CSL Group CEO, Jones, testifies before Congress By: PR Newswire | Mar 04 2014 at 04:14 PM Congressional leaders heard Tuesday from shipping industry representatives Rod Jones, President and CEO of the CSL Group and Bill Terry, President and CEO of Eagle Rock Aggregates, about a well-intentioned new shipping fuel requirement from the Environmental Protection […]
Continue ReadingThe Association of California Water Agencies and the Western Coalition of Arid States sent the below letter to the Environmental Protection Agency requesting that the Science Advisory Board be given more time to review the draft report entitled Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence. These […]
Continue ReadingCongressman Costa introduces bills to increase California water storage From Congressman Jim Costa’s website: Rep. Jim Costa introduced a package of legislation that would invest in California’s water infrastructure and expedite construction on existing storage projects to improve water reliability across the state. The current drought has highlighted the dire need for long-term water […]
Continue ReadingFrom Dredging Today: “The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners last week voted to reject proposals to build a new dirty, dangerous coal and petroleum coke export facility at the Charles P. Howard Terminal in Oakland. Citing environmental problems, public health hazards, economic pitfalls, and public opposition to the project, the Port Commissioners voted unanimously […]
Continue ReadingThanks to EBMUD for passing this information on to us: Governor Brown has signed the drought legislation that the legislature passed last week, SB 103 and SB 104. While the official chaptered versions of the bills with the chapter numbers are not yet available online, links are shown below to the final versions of the […]
Continue ReadingOn behalf of the Navy,below is the Proposed Plan/Draft Remedial Action Plan for Site 6 at former Naval Station Treasure Island. Those on the hard copy mailing list received the document in the mail last week, and additional copies can be found at the information repositories. The public comment period on the Proposed Plan/Draft […]
Continue ReadingLA Times: California Legislature Sends Drought Relief Package to Gov. Brown Miami Herald: Drought be Damned, California Lawmakers Look to Storing Water
Continue ReadingFebruary 27, 2014 California drought relief package heads to Gov. Jerry Brown In a concerted effort to aid California’s drought-stricken communities, the Legislature on Thursday sped a $687 million relief package to Gov. Jerry Brown. One week after Brown and legislative leaders unveiled the emergency legislation, both houses of the Legislature approved the bill with […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Public Policy Institute of California: California’s Latest Drought Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount, and Caitrin Chappelle California is in the midst of a major drought. After months of record-low precipitation, Governor Brown declared a statewide drought emergency in January 2014, calling for increased conservation, expedited water trading, and the provision of emergency drinking water […]
Continue ReadingFebruary 24, 2014 The California Drought Update is compiled by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) to keep media and other audiences current on drought conditions, impacts, news and other developments. Please visit ACWA’s website for additional information and resources. Drought Pushes CVP 2014 Water Allocations to Record Lows The U.S. Bureau […]
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