Daily Green

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

• Environmentalists find few victories this year in Sacramento;
• Lawmakers approve bill boosting NFL stadium in LA;
• Solar plans on Altamont Pass raise land use issue;
• And much more.

California Environmental News

Mercury News 9/11/11
Environmentalists find few victories this year in Sacramento
http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics-government/ci_18869434

California Water Wars 9/12/11
CEQA takes a heavy hit -- indeed
http://calwaterwars.com/

San Francisco Chronicle 9/10/11
Lawmakers OK bill to soften environmental reviews
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/09/MNR71L2NB6.DTL

AP 9/10/11
Lawmakers approve bill boosting NFL stadium in LA
http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/FBN_NFL_Los_Angeles_594772C.shtml

San Francisco Chronicle 9/10/11
Solar plans on Altamont Pass raise land use issue
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/10/MNHA1KS01E.DTL

Sacramento Bee (Capitol Alert blog) 9/10/11
SMUD push to change renewable energy law on hold until 2012
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/smud-push-to-change-renewable.html

New York Times (Green blog) 9/11/11
"Extinct" shrub rediscovered in Bay Area
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/a-shrub-back-from-oblivion-and-in-need-of-care/

The Daily Breeze 9/11/11
Port group oversees new parks
http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_18872529

Desert Dispatch 9/11/11
Abengoa solar plant breaks ground ahead of schedule
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/construction-11554-abengoa-ahead.html

Los Angeles Times 9/12/11
Glendale considers trapping coyote pack
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-glendale-coyotes-20110912,0,1353339.story

California Politics

LA Times / PolitiCal 9/11/11
Congressional redistricting referendum cleared for signature-gathering
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/09/opponents-of-new-congressional-district-maps-recently-drawn-by-a-citizens-commission-may-begin-a-petition-drive-for-a-referen.html

CalBuzz (Opinion) 9/12/11
CalBuzz: Why Brown Should Sign Initiatives Bill; Perry’s Lies
http://www.calbuzz.com/2011/09/why-brown-should-sign-initiatives-bill-perrys-lies/

Sacramento Bee 9/11/11
Jerry Brown again sees Legislature block his tax plans
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/11/3900325/jerry-brown-again-sees-legislature.html

Sacramento Bee (Opinion) 9/11/11
Walters: California Legislature can't break its junk habit
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/11/3900173/dan-walters-california-legislature.html

National & International Environmental News

The Independent (UK) 9/11/11
Coral reefs 'will be gone by end of the century'
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/coral-reefs-will-be-gone-by-end-of-the-century-2352742.html

The Guardian (UK) 9/11/11
Arctic sea ice is melting at its fastest pace in almost 40 years
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/11/arctic-ice-melting-at-fastest-pace

New York Times 9/10/11
Making Headway in the Movement to Protect the World’s Sharks
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/science/earth/11shark.html

Reuters 9/12/11
Renewables Outlook Cloudy But Not Bleak, Say Analysts
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63228

Mongabay.com 9/9/11
Children on the frontlines: the e-waste epidemic in Africa
http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0909-moukaddem_ewaste.html

New York Times 9/9/11
Pipeline spills put safeguards under scrutiny
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/business/energy-environment/agency-struggles-to-safeguard-pipeline-system.html

New York Times (Green blog) 9/9/11
Flooding Brings New Wrinkle to Fracking Report
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/upstate-flooding-brings-new-wrinkle-to-fracking-report/

Reuters 9/12/11
Switching from coal to natural gas no boon to global warming
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63225

AP 9/11/11
Tainted turkey recalled nationwide
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_18872818

The Atlantic 9/11/11
In Manhattan, Children Still Battle 9/11-Related Illnesses
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/09/in-manhattan-children-still-battle-9-11-related-illnesses/244877/

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