The Green Front - 06/09/10

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As the oil gushes and glaciers melt we shine the green light on a few bright spots; two developments as good indicators the tide is turning; first, California’s Proposition 16 went down to defeat, despite P G and E’s $46 million bankrolling of the measure, which would have required communities wanting to enter the electricity business to get two/thirds voter approval. Environmentalists fought hard for the defeat, with only pennies on the dollar spent, opening the door for more locales to offer renewable energy. We’ll speak with Bill Magavern, California Director for the Sierra Club. We’ll celebrate another victory with Bryan Early, of Californians Against Waste. He says a statewide effort to ban single-use plastic bags has passed an important hurdle.