Daily Digest

David Lewis explains the false choice of building on the Bay. Watch the clip below. Meanwhile, congressional leaders debate the future of Hetch Hetchy. Plus, an update on UC Berkeley oil spill.

Climate One 12/9/2011
Build on the Bay?
David Lewis of Save the Bay, Peter Calthorpe of Calthorpe Associates, and Jack Lewis, Mayor of San Mateo, discuss whether we should be building housing on the Bay or developing in our cities in the SF Bay Area.
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Los Angeles Times 12/12/2011
Lungren, Feinstein spar over Hetch Hetchy Valley restoration
A call for an investigation into how San Francisco gets and consumes its water has sparked a feud between two congressional leaders on opposite sides of the aisle over a proposal to restore Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, dammed 85 years ago to supply the city with clean water.
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Contra Costa Times 12/12/2011
Diesel spill reaches Berkeley marina; no reports of wildlife damage
Diesel fuel that overflowed a storage tank on the UC Berkeley campus over the weekend made its way three miles down a creek to the Berkeley marina on Monday, but there were no reports that wildlife had been harmed.
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