Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• How did your representatives vote on the environment?
• Wind power in California: Environmental hurdles arise;
• Will warming worsen water woes?
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

California Progress Report 2/11/11
Warner Chabot: How Did Your Representatives Vote on the Environment?
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/8665

California Report, Climate Watch (KQED-FM) 2/11/11
Environmental Hurdles to Wind Power in California
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R201102110850/a
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/02/10/of-birds-bats-and-blades/

Orange County Register 2/11/11
Will warming worsen state water crisis?
http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2011/02/11/will-warming-worsen-state-water-crisis/121392/

CA Environmental News & Opinion

Multiple sources 2/10/11
Feds will examine San Joaquin Delta pollution
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/02/10/3392011/feds-will-examine-san-joaquin.html
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/02/09/2266601/delta-standards-to-be-probed-by.html

Fresno Bee 2/11/11
Fresno releases plan for high-speed rail station
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/02/10/2268056/fresno-releases-plan-for-high.html

Fresno Bee (editorial) 2/9/11
Rail detractors shouldn't let politics block it
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/02/08/2264750/editorial-rail-detractors-shouldnt.html

San Jose Mercury News (column) 2/11/11
Patty Fisher: An uphill battle for cement plant opponents
http://www.mercurynews.com/patty-fisher/ci_17354318

San Diego Union-Tribune 2/10/11
Longterm water projections dismal for Southwest
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/10/longterm-water-projections-dismal-southwest/

San Francisco Chronicle 2/8/11
California state parks brace for more budget cuts
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/08/MNG21HIKPI.DTL

California Watch 2/11/11
UC researchers: LED lights contain lead, arsenic
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/uc-researchers-led-lights-contain-lead-arsenic-8634

National Public Radio 2/11/11
Fighting For Water In Arid Imperial Valley
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/10/133624969/fighting-for-water-in-the-arid-imperial-valley

Orange County Register 2/11/11
Eco-friendly bulbs loaded with lead, arsenic
http://sciencedude.ocregister.com/2011/02/10/enviro-bulbs-loaded-with-lead-arsenic/121268/

Santa Rosa Press Democrat 2/10/11
Sonoma Land Trust gets 572-acre gift
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110210/ARTICLES/110219928

San Diego Union-Tribune (editorial) 2/10/11
Progress for people, birds and fish
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/08/progress-for-people-birds-and-fish/

State Politics

Los Angeles Times 2/11/11
Rep. Jane Harman to resign Tuesday to allow for June special election
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jane-harman-20110211,0,6771953.story

Calbuzz 2/11/11
36th CD: The Jane, Janice, Debra and Marcy Show
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/02/14349/

Capitol Alert 2/11/11
Jerry Brown expects GOP proposals next week
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/02/jerry-brown-expects-gop-compro.html

Capitol Alert 2/11/11
Steinberg: Senate Democrats will deliver on cuts
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/02/steinberg-senate-democrats-wil.html

Los Angeles Times 2/11/11
Jerry Brown courts business leaders to get behind his fiscal plans
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/politics/la-me-jerry-brown-20110211,0,1708597.story

Daily News 2/11/11
Gov. Brown campaigns in L.A. for budget fix
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_17356646

San Francisco Chronicle (opinion) 2/8/11
Chris Elmendorf, Ethan J. Leib: Let Californians vote on 2 budgets - 1 red, 1 blue
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/02/11/EDRR1HKUNU.DTL

Riverside Press Enterprise 2/11/11
Federal Regulations: Issa weighs the cost of doing business
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_fedreg11.233f99f.html

California Progress Report 2/10/11
Caitlin Vega: California Love
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/8659

National Environmental News & Opinion

Politico 2/11/11
Kochs brothers' plan for 2012: raise $88 million
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49303.html

Los Angeles Times 2/11/11
Obama administration proposes new planning rule for national forests
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-forests-20110211,0,3611210.story

Green (NY Times blog) 2/11/11
Spill Commissioners Call for Review of Energy Policy
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/11/spill-commissioners-call-for-review-of-energy-policy/

Huffington Post 2/11/11
Liz Butler: Who Wants to Cash in on Gutting the Clean Air Act?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-butler/who-wants-to-cash-in-on-t_b_821463.html

Huffington Post 2/11/11
David Foster: We Need a Clean Energy Hiring Plan
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-foster/david-foster-we-need-a-cl_b_819617.html

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