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The Daily Green: news of 7/26/10
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Hello all. In today’s news:
- AB 32 to face 2 challenges on November ballot;
- Governor: Freezing AB 32 ‘would be devastating’;
- Unlikely bill fellows in California;
- Climate Action May Be Up to the States;
- Global warming doubter, coal industry donate to Fiorina campaign;
- Time to end fight over renewable energy;
- Climate law adds jobs to state payroll;
- Green standards for nail salons in San Francisco?;
- Report: Crime in California’s state parks rises;
- Two energy companies pull plugs on Adelanto biodiesel plants;
- Public told to limit eating Oso Flaco Lake fish;
- Richmond Leads Bay Area in Solar Wattage;
- Navy adding green to haze-gray arsenal;
- Newsom Touts the Green Agenda;
- Schwarzenegger opposes changing budget vote requirement;
- Michael Hiltzik: Whitman needs to get facts right on capital-gains tax;
- Radio hosts pounce on Whitman’s softening her tone on immigration;
- Clint Reilly: Underfunded Brown Bid a Case of Déjà vu;
- Outlook chilly for a smart climate bill;
- Paul Krugman: Who Cooked the Planet?
- A Renewable Energy Hail Mary?
- David Allgood’s Cure for Insomnia features oil news and much more.
Top News
San Francisco Chronicle 7/26/10
“AB32 to face 2 challenges on November ballot”
“Californians will vote twice in November on the state’s groundbreaking law to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming — once on an oil company-backed initiative to put the law on hold indefinitely, and once in the governor’s race, where Republican Meg Whitman has promised to suspend the rules for a year.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/26/MN3N1EIKOC.DTL
San Francisco Chronicle 7/25/10
“Governor: Freezing AB32 ‘would be devastating’”
“Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says political candidates and forces in his own party who argue for the suspension of the state’s climate change law are ‘trying to pull the wool over people’s eyes’ and have ‘the intention of eliminating’ the landmark climate change bill he signed in 2006.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/25/MNA11EIM4V.DTL
Multiple sources 7/26/10
“Unlikely bill fellows in California”
“Major Democratic donor and financier Tom Steyer has teamed up with former Republican Secretary of State George Schultz to lead a campaign against the ballot proposition aimed at defending California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s pet climate bill — a measure that’s become a talking point in the race to succeed him.”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40214.html#sf441948
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=68625
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2010/07/26/hedge-fund-mogul-co-chairs-antes-up-for-no-on-23/
Climate Watch (KQED blog) 7/26/10
“Climate Action May Be Up to the States”
“Just a couple of weeks back, some stalwarts still held out hope for a federal climate bill this summer. But with the capitulation by congressional leaders on Thursday, this week the legislative landscape looks undeniably bleak. And with flagging expectations for multinational climate talks, the heat is now turned up once again on the so-called “sub-national” actors, like states and provinces. It also lends more gravitas to efforts like Governor Schwarzenegger’s announced third climate summit for sub-national leaders, scheduled for November at UC Davis.”
http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/2010/07/26/climate-action-may-be-up-to-the-states/
California Watch 7/26/10
“Global warming doubter, coal industry donate to Fiorina campaign”
“Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina has obtained about $63,000 in donations this year from Appalachian coal-mining interests, much of the money from an outspoken Ohio mine owner who dismisses global warming as ‘hysterical global goofiness.’”
http://www.californiawatch.org/watchblog/419-2-ohio-miner-owner-global-warming-doubter-donates-fiorina
State Environmental News
Sacramento Bee (editorial) 7/24/10
“Time to end fight over renewable”
“Senate Democrats and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration are embroiled in an improbable fight over renewable energy. They need to resolve it fast, for the sake of the state’s environment and economy.”
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/24/2911468/time-to-end-fight-over-renewables.html
Sacramento Bee 7/26/10
“Climate law adds jobs to state payroll”
“The state’s landmark global warming law has yet to create the promised bonanza of green jobs, but it has boosted payrolls in another sector of the economy: state government.”
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/26/2914294/climate-law-adds-jobs-to-state.html
Bay Citizen 7/26/10
“A Green Approach to Nail Salons”
“San Francisco could become the first city in the country to adopt green standards for its nail salons.”
http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/sf-goes-green-protect-nail-salon-workers/
Associated Press, McClatchy News 7/26/10
“Report: Crime in California’s state parks rises”
“Crime in California’s state parks has risen nearly threefold in the last decade. A Sacramento Bee analysis of Department of Parks and Recreation data shows 62,575 crimes were reported in the parks last year, or about 170 a day. That compares to 65 a day in 1999.”
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/26/2915092/report-crime-in-californias-state.html
http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/07/25/2018508/crime-soars-at-califs-state-parks.html
Daily Press 7/26/10
“Two energy companies pull plugs on Adelanto biodiesel plants”
“Two alternative energy companies slated to launch biodiesel production plants in Adelanto have both abandoned their local projects, city officials said.”
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/adelanto-20672-plugs-pull.html
San Luis Obispo Tribune 7/26/10
“Public told to limit eating Oso Flaco Lake fish”
“People should limit how much they eat fish caught at Oso Flaco Lake, according to an advisory issued Sunday by State Parks.”
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/07/25/1227615/public-told-to-limit-eating-oso.html
Bay Citizen 7/26/10
“Richmond Leads Bay Area in Solar Wattage”
“The huge 500-kilowatt solar installation at the Bay Area Beverages building, which you can see while driving west on 580 just before the Canal Boulevard exit, is quickly becoming a landmark. This solar installation, along with 52 others in Richmond, was one of the reasons that the Northern California Solar Energy Association recently gave the city an award for installing more solar watts per capita than any other large city in California.”
http://www.baycitizen.org/environment/story/richmond-leads-bay-area-solar-power/
San Diego Union-Tribune 7/26/10
“Navy adding green to haze-gray arsenal”
“The Navy is increasingly going green thanks largely to a desire to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels that come from hostile places in the world. The Navy, the Pentagon’s second-largest user of oil, also sees it as an expensive bill to pay as budgets get leaner. And in the San Diego region, the results are easy to see: Rooftops full of solar panels at San Diego naval bases. Electric carts. Biodiesel bulldozers. Even windmills off the coast on San Clemente Island.”
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jul/25/navy-adding-green-to-haze-gray-arsenal/
Bay Citizen 7/23/10
“Newsom Touts the Green Agenda”
“San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, promised on Friday that his party’s green agenda will ultimately prove to be the key to job growth and economic recovery.”
http://www.baycitizen.org/politics/story/newsom-touts-green-agenda/
State Politics
Capitol Alert 7/26/10
“Schwarzenegger opposes changing budget vote requirement”
“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Monday he’s against reducing the state’s supermajority budget vote requirement to a majority threshold, essentially voicing his opposition to Proposition 25 on the November ballot.”
http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/07/schwarzenegger-opposes-changin.html
Los Angeles Times 7/25/10
Michael Hiltzik: “Whitman needs to get facts right on capital-gains tax”
“Not only does California tax capital gains at the same rate as any other income — not higher, as gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman says — but it also is in the mainstream in its practice.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-fi-hiltzik-20100725,0,1946568.column
Los Angeles Times 7/25/10
“Radio hosts pounce on Whitman’s softening her tone on immigration”
“John and Ken turn up the volume as the GOP candidate, who spent a fortune courting the right for the primary, now spends another fortune on her path back to the center.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-theweek-20100725,0,4800044.story
Calbuzz 7/26/10
Clint Reilly: “Underfunded Brown Bid a Case of Déjà vu”
“Today Calbuzz presents an assessment of the campaign for governor by political strategist, businessman and columnist Clint Reilly. Reilly, whose advice Brown recently sought, has a unique perspective, having run the 1994 gubernatorial bid of the Democratic candidate’s sister, Kathleen, against Pete Wilson, who enjoyed a substantial fundraising advantage.”
http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/07/reilly-a-case-of-deja-vu-in-underfunded-brown-campaign/
Failure of Comprehensive Climate Bill
Washington Post (editorial) 7/25/10
“Outlook chilly for a smart climate bill”
“With Democrats in control of the White House and Congress and a major international climate conference scheduled in Copenhagen, the prospect of passing legislation that would curb America’s carbon emissions appeared better than ever at the beginning of the Obama administration. But President Obama and the Senate did not prioritize climate-change legislation.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/24/AR2010072402222.html
New York Times (column) 7/26/10
Paul Krugman: “Who Cooked the Planet?”
“Never say that the gods lack a sense of humor. I bet they’re still chuckling on Olympus over the decision to make the first half of 2010 — the year in which all hope of action to limit climate change died — the hottest such stretch on record.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/opinion/26krugman.html
Mother Jones 7/26/10
“A Renewable Energy Hail Mary?”
“Climate legislation is now officially dead in the Senate, but does that mean that we can’t accomplish anything on clean energy this year? With Majority Leader Harry Reid set to bring what’s left of the energy package to the floor this week, environmental and labor groups, along with a number of clean technology companies, are making a last-ditch effort to get a renewable electricity standard attached to the bill.”
http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2010/07/renewable-energy-hail-mary
David Allgood’s Cure for Insomnia
The Big Spill, Day 97:
After years of leading the dirtiest most polluting major oil company on the planet, BP CEO Tony Hayward to be fired. (No run for California Senate seat contemplated.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10757751BP to replace failed CEO with an American.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/business/global/27bp.htmlBP rig workers testify that safety systems were bypassed, disabled prior to catastrophic explosion.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100724,0,1365991.storyBP caught using more doctored pictures of alleged spill response.
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/oil/7904221/BP-admits-it-Photoshopped-official-images-as-oil-spill-cut-and-paste-row-escalates.htmlScientists confirm that underwater plumes in Gulf are from BP gusher.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/science/earth/24plume.html?ref=todayspaperScientists attack Gov. Jindal’s berm plan response to BP spill.
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0723/Scientists-team-up-to-attack-Louisiana-s-Gulf-oil-spill-berm-planOil state Democrats among tough opponents of Obama’s drilling plan.
www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/23/98074/oil-state-democrats-challenge.htmlRegulatory complacency from successes in containing past leaks helped facilitate BP catastrophe.
www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/23/98044/success-at-containing-earlier.htmlFederal panel investigating BP disaster reveals plethora of problematic decisions.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/24/AR2010072402594.htmlMarsh grass recovery in Gulf will be barometer for BP disaster recovery.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072502620.html?hpid=topnewsFossil Fuel Funtime:
Pictorial history of oil spills for your viewing pleasure.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/04/29/GA2010042903481.html?sid=ST2010072305432EPA examines risks of gas drilling.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/business/energy-environment/24gas.html?ref=todayspaperOpposition to gas drilling growing in New York state.
www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2010/07/25/news/doc4c4bc7a83e0e4728514180.txtMassey Energy blames US regulators for unsafe mine ventilation at fatal mine.
www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/15128-1Massey Energy CEO has no shame.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/23/AR2010072303078.htmlMassey Energy purchase of mine cause worry in Pennsylvania.
www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/regional/s_691906.htmlMontana Governor’s support for coal mining called troubling.
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/mailbag/article_1512fa38-985e-11df-bbf8-001cc4c002e0.htmlMSHA ambivalence toward mine safety.
http://sundaygazettemail.com/Opinion/Editorials/201007250191Local News From the Golden State:
Two major park projects move forward in Lodi.
www.lodinews.com/news/article_758bc674-748e-5756-b2ea-c179e27edf80.htmlRecycling numbers down 10-15% in Lodi.
www.lodinews.com/news/article_f37a7ba7-e38b-52c8-b034-e80ce4cd544a.htmlExploring algae as fuel.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/business/energy-environment/26algae.html?ref=earthLA Mayor Villaraigosa’s accident points to dangers facing bike riders.
www.dailybreeze.com/ci_15553062News from the Homeland:
Toxic fish could help Obama achieve 2020 climate goal.
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66O23F20100725Environmental activists unhappy with Obama’s record, particularly on climate change.
www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0725/Activists-frustrated-at-Obama-s-environmental-recordNew energy bill due in Senate today.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/58917US farmers may face crackdown on pesticide use.
www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/07/25/98047/us-farmers-may-face-crackdown.htmlAging transit systems face budget cuts after years of neglect
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25transit.htmlFeds. order stop to untreated sewerage dumping that is poisoning Pennsylvania creek.
www.mcall.com/news/local/allentown/mc-allentown-sewer-20100724,0,7371233.storyFeds. order cleanup of Montana creek polluted by BNSF railroad.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/article_f5d0820a-97a2-11df-832b-001cc4c002e0.htmlFight over biomass plants stirs confusion, discord.
www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20100725/CWS0101/307250047/-font-color-002a89-b-CWBusiness-b-font-Biomass-fight-a-matter-of-trustFor hybrid cars, a hybrid invention.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/for-hybrid-cars-a-hybrid-invention/?ref=businessCleanup of contaminated New England river splits supporters on how to proceed.
www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-river-pcbs,0,5898802,full.storyWashington looks at how much fish is safe to eat.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012448836_tribalfish26m.htmlNews Of The World:
Nine billion people, one planet. Next steps on climate and energy.
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/next-steps-on-climate-and-energy-2/?ref=earthDrying of the Indus Valley one of the world’s riskiest environmental threats.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/pakistans-drinkers-of-the-dust/article1650301/Oil giant fined for shipping toxic sludge to Ivory Coast.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/world/europe/24trafigura.html?ref=todayspaperWTO calls for more cooperation on resources.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/58915New map reveals height of world’s forests.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/41580News from the EU:
Drivers to face eco-test under new rules.
www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7906313/Brussels-plans-to-test-drivers-on-environmental-friendliness.htmlNews from the Land of 1.4 Billion People:
Port oil operations revamped in aftermath of pipeline explosion and oil spill.
www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/world/asia/24china.html?ref=todayspaperBeijing upset with Kyoto carbon rules changes.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/5891184 children suffer lead poisoning in Yunnan.
www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-07/26/content_11046835.htmAfter hundreds of miner deaths, China tells coal bosses to enter their own mines.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/07/09/wen-tells-coal-bosses-to-descend-their-own-mines/Mine officials ordered to work underground or face fines.
http://sify.com/news/over-33-800-chinese-died-in-workplace-accidents-in-six-months-news-international-khxxEcdfcjh.htmlNews from the Damp Isles:
BP heads to the Med., will start drilling of Libyan coast.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/bp-to-start-drilling-off-libyan-coast-2035002.htmlMovement of oysters banned to fight herpes outbreak.
www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/herpes-outbreak-endangers-oysters-2034329.htmlUK firm designs world’s largest wind power generator.
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/26/offshore-turbine-britainGreen tax could add £850 to price of home.
www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jul/25/green-tax-add-cost-homeConsumer opinion divided on smart grid technology.
www.independent.co.uk/environment/consumer-opinion-divided-on-smart-grid-technology-2035695.htmlSlashed funding for green advisors criticized.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/58912News From The Land Of the Four O’Clock Sun:
Plans for pipelines across Canada to supply oil sands crude to China drawing fierce opposition.
www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/the-energy-bridge-to-china/article1650078/Oil sands exploitation sickens neighboring humans and livestock.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/an-ill-wind-in-oil-country/article1650295/British Columbia cracks down on illegal clamming.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/shell-game-bc-cracks-down-on-illegal-clamming/article1651534/BC shellfish companies cannot aid Gulf recovery.
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Gulf%20Mexico%20shellfish%20breeders%20appeal%20farmers%20help%20wake%20spill/3321769/story.htmlNews From the Rest of the World:
Australian officials hid behind phantom investigation to shield themselves from polluted water inquiry.
www.perthnow.com.au/news/special-features/officals-use-phantom-probe-to-shield-themselves-from-polluted-water-queries/story-e6frg19l-1225896975623Despite Gulf catastrophe, BP plans deep water drilling of Libya.
www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/7908149/BP-plans-deep-water-drilling-off-Libya.htmlThick smog blankets Moscow in heat wave.
www.enn.com/pollution/article/41579Australian PM delays emissions trading again.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/58909Brazilian indians take hostages at proposed Amazon dam site.
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/58908Indian mining corporation faces protests.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jul/25/vedanta-faces-avatar-protest-agmActivists in India protest new public interest litigation rules.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072502773.htmlFrogs In The News:
Frogs drawn to monsoon moisture confused with sheep.
www.svherald.com/content/news/2010/07/26/frogs-toads-drawn-monsoon-moistureBelly flopping frog sheds light on evolution.
www.newscientist.com/article/dn19221-bellyflopping-frogs-shed-light-on-evolution.htmlFrogs take huge leap of faith.
www.nzherald.co.nz/science/news/article.cfm?c_id=82&objectid=10661078Best Headlines Ever:
Herpes outbreak endangers oysters.
www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/herpes-outbreak-endangers-oysters-2034329.htmlYour olive oil may not be the virgin it claims to be.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128702706
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