Daily Green

Good afternoon. In the news today:

• As the end of the legislative session draws near, it’s make or break for environmental bills;
• LA sees an NFL stadium in its future;
• Republican presidential hopefuls spar in Southern California over who’s the bigger climate change denier;
• And so much more…

Top News

SacBee 9/8/11
Jerry Brown to announce bipartisan tax deal
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/governor-to-announce-bipartisa.html

Capitol Weekly 9/8/11
Taxes, toxics, ballot shift, circumcision, Palin, fins, and more
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=zz8jsubl4zpsvv

AP 9/7/11
Assembly passes LA stadium bill on bipartisan vote
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_XGR_NFL_Los_Angeles_594328C.shtml

SacBee 9/7/11
Bill to expedite environmental reviews could help Sacramento arena project
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/07/3889453/bill-to-expedite-environmental.html

Huffington Post 9/8/11
Republican presidential candidates debate science, climate change, evolution
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/07/gop-debate-science-huntsman-perry_n_953185.html?ir=Green

Politics

Politico 9/8/11
The Republican presidential debate: Eight takeaways
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62963.html

Huffington Post Blog 9/8/11
Some Republicans, Gambling The Globe, Peddle Ignorance on Climate
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/08/republicans-climate-change_n_954016.html

NPR 9/7/11
In their own words: GOP candidates and science
http://www.npr.org/2011/09/07/140071973/in-their-own-words-gop-candidates-and-science?sc=fb&cc=fp

SacBee 9/7/11
California Push to change candidate residency laws scrapped
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/california-residency-legislature-controversial-bill-im.html

State Environmental News

LA Times 9/8/11
Bulk of high-speed rail costs could fall to state
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-high-speed-20110908,0,4204740.story

Californians Against Waste 9/7/11
Governor Signs Renter's Right to Recycle Law
http://www.cawrecycles.org/whats_new/recycling_news/sept7_gov_signs_ab818

California Watch 9/8/11
State agency looks at plastic industry's influence on textbook
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-agency-looks-plastic-industrys-influence-textbook-12508

KQED News 9/7/11
Reset: California's Solar Lead - Technology, yes. Policy, yes. Manufacturing... maybe not so much
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/09/07/reset-californias-solar-lead/

LA Times 9/8/11
SolarCity plans 160,000 solar energy systems on military bases
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-fi-solarcity-20110908,0,5943233.story

SacBee 9/7/11
Brown signs bill that OKs sale of county wastewater
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/07/3889563/brown-signs-bill-that-oks-sale.html

National & International Environmental News

Grist 9/7/11
Obama pulls a Bush on clean air
http://www.grist.org/clean-air/2011-09-07-barack-obama-pulls-george-bush-clean-air

SFGate 9/7/11
Republicans attack EPA regulations as job killers
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/07/MNF21KTNAT.DTL

The Guardian 9/7/11
EU bans GM-contaminated honey from general sale
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/07/europe-honey-gm

Grist 9/8/11
Do individual green actions matter? Maybe not, says New York Times
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-09-08-do-individual-green-actions-matter-maybe-not-says-new-york-times

New Scientist 9/7/11
Science 'ghost town' to test out green technologies
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/09/science-ghost-town-to-test-out.html

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