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Free Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Workshops

Free Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Workshops For California Waterways Users Workshop participants will: * Gain an understanding of the impacts AIS have on the environment; * Learn to recognize them in their region; * Learn how to take action and prevent spreading the invasive species by inspecting and cleaning equipment and watercraft. San Jose […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 5, 2018
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Transportation News for March 5, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: The Bay Area CHP reportedly using ‘decoy’ tech shuttle buses to bait freeway BB gun shooters San Francisco Chronicle: Car advocates putting plan for Richmond Bridge bike lane at risk Mercury News: Reserve lanes for self-driving cars to ease traffic congestion Mercury News: Milpitas, Berryessa BART stations may not open until 2019 Mercury News: Roadshow: Drivers with […]

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  • onMarch 5, 2018
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Energy News for March 5, 2018

Bloomberg: IEA Sees American Energy Dominance Squeezing OPEC Into 2020s Financial Times: Boom times for US shale oil producers Bloomberg: As CERAWeek Oil Gabfest Starts, Here’s What We’re Listening For Axios: Trump’s tariffs strain oil ties Reuters: Earthquake knocks out Exxon’s Papua New Guinea LNG project for about eight weeks The Wall Street Journal: Crews Race to Restore Power on Atlantic […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 5, 2018
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California Water News for March 5, 2018

WTOP: Welcome snow slows California’s plunge back to drought San Francisco Gate: Soggy storm boosts Bay Area rainfall totals, but not enough Los Angeles Times: What, if anything, is lost in building one delta tunnel instead of two? Visalia Times-Delta: Gov. Jerry Brown signs new state law promoting dam safety, just not here in Tulare County Ventura County Star: Most […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 2, 2018
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BPC Expert Briefing: Air Quality

BPC EXPERT BRIEFING Regulatory and Industry Impacts on Air Quality 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Monday, March 26 Port of Oakland Board Room Oakland, CA Please join us for Bay Planning Coalition’s first Expert Briefing on Air Quality – an afternoon of dialogue addressing the changing landscape of air quality regulation; the proposed regulatory goals and the […]

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Call for Applications to Serve on the Independent Citizens OVERSIGHT Committee

Call for Applications to Serve on the Independent Citizens Oversight Committee for the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Due March 30, 2018 Measure AA is expected to generate $25 million annually for Bay restoration over the next 20 years.   Funding from this measure will allow for the restoration of thousands of acres of natural habitat […]

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Pacific Maritime Magazine Online for March 2, 2018

  FORWARD SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PMM ONLINE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION   INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE     There’s One Born Every Minute By Chris Philips, Managing Editor   Many in the maritime industry have been proactive in calling for the establishment of international standards controlling air emissions from ships. In 2007, the World Shipping Council supported […]

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Sand Mining Litigation Update

Arielle O. Harris of Downey Brand LLP provided an update at the February 21st BPC Board of Directors meeting on the Sand Mining Litigation. The case involves a challenge by San Francisco Baykeeper, Inc. of leases to submerged lands in San Francisco Bay issued in 2012 by the California State Lands Commission (SLC) to private […]

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