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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 17, 2018
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Water News for July 17, 2018

NewsDeeply: 10 Signs of California Water Progress PBS: Why 96 million plastic ‘shade balls’ dumped into the LA Reservoir may not save water CALmatters: What $8.9 billion water bond would buy ABC 7 News: Del Valle reservoir, park in Livermore to get $5M overhaul Santa Cruz Sentinel: Newell Creek Dam improvements to be department’s costliest project since 1960s BakersfieldNow: Valadao endorses […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 16, 2018
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Transportation News for July 16, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: It’s been a bumpy ride as new BART cars spend time in the shop for repairs  Mercury News: Did Trump inspire Road Boulder nickname?  Mercury News: Tempers flare at I-680 exit to Alum Rock  Mercury News: Highway 1 reopens Friday, ending 18 months of epic U-turns along California’s coastal journey  San Francisco Examiner: Free bike rental program […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 16, 2018
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Energy News for July 16, 2018

Financial Times: Peak oil demand forecast for 2036 NBC News: U.S. refuses European requests for exemptions from its new sanctions on Iran The Wall Street Journal: U.S. and Allies Consider Possible Oil-Reserve Release Platts: OPEC/non-OPEC committee to meet, with Iran, Saudi Arabia still at odds over quotas E&E News: A Trump Oil Boom Could Transform This Rocky Mountain Landscape The […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJuly 16, 2018
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Water News for July 16, 2018

New York Times: California Is Preparing for Extreme Weather. It’s Time to Plant Some Trees. The Signal: CA Dept of Water Resources issues warning of dangerous algae in Pyramid Lake Chico Enterprise-Record: Oroville Dam: A tour of two spillways, phase two Chico Enterprise-Record: Editorial: A breakthrough, maybe, for public input on Oroville Dam Morgan Hill Times: Plans for $1 billion […]

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What’s on the Horizon?

  Thank you for being a part of the exciting launch of Horizon! This ambitious initiative explores a range of questions that traditionally have been outside the regional planning process and opens up the conversation to the public, planners and policymakers. Several events took place in June that explored the challenges and opportunities that the Bay Area likely […]

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Contract Opportunity from MTC

    July 12, 2018   If you are interested in responding to a   REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) for the: Horizon/Plan Bay Area 2050 Community-Based Outreach Please visit  https://mtc.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/9303   BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION:   The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) seeks Community-Based Organizations (e.g., not-for-profit organizations, non-government organizations or faith-based organizations) to assist MTC in […]

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