In the San Diego Union Tribune Doug Obegi comments on the conflicting needs of delta smelt, salmon, and humans coming to a head as California's water resources slowly vanish... In the New York Times' Green Inc blog Ralph Cavanagh labels Bonneville Power Administration the largest investor in energy efficiency in the Northwest... Popular technology site CNet.com talks with Bobby Kennedy Jr about reforming energy infrastructure in the US... Alex Wang discusses China's growing environmentalism in the Oregonian... Susan Egan Keane credits the Obama administration with changing the tone of international mercury negotiations and winning over former treaty opponents in a Worldchanging.com article... Henry Henderson points out the long term threats tar sands pose to American national security on the "Environment Report" a radio show broadcast by more than 150 NPR stations... Josh Mogerman emphasizes that tar sands don't have a place in America's clean energy future throughout an article in Exception Magazine.