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Good afternoon, all. In today's news:

• Plastic bag lobbying group influences curriculum
• Los Angeles tops public transit access
• State Parks in peril
• and much, much more...

Top of the Ticket

Mercury News 8/17/11
Trash dump limits targeted in pending state legislation
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_18701951?nclick_check=1

Groundswell (CLCV's Blog) 6/18/11
State Parks In Peril
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/state-parks-peril

San Francisco Chronicle 8/19/11
Plastic bag lobbying group influences curriculum
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/19/MNA61KOQRC.DTL

California Environmental News & Opinion

Huffingtong Post 8/18/11
Los Angeles Public Transit Access Top Among Major Metropolitan Areas, Besting Even New York
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/los-angeles-metro-transit-access_n_930835.html

Oakland Tribune 8/18/11
Study: High-speed rail could share track with Caltrain
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_18704592

Press Democrat 8/17/11
Support grows for plastic-bag ban in Sonoma County
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110816/ARTICLES/110819590/1350

Los Angeles Times 8/19/11
Wildlife officials: Abandon Southern California sea otter rules
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sea-otter-20110819,0,7730819.story

New York Times 8/18/11
Another Pollution Battle Looms in Erin Brockovich's Town
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/18/18greenwire-another-pollution-battle-looms-in-erin-brockov-58590.html

State Politics

Calitics 8/18/11
Galgiani Enters Senate Fray
http://calitics.com/diary/13788/galgiani-enters-senate-fray

Los Angeles Times 8/18/11
George Skelton: Celebrating new voting districts
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap-redistricting-20110818,0,2541093.column

Los Angeles Times 8/19/11
California unemployment rises in July to 12%
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-caljobs-july-20110820,0,619654.story

Capitol Alert 8/18/11
Bill requiring badges for paid initiative circulators goes to Brown
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/08/jerry-brown-senate-bill-448-badges-paid-signature-gatherers.html

Orange County Register 8/18/11
Four lawmakers release ‘secret’ office budgets
http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2011/08/18/three-lawmakers-release-secret-office-budgets/94165/

National Environmental News & Opinion

Reuters 8/18/11
U.S. carbon emissions jumped nearly 4 percent in 2010
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/18/us-usa-emissions-carbon-idUSTRE77H67920110818

The Hill 8/18/11
Huntsman: 'Call me crazy,' I believe in evolution, global warming
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/177429-huntsman-call-me-crazy-i-believe-in-evolution-global-warming

DC Streets Blog 8/19/11
Brookings: 700,000 Carless Americans Stranded Outside Reach of Transit
http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/08/19/brookings-700000-carless-americans-stranded-outside-reach-of-transit/

Food & Water Watch Blog 8/17/11
7 Ways the Oil and Gas Industry is Buying Fracking Policy (And What You Can Do About It)
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/7-ways-the-oil-and-gas-industry-is-buying-fracking-policy-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

Bloomberg 8/18/11
Natural-Gas Fracking Rules Considered by U.S. for Federal Lands
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-18/natural-gas-fracking-rules-considered-by-u-s-agency-for-federal-lands.html

Greenwire 8/18/11
EPA's Planned Phaseout of Harmful Refrigerant Hits Snag
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/08/18/18greenwire-epas-planned-phaseout-of-harmful-refrigerant-h-42509.html

International Environmental News

Huffington Post 8/18/11
BP Investigates New Oil Sheen Near Green Canyon Block In Gulf Of Mexico
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/18/bp-sheen-gulf-mexico_n_930156.html

Guardian 8/18/11
Climate change driving species out of habitats much faster than expected
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/aug/18/climate-change-species-habitats

Planet Ark 8/19/11
Biomass Key For Low-Carbon Energy, Spurs Food Prices
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/62994

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