ONLY GOOD NEWS
OCTOBER 2010 / JANUARY 2011 / VOLUME EIGHTEEN ~ NUMBER THREE / PUBLISHED: 23 OCT 2010

ONLY GOOD NEWS INDEX: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNS MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL / ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION: US/INDIA ENERGY SUMMIT / JAGUAR'S NEW ELECTRIC SUPERCAR -- THE C-X75 / WORLD'S LONGEST TUNNEL IN SWITZERLAND / THOUSANDS CALL ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL -- APPALACHIAN RESIDENTS, RETIRED COAL MINERS AND SUPPORTERS MARCH AND RALLY AT THE WHITE HOUSE / RAINFORESTACTION .ORG / NRDC SUES FEDERAL HOUSING REGULATORS FOR BLOCKING AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS FOR HOMEOWNERS / OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSED FUEL EFFICIENCY PLAN: 62 MPG + JOBS + INNOVATION / TWO MORE FEDERAL COURTS SHOOT DOWN HARMFUL BUSH-ERA POLICY SHORT-CHANGING ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS / FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS PLAN FOR NEW PIERS AND BOAT FACILITIES ON LAKE TAHOE / EARTHJUSTICE PRESS RELEASES / SAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE / CITIZENS URGE FOREST SERVICE TO PROTECT GIANT SEQUOIA NATIONAL MONUMENT FROM LOGGING / PETITION FILED TO PROTECT RARE TEXAS SALAMANDERS / INCREASED HABITAT PROTECTION PROPOSED FOR ENDANGERED RIGHT WHALES / LAWSUIT SEEKS TO RESTORE PROTECTION FOR DESERT NESTING BALD EAGLE / PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKERS UNDER CALIFORNIA ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT / SIERRA CLUB BLOGS / PUBLIC CITIZEN ~ FOOD AND WATER WATCH / GREENPEACE NEWS AND BLOGS / GOING GREEN IN SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA + NORAD SANTA

ROPER WISDOM: 'SOMETIMES INACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS' --
'ONE WHO HELPS OTHERS ~ HELPS ONESELF'...

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNS MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION BILL
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/oct/01/california_governor_signs_mariju

ADVANCING CLEAN ENERGY COOPERATION: US/INDIA ENERGY SUMMIT -- At the second annual US-India Energy Summit, leaders from the world’s two largest democracies recently met in Washington D.C. to further advance cooperation on clean energy. Organized by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Yale University, the Energy Summit, focused on President Obama’s November visit to India. Since last year’s summit, significant progress has been made in establishing the groundwork for US-India clean energy cooperation, however, many experts noted that much more needs to be done. As this strategic partnership grows and gains shape, it could be a model for the world > http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ajaiswal/advancing_clean_energy_coopera.html

JAGUAR'S NEW ELECTRIC SUPERCAR -- THE C-X75
http://physorg.com/news205396399.html

WORLD'S LONGEST TUNNEL IN SWITZERLAND
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_switzerland_world_s_longest_tunnel

THOUSANDS CALL ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO END MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL --
APPALACHIAN RESIDENTS, RETIRED COAL MINERS AND SUPPORTERS MARCH AND RALLY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
http://ran.org/content/thousands-call-obama-administration-end-mountaintop-removal

RAINFORESTACTION .ORG
http://ran.org/

NRDC SUES FEDERAL HOUSING REGULATORS FOR BLOCKING AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS FOR HOMEOWNERS -- Federal housing regulators must stop obstructing programs that make energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy projects affordable for American homeowners, according to a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council > http://nrdc.org/media/2010/101006.asp

ADMINISTRATION’S PROPOSED FUEL EFFICIENCY PLAN SHOWS PROMISE PUSHING CARS TO CUT EMISSIONS AND REACH 62 MILES PER GALLON WILL CREATE JOBS AND SPUR INNOVATION -- Administration’s Proposed Fuel Efficiency Plan Shows Promise Pushing Cars to Cut Emissions and Reach 62 miles per gallon Will Create Jobs and Spur Innovation > http://nrdc.org/media/2010/101001.asp

TWO MORE FEDERAL COURTS SHOOT DOWN HARMFUL BUSH-ERA POLICY SHORT-CHANGING ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTIONS / POLICY HAD BEEN USED TO TRY TO LIMIT PROTECTION FOR WOLVES, TROUT, PRAIRIE DOGS, PENGUINS -- Two courts recently shot down a 2007 policy issued by the Bush administration that argued that protections for species under the Endangered Species Act could be limited to portions of their range, and that in deciding whether species are endangered, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service could ignore loss of historic range > http://biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2010/esa-policy-10-01-2010.html

FEDERAL JUDGE BLOCKS PLAN FOR NEW PIERS AND BOAT FACILITIES ON LAKE TAHOE -- In a landmark decision that will affect all future development plans at Lake Tahoe, a federal district court judge overturned a plan to allow the addition of new piers, boat ramps, buoys and other boat facilities along the lake’s shoreline. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton of the U.S. District Court in Sacramento ruled in favor of the League to Save Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Club, sending the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s shorezone development plan back to the drawing board. The groups were represented by the non-profit law firm Earthjustice > http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2010/federal-judge-blocks-plan-for-new-piers-and-boat-facilities-on-lake-tahoe