The ABAG Executive Board will meet on Thursday, 9/17/15, 7:00 PM, at the MetroCenter, 101 8th Street, Auditorium, Oakland. 3:30 PM Legislative and Governmental Organization Committee 5:00 PM Finance and Personnel Committee 7:00 PM Executive Board The meeting agenda is attached. The agenda packet is posted on-line at http://www.abag.ca.gov/. Transition to Electronic Board Packets. In the interest […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the August-September issue of ESTUARY News, with a special insert on the ongoing CCMP revision.
Continue ReadingWe are excited to share the September 2015 issue of Richmond Today, the official newsletter of Chevron Richmond. You can access a PDF of the newsletter in English HERE and Spanish HERE. Please feel free to forward this to your friends, family, neighbors and colleagues.
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Offshore and Coastal Towing By Jim Shaw The towing industry has been playing second fiddle to the ship assist and escort sectors for many years as new propulsion technologies have been introduced to the latter, including azimuthing and cycloidal drives, but extensive offshore petroleum work […]
Continue ReadingSEPTEMBER 2015 CONNECT WITH US Wash wisely We’re taking water-saving efforts to the bathroom and laundry room. Check out these simple ways you and your family can start conserving. Conserve water » Clean your clothes for less! Save water and help fight the drought with an energy-efficient clothes washer. Upgrade to a 2015 high-efficiency ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient washer […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Study Finds Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada to Be Lowest in 500 Years Los Angeles Times: Sierra Nevada snowpack hit a 500-year low in 2015 Sacramento Bee: Study finds Sierra snowpack at 500-year low USA Today: California’s Sierra Nevada snowpack is the lowest in 500 years USA Today: State of emergency declared in Northern California blaze; thousands […]
Continue ReadingThe Denver Post: Feds to study safety in oil, gas workplace Oil & Gas Journal: US to see shale oil output decline next month, EIA says Wall Street Journal: How to Transport Oil More Safely Reuters: Oil edges further above $46, weak Asian outlook weighs Houston Chronicle: OPEC: U.S. oil production growth to slip in 2016 Wall Street Journal: Oil Companies […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Supervisor Wiener to introduce affordable housing legislation San Jose Mercury News: San Jose affordable housing law headed to U.S. Supreme Court Napa Valley Register: NCTPA wrapping up countywide transportation plan Sacramento Bee: Plug-in electric vehicles are setting the pace Daily Cal: BART responds to overcrowding by increasing number of train cars, hours of operation PW Magazine: San Francisco-Oakland East […]
Continue ReadingSUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT (SGMA): ONE YEAR LATER ACWA 2015 Regulatory Summit October 14, 2015 Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Ontario, CA ACWA’s 2015 Regulatory Summit will take place Oct. 14 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel in Ontario, CA. The summit will include programs on topics such as: * GSA Formation: How’s it Going Out […]
Continue ReadingEndangered species return to restored salt pond By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News — Two endangered species of animals — Clapper Rail and Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse — have returned to a nearly lifeless former salt pond in the southern San Francisco Bay, the first proof that the ambitious 30-year South Bay Salt Pond […]
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