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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 19, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for December 19, 2014

Sacramento Bee: Pumps dropped from Delta water tunnel plan Los Angeles Times: California drought weakens, forecasters have ‘cautious optimism’ for future Los Angeles Times: Flood, drought risks must be managed, with or without climate change San Jose Mercury News: California drought: Feds forecast good chance of wet conditions for next three months NBC Southern California: […]

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ENVIRON Signs Merger Agreement with Ramboll

Global environmental and health sciences consultancy ENVIRON, a long-time member of BPC with over 100 professional staff in the San Francisco Bay area, has signed a merger agreement with Ramboll, a privately owned engineering, design and management consultancy founded in Denmark in 1945 and headquartered in Copenhagen. Ramboll’s services in coastal engineering, focus on sustainability, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 18, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for December 18, 2014

Los Angeles Times: California drought: We need 11 trillion gallons of water in the bank CBS San Francisco: Wettest Start To December In Bay Area History: 736% Of Normal Fox 40: Colder Storms Needed to Ease Drought Capital Public Radio: California Drought Continues To Concern Ranchers And Farmers Modesto Bee: Sierra snowstorms mark opening of winter recreation season Davis Enterprise: Rain […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 18, 2014
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Transportation News for December 18, 2014

Santa Rosa Press Democrat: SMART gives go-ahead to large wetland restoration  Marin Independent Journal: Marin climate change program puts face on sea-level rise  Sacramento Bee: California highways seeing record traffic, bucking years of decline  Oakland Tribune: MTC commissioners beginning to see they were misled  San Francisco Chronicle: Bridge rods, bolts are safe, can stay, draft report says

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 18, 2014
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Energy News for December 18, 2014

The Associated Press: N.Y. decision to ban fracking met with criticism Bloomberg: Congress weighing allowing U.S. oil exports amid limited global market SNL Financial: FERC staff issues positive review of LNG terminal, pipeline expansion Reuters: Chevron puts Arctic oil drilling plan on hold The Bakken magazine: Texas A&M professors call for ending U.S. crude exports ban EENews.net: Exec: “Moneyball” approach helps […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 17, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for December 17, 2014

BBC News: California’s water woes quantified SF Gate: California’s water deficit: 11 trillion gallons Associated Press: Rain could spell trouble for Calif. water conservation Bloomberg: Dusty California Lake Bottoms Mean Lots of Room for Rain Oakland Tribune: Catching rainwater from the sky eases drought’s grip for Bay Area innovators Time: This Is How Much Water California Needs to Recover From Its […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 17, 2014
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Energy News for December 17, 2014

Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Allowing crude exports would keep U.S. shale producers in the game Platts: Report: Credit ratings, outlooks for North American midstream look stable in 2015 Rigzone: Investment reductions more likely to affect shale projects, says report The Washington Times: Keystone XL bill is at top of Senate’s agenda in 2015, McConnell says The Hill: U.S. should export […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 16, 2014
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Trade & Movement of Goods News for December 16, 2014

Courtesy of TRB News: Commodity Flow Survey Workshop Transportation Services Index: November 2014 How We Pay for Transportation: The Life and Death of the Highway Trust Fund Hearing on the Future of Passenger Rail 2015 TRB 94th Annual Meeting: U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx’s 30-Year Plan: Vision for the Future for our Nation’s Transportation System […]

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