Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• USA Today looks at states taking the lead in fighting climate change;
• Fund to protect farmland, open spaces may be going away;
• Drought designation remains despite hopeful signs;
• Water vs. anti-tax push;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Greenhouse (USA Today blog) 1/24/11
States take lead in efforts to fight climate change
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/states-tackle-global-warming-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions/1

California Watch 1/24/11
Fund to protect farmland, open spaces facing end
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/fund-protect-farmland-open-spaces-facing-end-8197

San Francisco Chronicle 1/22/11
Despite hopeful signs, drought designation to stay
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/22/MN5G1HC5T9.DTL

Wall Street Journal 1/22/11
Water Demands Collide With an Antitax Push
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791904576075922686031998.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

CA Environmental News

Fresno Bee 1/23/11
Deadline pressure threatens high-speed rail
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/01/22/2243485/deadline-pressure-threatens-high.html

Merced Sun-Star 1/24/11
Galgiani: High-speed rail jobs belong to California workers
http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2011/01/22/1739716/galgiani-high-speed-rail-jobs.html

McClatchy News 1/22/11
Centuries-old poem takes a bruising in California water policy debate
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/22/3342828/centuries-old-poem-takes-a-bruising.html

KQED-FM 1/24/11
Two Calif. Utilities Dispute Long-term Renewable Power Goals
http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201101241204

Capitol Weekly, Capitol Alert 1/22/11
Power shift under way at the PUC
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=zft2bew29stldo
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/22/3342821/puc-member-nancy-ryan-appointed.html

San Diego Union Tribune 1/22/11
La Jolla scientists mark 25 years in Antarctica
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jan/23/la-jolla-scientists-celebrate-25-years-antarctic-r/

San Francisco Chronicle 1/23/11
Sea otter deaths jump in 2010
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/23/BA4K1HCS7T.DTL&type=green

Contra Costa Times 1/24/11
"Blue carbon" initiatives emerging as promising carbon sinks
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_17164343

Associated Press 1/24/11
Feds and California to propose new fuel rules
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/24/3348028/feds-and-california-to-propose.html

Sacramento Bee 1/24/11
Patents in Sacramento area rose 30% in 2010
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/24/3346320/patents-in-sacramento-area-rose.html

New York Times 1/23/11
The People’s Electric, Ready to Claim Power
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/automobiles/autoreviews/23WHEEL.html

LA Streets Blog 1/24/11
With Los Angeles as Inspiration, San Diego Enviros Call for 50/10 Plan
http://la.streetsblog.org/2011/01/24/los-angeles-as-inspiration-san-diego-enviros-call-for-5010-plan/

San Jose Mercury News 1/24/11
Unaffordable land stunts new generation of small farmers in California
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17178407

Los Angeles Times, Climate Watch 1/24/11
Mountain plant communities moving down despite climate change, study finds
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-climate-trees-20110121,0,4119552.story
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/01/21/climate-warms-trees-head-downhill/

Huffington Post 1/23/11
California Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Takes Effect
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/california-incandescent-l_n_813093.html?ir=Green

San Diego Union Tribune 1/22/11
Climate initiative gives Scripps global goals
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jan/22/climate-initiative-sets-big-goals-scripps/

San Jose Mercury News 1/22/11
Caltrain faces $30 million deficit; cuts inevitable
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_17162725

State Politics

San Francisco Chronicle 1/23/11
GOP brand pronounced dead in deep-blue California
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/23/BAB31HD2T1.DTL

California Watch 1/24/11
'Textbook example of how to run a bad campaign'
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/textbook-example-how-run-bad-campaign-8228

CalBuzz 1/24/11
Final Thoughts on IGS 2010 Gov Race Conference
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/01/final-thoughts-on-igs-2010-gov-race-conference/

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 1/22/11
Analyst: Whitman, not blue state, to blame for her loss
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/01/analyst-whitman-not-blue-state.html

Contra Costa Times 1/24/11
GOP senator: No pension reform, no vote on taxes
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_17163855

Politico 1/23/11
Jerry Brown takes a big risk
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48017.html

Capitol Alert (Sac Bee blog) 1/24/11
AM Alert: Subcommittees step up to the plate
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/01/am-alert-monday-21.html

Sacramento Bee 1/24/11
Budget panel boss Leno ready to 'walk plank' on cuts
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/24/3346085/budget-panel-boss.html

National Environmental News

Washington Post 1/22/11
Corporate contributions have surged for new Republican leaders in House
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012103187.html

Greenspace 1/24/11
China leapfrogs U.S. wind power industry, American installations halved in 2010
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/china-leapfrogs-us-wind-power-industry-american-installations-halved-in-2010.html

Washington Post 1/24/11
Great Plains oil pipeline plan sparks grass-roots activism, high-stakes lobbying
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/23/AR2011012303411.html

Los Angeles Times 1/21/11
Warming effect of melting ice fields stronger, report finds
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-me-climate-arctic-20110121,0,5134908.story

Rolling Stone 1/22/11
Who’s to Blame: 12 Politicians and Execs Blocking Progress on Global Warming
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/lists/whos-to-blame-12-politicians-and-execs-blocking-progress-on-global-warming-20110119

Agence France-Presse 1/23/11
Climate-change lawsuits are on the rise
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-23-climate-change-lawsuits-are-on-the-rise

Green (NY Times blog) 1/24/11
Industry Group’s Self-Depiction Raises Eyebrows
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/industry-groups-self-depiction-raises-eyebrows/

Greenwire/New York Times 1/24/11
BLM Proposes Rule to Curb Oil and Gas Production Waste and Emissions
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/01/24/24greenwire-blm-proposes-rule-to-curb-oil-and-gas-producti-40142.html

Grist 1/24/11
Chevron, under pressure for destruction of Amazon, was top oil lobbyist last quarter
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-24-chevron-under-pressure-destruction-of-amazon-was-top-oil-lobbist

Huffington Post 1/24/11
Chevron Accused Of 'World's Worst Oil-Related Disaster' In Ecuador
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/chevron-accused-by-ecuado_n_813117.html

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