Daily Green

 

Good afternoon, all. In today's news:

  • CLCV releases 28th annual Scorecard;
  • California hits renewable milestone;
  • Riverside County passes solar tax;
  • and much, much more...

Top of the Ticket

Groundswell: CLCV's Blog 11/9/11
CLCV releases 38th annual California Legislative Scorecard for 2011
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/how-did-your-legislator-perform-environment-2011

Mercury News 11/9/11
California hits renewable energy milestone: 1 gigawatt of solar power installed to date
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_19292783

My Desert 11/9/11
Riverside County approves $450-per-acre solar tax
http://www.mydesert.com/article/20111109/BUSINESS/111090310/Riverside-County-approves-450-per-acre-solar-tax-?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage

California Environmental News

SF Gate 11/9/11
Leaking oil spreads stench over Concord
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/08/BA1C1LS2F3.DTL

Inyo Register 11/8/11
Clean air issues top Inyo agenda
http://www.inyoregister.com/node/1962

California Watch 11/8/11
Lawmaker feels 'shock,' 'anxiety' over bullet train's price tag
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/lawmaker-feels-shock-anxiety-over-bullet-trains-price-tag-13465

Los Angeles Times 11/9/11
State gets mixed reviews on solar power
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-california-solar-energy-20111109,0,1080857.story

National & Internatioanl Environmental News

Greenspace 11/8/11
Obama proposes CO2 regulations
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/11/obama-proposes-co2-regulations.html

New York Times 11/8/11
Tapping the Tappan Zee for Wind
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/tapping-the-tappan-zee-for-wind/

The Guardian 11/8/11
BP to end cleanup operations in Gulf oil spill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/09/bp-gulf-oil-spill-end-cleanup

NPR 11/9/11
Biofuels Start To Take Off In The Airline Industry
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/09/142129847/biofuels-start-to-take-off-in-the-airline-industry

 
 
 

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2018 California Environmental Scorecard

New for the 2018 legislative session: The 45th annual California Environmental Scorecard rates elected officials on 2018, another successful year for the environment in spite of heavy opposition from polluting industry.

Find out how your legislators did in 2018 in CLCV's California Environmental Scorecard.