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Pacific Maritime Magazine Online for January 30, 2018

  FORWARD  SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PMM ONLINE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION     INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE   No Coal for You By Chris Philips,  Managing Editor     In the January print edition we discuss the rejection of two shoreline permits by a Washington State hearing examiner for the construction of a $680 million […]

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  • onJanuary 30, 2018
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Transportation News for January 30, 2018

East Bay Times: Put a charge in California’s electric vehicle program Mercury News: El Camino bus lane project peters out Marin Independent Journal: Deal for extra Marin ferry advances Marin Independent Journal: Golden Gate Ferry deploys Twitter for Larkspur parking pinch Berkeleyside: Berkeley unveils a ‘street for everybody’ San Mateo Daily Journal: Officials driving for upgrades to critical 101/92 interchange 

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  • onJanuary 30, 2018
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Energy News for January 30, 2018

Reuters: EPA agrees to extend troubled Philly refinery’s biofuel compliance deadline Financial Times: Russian oil and gas pipemaker TMK to IPO US unit Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Market Is Heading South Bloomberg: Rick Perry’s Home State Doesn’t Want Him Taking Over Its Grid Portland Business Journal: Inslee rejects Port of Vancouver oil terminal Associated Press: Facing new scrutiny, powerful utility turns […]

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  • onJanuary 30, 2018
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California Water News for January 30, 2018

Daily Democrat: Desalination projects advancing across California as more water cutbacks planned Bakersfield Now: State Water Project contractors getting small bump in allocation Los Angeles Times: Amid record heat in Southern California, fears of new drought Sacramento News and Review: Another leak: Sacramento County joins action alleging illegal communications over twin tunnels GVWIRE: Brown’s Delta Tunnels and Bullet Train Are […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 29, 2018
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Energy News for January 29, 2018

Politico: Russian gas defies U.S. sanctions to reach New England The Wall Street Journal: Aramco IPO Stalled by Indecision Over Where to List The New York Times: Oil Boom Gives the U.S. a New Edge in Energy and Diplomacy CNBC: Trump gears up for $1 trillion infrastructure plan, but GOP lawmakers push back on the idea of a gas […]

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  • onJanuary 29, 2018
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California Water News for January 29, 2018

Sacramento Bee: Now $870 million, price of Oroville Dam crisis jumps by a third Water Deeply: Diverted River Sustains California Wine Country, but It’s Killing Salmon The Union: Warmer winter spells more floods for northern California Maven’s Notebook: City of Antioch files motion for Continuance of Phase 2 of Cal Water Fix hearing and Reconsideration of Reopening of Part […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 29, 2018
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Transportation News for January 29, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge to get new traffic lane in April  San Francisco Chronicle: Governor lays out $2.5 billion plan to push for more zero-emission vehicles San Francisco Chronicle: City gives in to resident demands to keep popular Muni stop  East Bay Times: At $13 million, jewel of Bay shoreline trail is under construction in Pinole Mercury […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onJanuary 26, 2018
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California Water News for January 26, 2018

Capital Public Radio: State Of The State: Brown Focuses On Environment, Legacy Projects In Final Address Water Deeply: Los Angeles and the Future of Urban Water in California Sacramento Bee: How Trump’s pumping plan is dividing California over water – again The Orange County Register: Opinion – Options for Gov. Brown’s delta tunnel project look to be drying up […]

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  • onJanuary 26, 2018
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Transportation News for January 26, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: BART begins search for ways to improve parking in its lots  San Francisco Chronicle: One company wants to use luxury tech buses to shuttle people to Tahoe on the weekend  East Bay Times: A little bike-share humor in Walnut Creek Mercury News: Campbell moves forward with plan for safe crossings downtown Mercury News: Roadshow: BART working on […]

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