BPC CEO John Coleman participated in a conference call on February 16th updating interested stakeholders on the State Water Resources Control Board’s (State Water Board) proposal to include a “State Wetlands Definition and Procedures for Discharges of Dredged or Fill Material to Waters of the State” in the forthcoming Water Quality Control Plan for Inland […]
Continue ReadingBPC has officially signed onto a letter authored by the Bay Area Council to the California Water Commission expressing concerns with the draft Public Benefits Ratios released for Proposition 1 support-eligible projects. Having found that the draft ratios would only allocate $1.7 billion of the $2.7 billion approved by Proposition 1, the Bay Area Council […]
Continue ReadingBPC has been working with key regulatory agencies and stakeholders to understand the limited dredging schedule that was implemented for the Richmond Outer Harbor channel and subsequently the Pinole Shoal channel in 2017. On February 1st, Congressmen Mark DeSaulnier (District 11) and Mike Thompson (District 5) convened a meeting with BPC and key stakeholders, including: U.S. […]
Continue ReadingAt its meeting on February 21st, the BPC Board of Directors voted to officially endorse the Water Supply and Water Quality Act of the 2018 (Water Bond). This bond, which will appear on the California state ballot this November, will provide $8.877 billion for water supply and infrastructure efforts, including but not limited to wastewater […]
Continue ReadingCasper Star-Tribune: Houston-based EOG Says Wyoming’s Powder River Basin Now a Core Asset Albuquerque Journal: Zinke Cancels Chaco Canyon lease sale Greentech Media: Utilities Tackle the Challenge of EV-Charging Infrastructure Bloomberg: Green Energy Seen Cheaper by EU in Sign Renewables Goal Can Rise Bloomberg: Lack of Easy Cash Threatens India’s Electric Vehicle Dream The Washington Post: EPA Moves to Overhaul Obama-era […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: The Latest: Southern California avoids storm problems so far Los Angeles Times: Biggest storm of the season moves into California, bringing warnings of blizzards and mudslides NBC4: Winter Storm Packs Threat of Dangerous Flash Floods in Wildfire-Scarred Southern California CBS LA: Mandatory Evacuations Issued For Santa Barbara Burn Areas, Ventura Gets Voluntary Evac Order SF Gate: ‘Biggest storm’ of […]
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Continue ReadingNewsletter March 1, 2018 State to U.S. : You Can’t Transfer Federal Lands, Unless We Say So Jabbing a stick toward the eye of the Trump Administration, the California Legislature and Governor have proclaimed that the Federal Government, as of the first of this year, may not transfer federal property in California without […]
Continue ReadingWashington Examiner: Interior Department Committee Approves Cut in Charges for Offshore Drilling Casper Star-Tribune: Bill Offering Tax Break for Oil and Gas Advances Through Wyoming Senate Bloomberg: Pipeline Bottlenecks Take Toll on Oil-Rich Alberta’s Finances Duluth News Tribune: Proposed Minnesota Power Natural Gas Plant Draws Pushback Greentech Media: Utilities Are Getting a Big Tax Break. How Much Money Will Consumers […]
Continue ReadingKQED Science: Sonoma County Braces for Upcoming Rainfall, Possible Mudslides, Flooding Los Angeles Times: Montecito is warned to evacuate ahead of storm, and jittery residents are ready to go Water Deeply: Why New California Drought Regulations Have Caused an Uproar Sacramento Bee: Sacramento alleges secret meetings over Delta tunnels, files lawsuit Power: Human Errors Contributed to Oroville Spillway Failure GVWire: Come […]
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