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Continue ReadingOpen Houses and Workshops from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Click here to view the list of Open Houses and Workshops hosted by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Continue ReadingA&WMA-GWS Air Toxics Conference November 2, 2016
A&WMA-GWS Event 2016 November 02 Air Toxics in California – 2016 Update Requirements regarding Toxic Air Contaminants (TACs) have recently become substantially more stringent for both existing facilities and new projects due to a combination of factors, including the new OEHHA Risk Assessment Guidelines that were finalized in 2015, OEHHA updates to cancer potency […]
Continue ReadingClean Air Community Meeting on February 4, 2016
January 13, 2016 Clean Air community meeting open to all! The Bay Area Air Quality Management District will host six public meetings — including one here in West County — in the next few weeks to get feedback from residents and share information about its 2016 Clean Air Plan and Regional Climate Protection Strategy (RCPS). […]
Continue ReadingTesoro Launches Plan to Support Development of Renewable Biocrude for MTZ Refinery
Tesoro Launches Plan to Support Development of Renewable Biocrude for MTZ Refinery To learn more, read Reuter’s story on the partnership by clicking here. Also, a fact sheet is available by Tesoro highlighting the process and benefits of renewable biocrude. Access the fact sheet by clicking here.
Continue ReadingCARB and Other State Agencies to Conduct Workshops and Webinar on Sustainable Freight Action Plan
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) issued a notice [located at http://www.arb.ca.gov/gmp/sfti/workshop_notice_1.11.16.pdf] stating that it and other state agencies will conduct workshops and a webinar regarding the Sustainable Freight Action Plan. The workshops will be in Sacramento (26 January); Fresno (28 January); and Los Angeles (1 February). The webinar will be on 5 February. (1/12/16).
Continue ReadingWildfire: No Budget Overhaul, but ‘Borrowing’ Likely Averted in 2016
WILDFIRE: No budget overhaul, but ‘borrowing’ likely averted in 2016 Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, December 17, 2015 While Congress’s fiscal 2016 spending package provides no long-term funding overhauls for wildfire, it does provide a one-time boost in suppression cash to prevent the disruptive practice of “fire borrowing.” The package would provide $2.1 billion for […]
Continue ReadingForests: Wildfire-logging Deal Throttled by Senate ENR Leaders
FORESTS: Wildfire-logging deal throttled by Senate ENR leaders Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 A deal to reform wildfire spending and increase the pace of forestry work was left out of the fiscal 2016 omnibus package amid opposition from key Senate leaders and environmentalists, dealing a blow to the Obama administration and […]
Continue ReadingDowney Brand: California Supreme Court Strictly Interprets State Fully Protected Species Statute and Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Inadequate in Newhall Ranch EIR
Don Sobelman 415.848.4824 Email Kathryn Oehlschlager 415.848.4820 Email Christian Marsh 415.848.4830 Email California Supreme Court Strictly Interprets State Fully Protected Species Statute and Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Inadequate in Newhall Ranch EIR On Monday, the California Supreme Court issued its third opinion of 2015 interpreting the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). In […]
Continue ReadingCAL FIRE Urban Forestry Program News – November 6, 2015
CAL FIRE Urban Forestry Program News State of the Program/Grants Well, a long destructive wildfire season has subsided for the year (fingers crossed) and I have gotten back into the groove of my normal urban forestry duties in the North Coast and the Bay Area. New grant projects supported by the first round of […]
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