Daily Green

Good afternoon, all. In the news today:

• Air Resources Board reaffirms carbon cap-and-trade;
• Gov. Brown seeks to extend California energy surcharge;
• California lawmakers consider CEQA changes while wrestling with 12% jobless rate;
• And much more.

California Environmental News

Los Angeles Times 8/25/11
California panel reaffirms carbon trading program
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-cap-trade-20110825,0,488716.story

Los Angeles Times 8/25/11
Gov. Brown seeks to extend California energy surcharge
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-fi-energy-surcharges-20110825,0,7463132.story

San Francisco Chronicle 8/24/11
California lawmakers wrestle with 12% jobless rate [Mentions CEQA - Ed.]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/24/MN5M1KPKLG.DTL

Los Angeles Times 8/25/11
Toxic dump near Kettleman City agrees to pay penalties
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-toxic-kettleman-20110825,0,5451052.story

California Watch 8/25/11
Bullet train's 'sky tracks' will cost billions
http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/bullet-trains-sky-tracks-will-cost-billions-12198

Capitol Weekly 8/25/11
What’s gooey, smelly and very, very valuable? [Not to spoil the suspense, but the answer is used kitchen grease - Ed.]
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=zy1w5awkgid5tq

Los Angeles Times (column) 8/25/11
Skelton: Let's have action on jobs
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap-legislature-20110825,0,7813829.column

San Francisco Chronicle 8/24/11
Federal gas pipeline proposal could hit PG&E hard
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/24/MNS01KRIP8.DTL

Los Angeles Times 8/25/11
Redwoods versus red wine
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-0825-redwoods-vineyards-20110825,0,1750989.story

Los Angeles Times 8/25/11
UC Davis to offer 'green' agriculture degree
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/08/uc-davis-sustainable-agriculture-degree-new.html

KQED-FM Climate Watch blog 8/24/11
Down on the Farm: Nuts to Renewable Energy
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2011/08/24/another-renewable-energy-frontier-farm-biomass/

Capitol Weekly (Opinion) 8/25/11
Opinion: Desperate attempt to save SB 568 exposes hypocritical double standard
http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?xid=zy1wmhns829bbs

California Politics

Los Angeles Times 8/25/11
Jerry Brown to propose new corporate tax package
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/08/brown-california-corporate-tax.html

Los Angeles Times / PolitiCal 8/24/11
Former Gov. Pete Wilson joins effort to upset redistricting plan
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/08/former-governor-wilson-joins-effort-to-upset-redistricting-plan.html

Bay Area News Group 8/24/11
State Auditor to probe MTC’s proposed move to San Francisco
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/24/state-auditor-to-probe-mtcs-proposed-move-to-sf/

National and International Environmental News

The Economist 8/27/11
Seasons of discontent: El Niño, a worldwide fluctuation in the climate, may provoke civil war as well as inclement weather
http://www.economist.com/node/21526787

New York Times 8/25/11
Geologists Sharply Cut Estimate of Shale Gas
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/us/25gas.html

Reuters 8/25/11
U.S. Green Groups Write Obama To Oppose Oil Pipeline
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63049

New Jersey Newsroom 8/15/11
Christie to support 5-year ban on fracking in New Jersey
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/christie-to-support-5-year-ban-on-fracking-in-new-jersey

Environment News Service 8/24/11
'Green Scissors' Proposes Hundreds of Billions in Cuts to Federal Giveaways
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/aug2011/2011-08-24-091.html

Talking Points Memo 8/25/11
Mitt Romney Backs Away From Climate Change
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/08/mitt-romney-backs-away-from-climate-change.php

• Next Weekly Green
•  
• Previous Weekly Green