State on front line in a trade war Bay Area could be hit hard if U.S. tariff dispute with China escalates By David R. Baker Chinese officials on Friday announced a list of U.S. imports they will target if their tariff dispute with President Trump erupts into a trade war. It’s a list that places […]
Continue ReadingEngineers hope hacking can avert climate change By Katherine Ellison Matthias Schrader / Associated Press 2011 Workers cover a glacier with plastic sheets on Zugspitzein, Germany’s highest peak, in a bid to keep it from melting. Next month, a Silicon Valley engineer plans to head out on a snowmobile from Barrow, on the northern tip […]
Continue ReadingEast Bay Times: Cheating commuters cost Bay Area $60 million a year East Bay Times: Roadshow: FasTrak ‘beep’ going away on future toll lanes Mercury News: California to start permitting driverless cars next week Mercury News: What’s with all those expired registration tags? Mercury News: Uber selling Southeast Asian business to regional rival Grab Marin […]
Continue ReadingMarketWatch: China’s Oil Futures Soar on Debut Bloomberg: Oil Industry’s Female Pay Gap Is Worse Among the Explorers Greentech Media: Legal Battle Will Test California Regulators’ Willingness to Stop New Gas Plants Bloomberg: JPMorgan Facing Shareholder Backlash Over Oil Sands Financing The Hill: Russian attacks on energy grid spark alarm Greentech Media: Seasonal Storage for […]
Continue ReadingSan Luis Obispo Tribune: Weather forecast for the week of March 26 Water Deeply: Report: How Los Angeles Could Source its Water Locally San Francisco Chronicle: Can hacking the planet ward off climate change? San Francisco Chronicle: Experts fault SF water agency in scare at Moccasin Reservoir Alpenhorn News: Dam project finally underway Construction Dive: […]
Continue ReadingPlatts: US exit from Iran deal likely following Bolton appointment The Associated Press and Houston Chronicle: Hurricane Harvey’s toxic impact deeper than public told Reuters: Saudi expects oil producers to extend output curbs into 2019 Bloomberg: Wilbur Ross to China: Import More U.S. Gas to Cut Trade Gap Bloomberg: Cheniere Faces Ruling on Gas Leak […]
Continue ReadingBy Peter Fimrite Illustration by John Blanchard / The Chronicle The giant mass of floating plastic that has imperiled birds and wildlife between San Francisco and Hawaii contains 1.8 trillion pieces of trash covering an area nearly four times the size of California — significantly bigger than previously thought — and it is growing, a […]
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