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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 5, 2013
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Press Release: Brown Administration Releases Economic Report on Bay Delta Conservation Plan

  Media Contact: Nancy Vogel, (916) 651-7512 nancy.vogel@water.ca.gov   Brown Administration Releases Draft Statewide Economic Report of Costs, Benefits of Bay Delta Conservation Plan Report Shows Overall Net Benefits of Roughly $5 Billion; More than 500,000 Jobs Tied to Reliability of Delta Water Supplies   SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A new economic analysis of the costs […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 2, 2013
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August 2 Digital ACWA News Now Available Online

  The August 2 issue of ACWA News is now available online. Learn more about the outlook for next year’s water supply with some of California’s major reservoirs dropping to levels not seen in several years. Other featured stories this issue include: • Spreading the Word on the Water-Energy Connection This Summer in California • […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 2, 2013
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Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary, August 2, 2013

Only “Modest” Growth · The advanced estimate of second quarter GDP showed the economy expanded at a faster clip than anticipated, although the downward revision made to the prior quarter took much of the shine off the report. GDP was estimated to have grown at a 1.7 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, up […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 2, 2013
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Pacific Maritime Magazine Online, August 2, 2013

          Subscribe toPacific Maritime Magazine PRINT EDITION July 2013 Issue    Safe Berth Warranty Revisited   By Marilyn Raia    A recent decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, In Re Petition of Frescati Shipping Company, Ltd., 2013 WL 2099746 (2013) should be of interest, if not concern, to many in […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 1, 2013
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Weiss Associates Wins On-Call Environmental Consulting Contract with City of Oakland

Weiss Associates Wins On-Call Environmental Consulting Services Contract with the City of Oakland, California Weiss Associates, one of northern California’s most respected environmental consulting firms, and a Certified Small Business, has been awarded an estimated $500,000 contract with the City of Oakland to provide Environmental Consulting Services for the City’s Department of Public Works, Environmental Services Division.   This […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 1, 2013
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House Committee Hearing on Maritime Transportation Efficiency

  The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure conducted a hearing entitled “How to Improve the Efficiency, Safety, and Security of Maritime Transportation: Better Use and Integration of Maritime Domain Awareness Data”.  RADM Mark E. Butt, USCG testified about the modernization and management of the Coast Guard’s […]

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