Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Reactions to Jerry Brown's State of the State speech;
• Brown Administration working on toxic chemical rules;
• Angler advocacy groups file suit against marine protection regulations;
• And much more...

Top of the Ticket

Multiple Sources 2/1/11
Brown argues for his budget plan in State of the State address
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-state-of-state-20110201,0,1145135.story
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/01/31/new-governor-familiar-fight/
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=zgm1udmosb9t30&xid=zglropg56vps81&done=.zgm1udmosbwt30
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/02/01/3367081/brown-call-out-gop.html
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/01/31/BAL81HGTBQ.DTL

Sacramento Bee 2/1/11
Dan Walters: Jerry Brown's plan still faces big hurdles
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/02/01/3366912/dan-walters-jerry-browns-plan.html

The Press-Enterprise 2/1/11
Brown's speech fails to convince Inland GOP lawmakers
http://www.pe.com/localnews/politics/stories/PE_News_Local_D_speechreax01.283e54d.html

Greenspace 1/31/11
Toxic chemical rules are on Brown's agenda
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/01/chemicals-california-laws-jerry-brown.html

San Diego Union-Tribune 2/1/11
California marine protection act challenged in court
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/01/marine-protection-act-challenged-court/

CA Environmental News & Opinion

San Francisco Chronicle Politics Blog 1/31/11
Laird confirms that state parks will close due to the state's budget deficit
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=82161

Multiple Sources 1/31/11
Caltrain Summit: Grassroots Effort To Save Commuter Rail Service
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2011/01/31/caltrain-summit-grassroots-effort-to-save-commuter-rail-service/
http://www.baycitizen.org/transportation/story/grassroots-mobilize-save-caltrain/
http://www.examiner.com/green-transportation-in-national/friends-of-caltrain-seeks-to-save-peninsula-train-service-from-death-spiral

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 1/31/11
Top environmental priorities for the California PUC
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/dwang/top_environmental_priorities_f.html

San Diego Union-Tribune 1/31/11
City's collaboration could pioneer energy solutions
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jan/31/san-diego-collaboration-could-pioneer-energy-solut/

The Bay Citizen 2/1/11
SJ Plastic Bag Ban Stirs More Cities to Follow Suit
http://www.baycitizen.org/environment/story/sj-plastic-bag-ban-stirs-more-cities/

California High Speed Rail Blog 1/31/11
High Speed Rail as “California’s Sputnik Moment”
http://www.cahsrblog.com/2011/01/high-speed-rail-as-californias-sputnik-moment/

San Francisco Chronicle 2/1/11
S.F. Yellow Pages ban to be considered
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/01/MN761HGSAR.DTL

Streetsblog Los Angeles 2/1/11
As Number of Carpool Riders Fall, Why Is L.A. Doubleing Down on New Lanes?
http://la.streetsblog.org/2011/02/01/as-number-of-carpool-riders-fall-why-is-l-a-doubleing-down-on-new-lanes/

The Ethicurean 1/30/11
San Francisco sustainable restaurants have a blind spot for seafood
http://www.ethicurean.com/2011/01/30/san-francisco-seafood/

Californians Against Waste Blog 2/1/11
500 Schools Compete to Recycle Most Campus Waste
http://www.cawrecycles.org/whats_new/recycling_news/feb_01_recyclemania

Orange County Register 2/1/11
San Juan wants 13-foot water-awareness statue taken down
http://www.ocregister.com/news/city-286461-statue-center.html

State Budget & Politics

Capitol Alert 2/1/11
John Chiang calls out local government scofflaws
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/02/john-chiang-calls-out-local-go.html

Calbuzz 1/31/11
Checklist for Lt. Newsom
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/01/checklist-for-lt-newsom-gop-seeks-presidentials/

National & International Environmental News & Opinion

Green House (USA Today Blog) 2/1/11
U.S. companies take bold greening efforts in 2010
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/02/companies-green-business-2010/1

The Thin Green Line (San Francisco Chronicle Blog) 2/1/11
Top renewable power users list brings some shockers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?entry_id=82191

The Huffington Post 2/1/11
Obama Moves To Cut Oil Industry Subsidies
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/01/obama-moves-to-cut-oil-subsidies_n_816787.html

Talking Points Memo 1/31/11
Heritage Asks Issa To Reverse Decades Of Worker, Consumer, Environmental Laws
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/heritage-asks-issa-to-attack-decades-of-worker-consumer-and-environmental-protections.php

Politico 1/31/11
Dems: Frackers may have broken law
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/48501.html

The Infrastructurist 1/31/11
New Study: Suburbs Can Pollute More than Cities
http://www.infrastructurist.com/2011/01/31/new-study-shows-that-suburbs-can-pollute-more-than-cities/

Reuters 1/31/11
Pure water from solar power; will it catch on?
http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2011/01/31/pure-water-from-solar-power-will-it-catch-on/

The Repower Blog 2/1/11
Has the Industrialized World Reached a Traveling Peak?
http://repoweramerica.org/blog/has-the-industrialized-world-reached-a-traveling-peak/

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