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

• EPA: California waters show widespread pollution;
• Solar energy jobs growing in U.S. and California, study says;
• Concern over fallout of bombing mice with pesticide;
• And much more.

California Environmental News

San Francisco Chronicle 10/16/11
EPA: California waters show widespread pollution
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/16/BA5H1LGCGN.DTL

Los Angeles Times 10/17/11
Solar energy jobs growing in U.S. and California, study says
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/10/solar-energy-jobs-us-california.html

San Francisco Chronicle 10/17/11
Concern over fallout of bombing mice with pesticide
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/16/BADV1LH1R4.DTL

Los Angeles Times 10/17/11
More funding to remove cancerous agent from Glendale water
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-chromium-reduction-20111017,0,2224849.story

San Francisco Chronicle 10/16/11
Feds focus on new products, not aging pipelines
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/15/MNUD1LDHHV.DTL

Los Angeles Times 10/15/11
Unlike Solyndra, other California solar projects appear on track
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-1015-solar-loans-20111015,0,1933768.story

Barstow Desert Dispatch 10/16/11
BrightSource announces plans for another solar project
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/solar-11773-project-brightsource.html

Monterey Herald 10/15/11
Second Salinas firm recalls produce over possible listeria
http://www.montereyherald.com/business/ci_19120168

San Francisco Chronicle 10/15/11
PG&E to replace 1,200 miles of plastic gas pipe
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/14/BAK51LHQB7.DTL

KQED Climate Watch 10/16/11
Sneak Preview of Living in a "Zero-Net Energy" World
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/10/16/sneak-preview-of-living-in-a-zero-net-energy-world/

California Politics

Bloomberg News 10/16/11
California Diminished by Tax Revolt of 1978 Shows How U.S. Invites Decline
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-17/california-diminished-by-1978-tax-revolt-shows-u-s-in-decline.html

Sacramento Bee 10/17/11
Last-minute 'gut and amend' laws bypass scrutiny in California
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/17/3984771/last-minute-gut-and-amend-laws.html

California Progress Report 10/17/11
Celebrating the Initiative???
http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/node/9472

KQED Capital Notes 10/15/11
Redistricting Referendum Timeline Tight... or Impossible?
http://blogs.kqed.org/capitalnotes/2011/10/15/redistricting-referendum-timeline-tight-or-impossible/

National/International Environmental News

Los Angeles Times 10/17/11
Chris Paine [director of Who Killed the Electric Car] gets his 'Revenge'
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-ca-revenge-of-the-electric-car-20111016,0,1565715.story

New York Times (Analysis) 10/16/11
Where Did Global Warming Go?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/sunday-review/whatever-happened-to-global-warming.html

Los Angeles Times 10/16/11
'Water witcher' is in high demand
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-texas-dowser-20111016,0,4771613.story

Think Progress 10/14/11
Amtrak Ridership Hits Record High, As GOP Proposes Cutting Its Funding By 60 Percent
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/14/344422/record-amtrak-gop-cuts/

Reuters 10/17/11
Lawmaker Urges Action Against Solar Panel Imports
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63591

Reuters 10/17/11
Climate Change Spawns The Incredible Shrinking Ant
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63589

National Geographic 10/11/11
Indigenous people sound the alarm on climate change
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/10/11/indigenous-people-climate-change/

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