BAY AREA CLIMATE NEWS FROM CRI February 2018 THE BIG PICTURE Bay Area Climate Lawsuits v. Fossil Fuel Companies Climate Liability News (!) reports on lawsuits by Marin, San Mateo, Oakland and San Francisco against Chevon, Exxon, etc. See Marin County’s 111-page filing alleging public nuisance, liability, and negligence. Exxon is beginning the fight back, claiming if the climate threat is real, […]
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Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: North Bay’s SMART rail service exceeds expectations in first 6 months San Francisco Chronicle: Island of Alameda weighing license-plate readers at entry and exit points San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s brand-new cars take another trip to the repair yard East Bay Times: Google spin-off Waymo and Uber face off before jury as trade-secrets trial starts Mercury News: Roadshow: […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg: Exxon Sees Oil Demand Down 20% in 2040; Or Maybe It’ll Be Up The Wall Street Journal: BP Faces Down Its Doubters Bloomberg: Permian Seen Second to Saudis for Spare Oil-Output Capacity Tulsa World: OSHA standards moot in Quinton rig explosion because of exemption for oil-and-gas industry Reuters: Oil group Total to sell 25 percent stake in offshore South […]
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal: Water, Water Everywhere Can’t Quell a Western Drought Los Angeles Times: California bakes as winter temperatures set new records across the state USA Today: U.S. drought at worst level in nearly 4 years Sacramento Bee: Super hot! Sacramento sets record temperature during game The Press Democrat: Sonoma County temperature records fall as warm, dry winter days take […]
Continue ReadingFORWARD SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PMM ONLINE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Rhetoric By Chris Philips, Managing Editor A draft proposal released by the Trump administration includes 47 potential Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas lease sales, including 19 off the coast of Alaska and seven in the Pacific […]
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Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Editorial: A bullet train audit can help the troubled system San Francisco Chronicle: Joby Aviation wins a $100M investment boost to get its flying cars off the ground San Francisco Chronicle: SFO saw record number of travelers in 2017 San Francisco Chronicle: Does the Bay Area mind-set mean natives get cable car discounts? San Francisco […]
Continue ReadingThe Wall Street Journal: Google Weighs Unusual Bid With Giant Oil Firm Aramco to Rev Up the Saudi Tech Sector Houston Chronicle: Exxon Mobil posts $8.4 billion profit, largely from new tax law The Associated Press: Oklahoma quakes tied to how deep wastewater is injected Bloomberg: Billions From Trump Tax Cuts Supercharge Fossil Fuel Sector The Record: NJ will vote […]
Continue ReadingCapitol Weekly: Water storage needed – but keep faith with Prop. 1 Sacramento Bee: Sierra Nevada snow picture brightens, but still just a fraction of normal KQED: Before and After: Measuring California’s Thin Mountain Snowpack New York Times: California Today: Hot Winter Means Snowpack Is Far Below Normal Sacramento Bee: Voter’s OK’d $2.7 billion for new reservoirs. Critics say California […]
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