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Hello and good afternoon all. The Daily Green will return on Tuesday, January 18^th, after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and day of service (find local volunteer opportunities here: http://mlkday.gov/).

In the news today: Brown's direction on eco-issues, renewable energy, toxics found in pregnant women, and much more.

Top of the Ticket

Greespace (LA Times blog) 1/14/11
Jerry Brown: a new direction on eco-issues?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/jerry-brown-a-new-direction-on-eco-issues.html

Climate Watch 1/14/11
Its First Renewables Goal Unmet, Can CA Meet The Next One?
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/01/14/its-first-renewables-goal-unmet-can-ca-meet-the-next-one/

Sacramento Bee, Associated Press 1/14/11
The 'Big One' might be a flood
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/14/3323275/the-big-one-might-be-a-flood.html
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/13/3322497/report-projects-impact-of-huge.html

San Francisco Chronicle 1/14/11
Toxics found in pregnant U.S. women in UCSF study
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/13/MNN41GL1NQ.DTL

CA Environmental News & Opinion

Daily Breeze 1/14/11
Los Angeles reaches 20% renewable power goal five years early
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_17090092

Climate Watch 1/13/11
Another One Bites the Dust? California's cap-and-trade partners are dropping like flies.
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/01/12/another-one-bites-the-dust/

San Jose Mercury News 1/14/11
California budget: Cuts to wildland firefighting teams loom
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_17090112

Orange County Register 1/13/11
Which cities charge exorbitant fees for solar permits?
http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2011/01/13/which-cities-charge-exhorbitant-solar-permit-fees/72540/

Los Angeles Times 1/14/11
California may have the highest costs for charging electric vehicles, study says
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-autos-electric-rates-20110114,0,5756943.story

Associated Press 1/13/11
EPA: Toxics at Central Valley dump at safe level
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/14/BA3Q1H8OT5.DTL&type=green

PolitiCal (LA Times blog) 1/14/11
John Burton dresses down Coastal Commission chief
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/01/john-burton-dresses-down-coastal-commission-chair.html

Fresno Bee (editorial) 1/14/11
Ross is expected to be an able advocate for ag industry
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/01/13/2231912/editorial-ross-is-expected-to.html

Los Angeles Times 1/14/11
La Niña's effects in California have been muted thus far, experts say
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-la-nina-20110114,0,4513689.story

L.A. Now (LA Times blog) 1/14/11
Ikea wants to power Costa Mesa store with solar panels
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/ikea-wants-to-power-costa-mesa-store-with-solar-panels.html

Sacramento Bee 1/13/11
Solar-wise California friends aim to light up African villages
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/12/3317556/solar-wise-california-friends.html

The Californian 1/14/11
Monterey County gives green light to desalination plant
http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20110112/NEWS01/101120304/Monterey-County-gives-green-light-to-desalination-plant

Fresno Bee 1/14/11
Water bank makes waves among Valley farmers
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/01/13/2232324/water-bank-makes-waves-among-valley.html

Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1/14/11
Study tracks salmon coping with warming river
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_us_struggling_salmon.html

Associated Press 1/14/11
Forest Service vet new acting supervisor at Tahoe
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/14/3323931/forest-service-vet-new-acting.html

Press Democrat 1/14/11
Feds designate new wilderness area in Mendocino County
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110114/NEWS/110119692/1350

State Politics

Los Angeles Times 1/14/11
Brown budget plan draws flak from right, left
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-state-budget-20110114,0,1207022.story

Sacramento Bee 1/13/11
Brown's Countdown, Day 5: Democratic lawmaker skeptical of budget fast-track plan
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/14/3323080/budget.html

Contra Costa Times 1/14/11
State finance chief woos chamber while anti-tax group vows fight
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_17090678

Capital Notes 1/14/11
Podcast: Budget Maneuvers
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/01/14/podcast-budget-maneuvers/

CA Budget Bites (CA Budget Project blog) 1/14/11
Jean Ross: The Good, the Not-So-Good, and a Few Concerns
http://californiabudgetbites.org/2011/01/14/the-good-the-not-so-good-and-a-few-concerns-the-governor%E2%80%99s-proposed-2011-12-budget/

California Report 1/14/11
Brown's Budget Proposal Sets Record for Web Hits
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201101140850/a

Capitol Alert 1/14/11
Tom Berryhill set to be stripped of Agriculture Committee chair
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/01/tom-berryhill-to-lose-agriculture-committe.html

Orange County Register 1/14/11
The greatly exaggerated demise of CA Republicans
http://totalbuzz.ocregister.com/2011/01/13/the-greatly-exaggerated-demise-of-ca-republicans/47446/

National Environmental News & Opinion

New York Times, Washington Post 1/14/11
Agency Revokes Permit for Major Coal Mining Project
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/science/earth/14coal.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/13/AR2011011307095.html

Politico 1/14/11
Top EPA water official to quit
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47621.html

Associated Press 1/14/11
EPA says DFW-area violates air-quality standards
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/14/3324182/epa-says-dfw-area-violates-air.html

Quest 1/14/11
Goodbye to the Lightbulb We All Know and Love
http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2011/01/14/goodbye-to-the-lightbulb-we-all-know-and-love

Switchboard (NRDC blog) 1/14/11
John Walke: What is the Conservative Solution to Pollution?
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jwalke/what_is_the_conservative_solut.html

David Allgood’s Insomnia Corner

LOCAL NEWS FROM THE GOLDEN STATE

Disney re-usable bags for kids tainted with high lead levels.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-bags-20110114,0,7477663.story

MTA retires last diesel bus, all now use cleaner, safer fuels.
http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/la-me-buses-20110112,0,5586316.story

Arcadia woodland reduced to kindling.
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_17090390

Vallejo losing appetite for styrofoam.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_17094938

NEWS FROM THE HOMELAND:

Bailed out car companies lobby against fuel standards.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/13/AR2011011306544.html

Spread of deadly virus tied to forest decline.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/spread-of-deadly-virus-tied-to-forest-decline/

EPA delays biomass permit requirements.
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/60861

FOSSIL FUEL FUNTIME:

New federal agency will focus exclusively on oil drilling safety.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-safety-20110114,0,2076548.story

BP disaster slows pace for new drilling permits.
http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2011/01/gulf_oil_disaster_has_changed.html

EPA revokes mountain top removal coal mine permit.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/epa-us-mountainto-mining-removal

Another Alaska oil pipeline shut down to repair leaks.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/01/13/106725/another-alaska-oil-pipeline-shutdown.html

EPA deal with coal plants promises cleaner air.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-epa-coal-plant-settlement-20110113,0,1616667.story

NEWS OF THE WORLD:

Fossil fuel investments far outstrip green investments.
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/60877

Industrial farming linked to food safety scares.
http://www.enn.com/business/article/42234

Flipper tags damage penguin reproduction.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12162725

NEWS FROM THE LAND OF 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE:

China’s presence in Africa causes increased threat to rhinos.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/chinas-presence-in-africa-blamed-for-new-threat-to-rhino-2184340.html

China to build 20 million EV parking spots by 2020.
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/60878

Childhood cancer rates rise.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-01/14/content_11850124.htm

NEWS FROM THE DAMP ISLES:

London’s super-sewer causes stink.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/london-super-sewer

UK to review North Sea drilling in the wake of BP catastrophe.
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/60862

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

Reduction in coal use leads to cleaner Ontario air.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/report-says-ontario-air-improving-govt-credits-in-part-less-use-of-coal-113591394.html

Mysterious infection is killing BC salmon.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mysterious-infection-is-killing-bc-salmon/article1869440/

Inuits sue government over narwhal tusk export ban.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/inuit-take-federal-government-to-court-over-narwhal-tusk-export-ban-113485479.html

Declining sea ice forces town to protect itself from polar bears.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/declining-sea-ice-forces-arctic-hamlet-to-install-new-polar-bear-safeguards-113474934.html

Carbon capture project leaking into adjacent land.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/carbon-capture-project-leaking-into-their-land-couple-says/article1866299/

NEWS FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD:

Call for pesticide ban to protect elephants in India.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12167318

Climate change linked to record Australian flooding.
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/60863

FROGS IN THE NEWS:

Frogs’ faces hold clues to their evolutionary success.
http://news.oneindia.in/2011/01/14/frogsfaces-give-clues-to-special-secret-of-theirevolution-aid0121.html

Red legged frog lawyers up.
http://independent.com/news/2011/jan/14/red-legged-frog-lawyers/

Titanic toad called big fat pest.
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978910522

BEST HEADLINES EVER:

New York Times beats up innocent hawk.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/a-bird-collision-in-our-midst/

Single peat moss plant conquers America.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9359000/9359075.stm

Crows use tools to probe dangerous objects.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9353000/9353588.stm

Duck liver flap ruffles foodies' feathers.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/duck-liver-flap-ruffles-foodies-feathers/article1866502/

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