Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• CLCV endorses Ted Lieu for Senate District 28;
• Brown announces appointments;
• Plenty of prognosticating on the environmental content of tonight's SOTU address;
• And much more...

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 1/25/11
CLCV Endorses Ted Lieu for Senate District 28
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/clcv-endorses-ted-lieu-senate-district-28

Multiple Sources 1/24/11
Jerry Brown names appointments, legislative affairs officials
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/01/jerry-brown-names-appointments.html
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/01/24/longtime-perata-aide-to-work-for-gov-brown/

Multiple Sources 1/24/11
Director of Policy on Climate Will Leave, Her Goal Unmet
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/us/politics/25browner.html
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/01/ap-browner-leaving-as-obamas-energy-adviser/1

Multiple Sources 1/25/11
SOTU to include 'clean energy' push
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48131.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70O50V20110125

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room 1/24/11
Kerry: Obama to embrace 'major initiatives' on climate in SOTU
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/139753-kerry-obama-to-embrace-major-initiatives-on-climate-in-sotu

Multiple Sources 1/24/11
Business, labor listening for the president's plan on infrastructure
http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/139837-business-labor-listening-for-plan-on-infrastructure
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/us/politics/25build.html

CA Environmental News & Opinion

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 1/24/11
States Lead the Nation
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/states-lead-nation

Multiple Sources 1/24/11
California, EPA to Work on Joint Auto Standards
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703555804576102482690814622.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/epa-department-of-transportation-align-with-california-on-release-date-for-clean-car-standards.html

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 1/24/11
Applause and high hopes for California's new Secretary of Agriculture
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jkaplan/applause_and_high_hopes_for_ca.html

Streetsblog San Francisco 1/25/11
Growing Movement To Save Caltrain From Potentially Devastating Cuts
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/01/25/growing-movement-to-save-caltrain-from-potentially-devastating-cuts/

The Times-Standard 1/25/11
Humboldt County working to improve green economy despite lack of jobs
http://www.insidebayarea.com/california/ci_17191998

Californians Against Waste Blog 1/25/11
Marin Passed Plastic Bag Ban Unanimously
http://www.cawrecycles.org/whats_new/recycling_news/jan_25_marin_plastic_bag

State Budget & Politics

Capital Notes 1/24/11
So Very Much Budget Work To Do. And Soon.
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/01/24/so-very-much-budget-work-to-do-and-soon/

Multiple Sources 1/25/11
California to audit 18 redevelopment agencies
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-redevelopment-20110125,0,7355022.story
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/01/controller-john-chiang-launche.html

Sacramento Bee 1/25/11
Gavin Newsom to find lieutenant governor's role limited
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/25/3348759/newsom-to-find.html

San Francisco Chronicle 1/25/11
California lawmakers rack up gasoline tabs
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/25/MNK51HDIQ5.DTL

National & International Environmental News & Opinion

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 1/24/11
Waxman Presses Chairman Upton on Polluter Support for Climate Denier
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/paltman/waxman_presses_upton_on_pollut.html

Central Valley Business Times 1/25/11
Central Valley congressman renews push for water conservation
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=17446

California Progress Report 1/25/11
What Does Interior's Reform and Restructuring Mean for Ocean Renewable Energy?
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/8601

Innovation (Environmental Defense Fund Blog) 1/24/11
Not the U.S. or China, but the U.S., China and the Planet
http://blogs.edf.org/innovation/2011/01/24/not-the-u-s-or-china-but-the-u-s-china-and-the-planet/

The Transport Politic 1/25/11
Understanding the Republican Party’s Reluctance to Invest in Transit Infrastructure
http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2011/01/25/understanding-the-republican-partys-reluctance-to-invest-in-transit-infrastructure/

Grist 1/24/11
Van Jones on the economic injustice of plastic [VIDEO]
http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-24-van-jones-on-economic-injustice-of-plastic-video

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