http://foxandhoundsdaily.com/blog/john-wildermuth/8392-californian-year

Calitics 12/20/10
Robert Cruickshank: Meg Whitman and the Latino Vote
http://www.calitics.com/diary/12958/meg-whitman-and-the-latino-vote

California Progress Report 12/21/10
Sheila Kuehl: Budget 2010 Part Four: Mad As A March Hare
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/8499

National & International Environmental News

National Public Radio 12/21/10
After Dump, What Happens To Electronic Waste?
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/21/132204954/after-dump-what-happens-to-electronic-waste?ft=1&f=13

Washington Post 12/20/10
It's hard to say whether grass-fed or corn-fed cows are better for the Earth
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122004693.html

Green (NY Times blog) 12/21/10
Weighing the Risk of a Chemical in Tap Water
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/weighing-the-risk-of-a-chemical-in-tap-water/

Guardian 12/21/10
Pablo Solon: Why Bolivia stood alone in opposing the Cancún climate agreement
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/cif-green/2010/dec/21/bolivia-oppose-cancun-climate-agreement

Guardian 12/21/10
George Monbiot: That snow outside is what global warming looks like
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/20/uk-snow-global-warming

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