Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 1, 2014
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Transportation News for December 1, 2014

San Francisco Chronicle: Developer land deal will enlarge East Bay park  KTVU: New Bay Bridge demolition plans could preserve piers  San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Bridge officials want to leave old piers  San Francisco Chronicle: When the flow of traffic was all aboard the ferries  San Francisco Chronicle: New Bay Bridge plan: Turn piers into park

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 1, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for December 1, 2014

Stockton Record: Peace amid the water wars: SJ County, East Bay MUD reach deal Associated Press: Sacramento to speed up water meter installations Associated Press: Storms welcomed to Northern California, snow to Sierras Globes: Solving California’s drought crisis The Fresno Bee: Drought last straw for endangered California fish Sacramento Bee: Storm series shows how Northern California weather should look National Swell: 5 […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 1, 2014
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PG&E Winter 2014 Newsletter

Winter 2014 Edition PG&E announces two major electric vehicle initiatives   PG&E, along with U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Counselor to the President John Podesta and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) President Tom Kuhn, announced two electric power industry initiatives and unveiled the utility industry’s first plug-in electric hybrid drivetrain Class 5 bucket trucks […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 26, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for November 26, 2014

Capital Press: Wet December on tap for California KCRA Sacramento: LiveCopter3 flies over a scary-low Lake Oroville Porterville Recorder: Friant Water laments failure of drought bill The Epoch Times: Water Wars Begin in California as Thieves Tap Fire Hydrants Christian Broadcasting Network: Politics of Drought: What’s Choking California Dry? ABC30: Congress urged to revive drought relief for Valley Fresno Business Journal: Local […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 26, 2014
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SFEI Aquatic Science Center Fall 2014 Newsletter

In October, I was honored to be selected to lead the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI). The Institute brings a solid, twenty-year track record of delivering quality science to inform and improve decisions by our leaders on complex environmental issues. SFEI’s scientists and technologists are impressive both individually and collectively. Their programs and products address today’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 25, 2014
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How to Get Involved in Bay Area Transportation Planning

        How to Get Involved in Bay Area Transportation Planning Benicia-Martinez Bridge at Sunset. (Photo by Tom Paiva)   Are you curious about how to get involved in the Bay Area’s transportation planning decisions but not sure where to begin? Then check out MTC’s Draft 2015 Public Participation Plan, which spells out how we […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 24, 2014
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Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle – “Port of Oakland too essential to endure labor disputes”

On November 23, 2014, Port of Oakland Executive Director Chris Lytle published an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle on the value of Oakland’s port, and how work stoppages are placing thousands of jobs at risk. Click here or follow the link below to read the full article. SF Gate: Port of Oakland too essential to […]

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