Good afternoon, all. In today's news:
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Is California prepared for a major oil spill?
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Public goods fee for state energy program to end;
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Feinstein sues over Kinde Durkee scandal;
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and much, much more...
Top of the Ticket
Groundswell: CLCV's Blog 9/22/11
Is California Prepared?
http://www.ecovote.org/blog/california-prepared
SF Gate 9/23/11
Public goods fee for state energy program to end
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/22/MN311L79F4.DTL
Los Angeles Times 9/23/11
Los Angeles County OKs transportation jobs program
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-metro-jobs-20110923,0,4283888.story
Capitol Alert 9/23/11
Dianne Feinstein suing bank over Kinde Durkee scandal
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/feinstein-suing-bank-over-fund.html
California Environmental News
Switchboard: NRDC's Blog 9/22/11
Rep. Issa and the (unnecessary) Politics of Clean Energy
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/bkeefe/rep_issa_and_the_unnecessary_p.html
Sacramento Bee 9/23/11
California negligent in overseeing logging, groups charge
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/09/23/3931746/california-negligent-in-overseeing.html
Greenspace 9/23/11
Angeles National Forest offers free admission Saturday
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/09/angeles-national-forest-offers-free-admission-saturday.html
Hanford Sentinel 9/21/11
Hanford sewer plant to go solar
http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/news/local/article_cb2297d2-e472-11e0-a2f9-001cc4c002e0.html
Ventura County Star 9/22/11
Public hearing on ending sea otter program scheduled for Ventura
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/22/public-hearing-on-ending-sea-otter-program-for/
State Politics
Capitol Weekly 9/22/11
GOP option: Nest state Senate districts in Assembly maps
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?1=1&_c=100kso603f3lhvv&xid=100fjl4oo5pxnzv
Capitol Weekly 9/22/11
IEs crank up for 2012 election cycle
http://capitolweekly.net/article.php?1=1&_c=100kso603f3lhvv&xid=100fg98eaoldkfc
Capitol Alert 9/23/11
Jerry Brown signs compromise between Amazon, retailers
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/09/jerry-brown-amazon-compromise-assembly-bill-155.html
SF Gate 9/23/11
Tom McClintock, Michael Reagan won’t take on Dianne Feinstein
http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2011/09/23/tom-mcclintock-michael-reagan-wont-take-on-dianne-feinstein/
National Environmental News
Climate Progress 9/22/11
Organic Farming as a Green Jobs Strategy? Demand for Organics to Stimulate 42,000 Jobs
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/09/22/325568/organic-farming-green-jobs/
Huffington Post 9/22/11
CFC Inhaler Being Phased Out By FDA Due To Environment Effects
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/fda-inhaler-environment_n_975777.html
Huffington Post 9/22/11
Heavy Traffic Pollution Could Trigger A Heart Attack
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/traffic-heart-attack-pollution_n_974668.html
Politico 9/23/11
Funding crisis: Senate blocks House bill
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64264.html
This Week in Earth 9/23/11
As Cuba prepares to drill, United States prepares for possible disasters.
http://thisweekinearth.com/editions/2011_09_23/safety-first.html
Platent Ark 9/23/11
EPA Goes With Bush-Era Smog Rule It Had Bashed
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63362
JS Online 9/22/11
U.S. military goes green
http://www.jsonline.com/business/130395403.html
Bay Citizen 9/23/11
Solyndra’s Finance Chief No Stranger to Scandal
http://www.baycitizen.org/solyndra/story/solyndra-finance-no-stranger-scandal/
International Environmental News
Nature News 9/22/11
Nitrogen pollution disrupts Pacific Ocean
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110922/full/news.2011.552.html
Planet Ark 9/23/11
Russia's Putin Says Arctic Trade Route To Rival Suez
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/63368
UK Guardian 9/22/11
Carbon capture progress has lost momentum, says energy agency
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/22/carbon-capture-and-storage-energy