San Francisco Chronicle: Gov. Brown signs bill OKing $52 billion tax to fix state roads Sacramento Bee: California gas tax increase is now law. What it costs you and what it fixes San Francisco Chronicle: BART attack brings out racist responses East Bay Times: BART’s bad week: Disabled trains, dark stations, crime on the rise East Bay Times: Bay Bridge […]
Continue ReadingPlease forward this newsletter to anyone who may be interested. May 1, 2017 CASA Agencies Advocate on Behalf of Priority Issues The CASA and WateReuse Joint Public Policy Forum was held on Wednesday, April 19th. Representatives from member agencies across California […]
Continue ReadingFinancial Times: ExxonMobil and Chevron benefit from oil price rebound Reuters: U.S. pipeline regulator raises penalties for safety violations -notice Washington Examiner: As coal burns out, the race for natural gas is on The Australian: Palaszczuk, Turnbull row: Gas pipeline nod fuels bitter war of words The Associated Press: Iowa’s biggest utility aims to produce all its energy from renewable […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California mammoth snowstorms take toll on Sierra wildlife Sacramento Bee: Another giant California dam has downstream residents worried The Mercury News: California coast ocean level could rise 10 feet in 70 years KRQE News: California says oceans could rise higher than thought Press-Enterprise: Fix California’s dilapidated water system Delta Confluence: New report projects catastrophic sea-level rise on California coast […]
Continue ReadingFORWARD SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PMM ONLINE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Inter-Service Cooperation By Chris Philips, Managing Editor Earlier this year, when President Trump announced the addition of $54 billion in added Defense Department spending for the […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Despite critics’ bullets, train keeps on rolling San Francisco Chronicle: BART police chief: Spike in crime preceded teen mob robbery at Coliseum Mercury News: Milpitas BART Station to open in December, VTA says Mercury News: Roadshow: From dentures to a kayak, here’s what transit riders leave behind Marin Independent Journal: Corte Madera volunteers conceive bike-pedestrian overpass San […]
Continue ReadingNPR News: Trump To Sign Executive Order On Offshore Drilling And Marine Sanctuaries The Washington Post: The company behind the Dakota Access pipeline is in another controversy E&E News: Big, young power plants are closing. Is it a new trend? Quartz: West Virginia’s biggest utility just told the governor burning more coal is “not going to happen” Bloomberg News: Wind […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Another Oroville Dam document is sealed – for now McClatchy Washington Bureau: The West has a tricky, expensive water problem – and even solving it is controversial Capital Public Radio News: California Senate Passes Bill That Would Boost Stormwater Capture … Government Technology: What Will It Take to Develop California’s Statewide Water Data … Scientific American: Rising Sea […]
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