Daily Digest

Sen. Feinstein joined with business owners and environmental leaders to urge investment in wetland restoration funding. David Lewis is quoted in the San Jose Mercury News. Plus, Cooley Landing secures funding to complete park project. In Mountain View, plastic bags and take-out containers are getting the boot. And KPFA features restoration of the South Bay Salt Ponds and an interview Save The Bay’s Josh Sonnenfeld on why Cargill’s bay fill plan must be defeated.

San Jose Mercury News 4/12/2012
$ 1 billion needed for South Bay flood protection and marsh restoration
A new coalition of business leaders, environmentalists and others will try to raise $1 billion over the coming decade to protect corporate campuses, houses and schools from what one supporter called an “inevitable Katrina” in the South Bay, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein will announce Thursday in San Jose.
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Palo Alto Daily News 4/10/2012
State grants $5 million to complete Cooley Landing park project in East Palo Alto
A $5 million state grant will enable East Palo Alto to cover the last phases of Cooley Landing’s transformation into a park.
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Palo Alto Daily News 4/12/2012
Mountain View pushes forward with plans to ban plastic bags, takeout containers
Like so much refuse, plastic bags and takeout containers could be tossed from the city of Mountain View within the next two years.In a 5-1 vote Tuesday night, the city council approved a plan to produce ordinances outlawing single-use carryout bags and polystyrene takeout food containers. Vice Mayor John Inks cast the dissenting vote and Council Member Tom Means was absent.
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KPFA 4/6/2012
Terra Verde – South Bay Salt Ponds
A live public affairs program focusing on investigating and analyzing environmental issues from a global perspective.
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