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Good afternoon, all. In the news today and over the weekend:

• Shark fin ban clears key California Senate committee;
• California warned to prepare for hotter, more deadly heat waves;
• Redistricting-plan opponents given OK to begin referendum drive;
• Canada-Texas oil pipeline moves forward, and much more.

California Environmental News

Los Angeles Times 8/26/11
Shark fin ban clears key California Senate committee
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shark-fin-ban-20110826,0,3042182.story

Environment News Service 8/28/11
California Warned to Prepare for Hotter, More Deadly Heat Waves
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2011/2011-08-28-091.html

KQED-FM Climate Watch blog 8/26/11
Climate Study Predicts Deadly Heat for Older Californians
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/08/26/climate-study-predicts-deadly-heat-for-older-californians/

Sacramento Bee 8/27/11
Trees strengthen levees in some cases, study finds
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/27/3865128/trees-strengthen-levees-in-some.html

San Francisco Chronicle (Opinion) 8/26/11
Open Forum: California's coasts need another Peter Douglas
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/26/EDKO1KRVVL.DTL

California Watch 8/29/11
Santa Cruz school librarian challenges [chemical industry] textbook changes
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/santa-cruz-school-librarian-challenges-textbook-changes-12323

New York Times 8/25/11
Los Angeles River Tries On New Role, as Waterway
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/us/26river.html

San Francisco Chronicle 8/27/11
Coastal group sues S.F. over debris at Ocean Beach
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/26/BA4G1KSK3M.DTL

Press-Enterprise 8/26/11
Rialto: Possible health problems from old wells
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_goodrich27.390c613.html

Fresno Bee 8/27/11
High-speed rail's costs keep rising
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/08/27/2514661/high-speed-rails-costs-keep-rising.html

Fresno Bee 8/28/11
PG&E plant casts shadow over solar projects
http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/08/28/2515627/pge-plant-casts-shadow-over-solar.html

Washington Post 8/28/11
Wind farms under fire for bird kills
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/wind-farms-under-fire-for-bird-kills/2011/08/25/gIQAP0bVlJ_story.html

San Jose Mercury News 8/28/11
Altamont Pass wind farm gets major upgrade
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_18778324

Desert Dispatch 8/28/11
Agency will look at energy sites' effects on tortoises
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/recovery-11478-sites-desert.html

San Jose Mercury News 8/28/11
A year after San Bruno blast, are we safer?
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18776115

Redistricting

Los Angeles Times/Capitol Weekly 8/26/11
Redistricting-plan opponents given OK to begin referendum drive
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/08/redistricting-plan-opponents-given-ok-to-begin-referendum-drive.html

KQED-FM Capitol Notes 8/26/11
A Hefty Redistricting Referendum
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/08/26/a-hefty-redistricting-referendum/

Daily Breeze 8/27/11
House veteran Waxman will run in new district that includes South Bay
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_18774324

Los Angeles Times 8/28/11
Redistricting could cost California some clout in Washington
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-congress-20110829,0,1873016.story

National and International Environmental News

Los Angeles Times 8/27/11
Canada-Texas oil pipeline moves forward
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-keystone-pipeline-20110827,0,1613183.story

San Francisco Chronicle 8/28/11
'Fracking': Rock fracturing's relation to quakes
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/28/BU0L1KS4BU.DTL

Los Angeles Times Greenspace blog 8/28/11
Which electric car is the most green?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/08/which-electric-car-is-the-most-green.html

Los Angeles Times 8/28/11
East Coast quake rekindles nuclear plant safety concerns
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-quake-nuclear-safety-20110828,0,6179959.story

Environment News Service 8/26/11
Dispersants used in BP Gulf oil spill linked to cancer
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2011/2011-08-26-092.html

Reuters 8/29/11
Alaska Files Notice Of Appeal On Polar Bear Listing
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63081

Wall Street Journal 8/29/11
Monsanto Corn Plant Losing Bug Resistance
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904009304576532742267732046.html

Guardian UK 8/28/11
Hurricane Irene shuts down US nuclear reactors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/28/hurricane-iren-shuts-nuclear-reactor

Environmental News Network 8/26/11
Unreported Green House Gas Emission in Europe?
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/43158

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