Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Governor Brown signs Human Right to Water bills,
• But vetoes other pro-environment bills;
• California revenues are down;
• And much more.

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell (CLCV Blog) 10/10/11
Everyone Deserves Clean Water
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/everyone-deserves-clean-water

Switchboard (NRDC Blog) 10/10/11
Governor's Inexplicable Midnight Veto of Bipartisan SB 833 Threatens Water Quality and Tribal Sacred Sites
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jreynolds/governors_inexplicable_midnigh.html

California Watch 10/11/11
Law will allow fines for all lead-tainted jewelry
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/law-will-allow-fines-all-lead-tainted-jewelry-13006

New York Times 10/10/11
New Calif. Ballot Law Seen as Boon to Liberal Initiatives
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/10/10/10greenwire-new-calif-ballot-law-seen-as-boon-to-liberal-i-42681.html

Capital Notes 10/10/11
Brown Paddles Left, Right on Bills
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/10/10/brown-paddles-left-right-on-bills/

San Francisco Chronicle 10/11/11
California revenues down by $705 million
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/10/BAHB1LFU5Q.DTL

California Environmental News & Opinion

The Source 10/10/11
How transit-related bills fared in the state Legislature this year
http://thesource.metro.net/2011/10/10/how-transit-related-bills-fared-in-the-state-legislature-this-year/

Greenspace 10/10/11
California's new B Corp law eyes social, environmental interplay
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/10/california-benefit-corporation-law-signed.html

Legal Planet 10/10/11
Is Your Coffee Destroying California’s Environment?
http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/is-your-coffee-destroying-californias-environment/

Contra Costa Times 10/10/11
Most restaurants comply with Hayward ban on Styrofoam
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_19077853

State Politics

San Jose Mercury News 10/11/11
Gov. Jerry Brown defies easy description in how he handled legislation
http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_19082981

National Environmental News & Opinion

E² Wire 10/11/11
Green groups sue Obama administration for scuttling ozone rule
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/186723-green-groups-sue-obama-administration-for-scuttling-ozone-rule

Reuters 10/10/11
25 states urge court to make EPA delay power plant rule
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/us-25-states-urge-court-to-make-us-epa-d-idUSTRE79A0E520111011

E² Wire 10/11/11
White House fast-tracks environmental review of 14 infrastructure projects
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/186673-white-house-fast-tracks-environmental-review-for-14-infrastructure-projects

International Environmental News

Independent 10/11/11
Global warning: climate skeptics are winning the battle
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/global-warning-climate-sceptics-are-winning-the-battle-2368617.html

Guardian 10/11/11
Oil spill is New Zealand's 'worst maritime disaster'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/oct/11/new-zealand-oil-spill-worst-maritime-disaster

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