US Outlook Report: Replacing Liftoff with Gradual Levitation The word “liftoff” brings visions of a rocket on the launch pad ready to vault into outer space. But recent downward revisions to our growth outlook for 2016, suggest a far calmer interest rate normalization approach, more like a day old helium balloon that is able to […]
Continue ReadingThe Hill: Senate Dems block energy spending bill The Hill: House votes to speed up tribal energy projects Bloomberg News: S&P 500 Futures Little Changed; Alcoa Drops After Earnings Miss Bloomberg News: Goldman Sachs: This Oil Rally Is Not Going to Last Bloomberg News: Oil Investors Gain Over $70 Billion in Best Week Since 2008 The Hill: Interest groups appeal to Congress […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: New forecast says El Niño could help Northern California, ease drought San Francisco Chronicle: Feinstein, Boxer hopeful for compromise to increase state water Associated Press: Governor signs bills in aftermath of Santa Barbara oil spill San Francisco Chroncle: This year’s El Niño still looks like a whopper New York Times: California Becomes Latest State to Ban Plastic Microbeads […]
Continue ReadingTimes have been finalized for the Thursday, Oct. 22 biennial Science Symposium: Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., with the program running from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For specifics, the agenda is here. If you plan to attend, but have not yet registered, you may do so here. You will need a ticket to attend the free event. Because of Silicon Valley […]
Continue ReadingKevin McCarthy Drops Out of House Speaker Race By JENNIFER STEINHAUER WASHINGTON — Representative Kevin McCarthy on Thursday abruptly took himself out of the race to succeed John A. Boehner as House speaker, apparently undone by the same forces that drove Mr. Boehner to resign. Mr. McCarthy’s candidacy was damaged when he suggested in an […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Scientific peer reviews of the technical reports supporting the Central Valley Pyrethroid TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment have been completed and are available online at: http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/tmdl/central_valley_projects/central_valley_pesticides/pyrethroid_tmdl_bpa/index.shtml Central Valley Water Board Staff will be scheduling a public stakeholder meeting in late […]
Continue ReadingWith deadline approaching, Senate pay-fors don’t look so bad to House By Heather Caygle and Lauren Gardner, Politico Pro 10/07/2015 07:23 PM EDT Call it the legislative version of beer goggles. As House lawmakers scramble to pull together a multiyear highway and transit bill before the Oct. 29 deadline, the mixed bag of pay-fors attached […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: El Niño is no substitute for water management Associated Press: California governor signs aggressive climate change bill PBS News Hour: As drought-desperate California sinks, the risk of flood is rising KFBK: Grim Outlook for 2016’s Water Levels KCRA Sacramento: Drought could make salmon fishing conditions even worse Fox News: California’s farmers left high and dry by drought, […]
Continue ReadingThe Army Corps of Engineers published the Interim Deauthorization List of projects that it has identified for deauthorization. Congress directed the Army Corps to develop this list in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (P.L. 113-12-). A copy of the full Interim Deauthorization List and the accompanying federal register notice can be found […]
Continue ReadingAPPROPRIATIONS: McConnell moves to advance energy, water spending bill Hannah Northey, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) today moved to proceed with the $35.4 billion fiscal 2016 energy and water development spending bill. The Senate could vote as early as Thursday on a procedural motion deciding whether to […]
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