Seeing Through the Winter Blues As anticipated, economic growth got off to a soft start in 2015. GDP in the first quarter increased at just a 0.2 percent annualized rate, with broad-based weakness. The manufacturing sector remains under pressure. At 51.5, the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) national index showed activity expanded at only a […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Jerry Brown’s revised water tunnels plan adds political problems LA Times: Giant tunnels planned for delta ‘must move forward,’ Brown says San Jose Mercury: New $17 billion Delta tunnels plan with less environmental restoration unveiled by Brown Associated Press: California cuts wetland, wildlife restoration in water plan The Reporter: Solano County representatives oppose Governor’s latest water plan Sacramento […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: U.S. Growth Has Slowed; Transitory or Not? Well it’s official. The Q1 preliminary GDP report, released this week, showed the broad extent of the economic damage from a combination of a rising dollar, drop in oil prices, and another winter for the record books. The question now is how much of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Missoulian: Officials predict U.S. will reach net energy exporter status Platts: U.S., Canada to release crude-by-rail safety rules, feds say U.S. News & World Report: Senate Dems propose charging fee on outdated tank cars New York Times: With New Factory, Tesla Ventures Into Solar Power Storage for Home and Business Bloomberg: Congress Kumbaya on Energy Tested in Fight Over […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Brown’s goals on water and climate change need specifics Oakland Tribune: Oakland Tribune editorial: Videotape exposes BART police brutality San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: San Mateo Bridge to be closed for two weekends Marin Independent Journal: Sausalito City Council to get hot button ferry dock project Napa Valley Register: Survey: Napans have one of the shortest commutes […]
Continue ReadingMercoPress: Uruguay insists Mercosur must achieve “a free trade zone which effectively works”
Continue ReadingA New Approach to Improving the Delta’s Ecosystem and Fixing California’s Water Delivery System ___________________________________ Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. joined state and federal officials today to announce a new approach for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The revised approach – known as California EcoRestore and California WaterFix (Alternative 4A)– is directly responsive to public feedback […]
Continue ReadingWATER POLICY: Senate bill aims to lure Dems unhappy with Obama rule Annie Snider, E&E reporter, Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015 Senate critics of President Obama’s hot-button water rule unveiled legislation today that would send U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers back to the drawing board. The bipartisan “Federal Water Quality Protection Act” was […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Public Workshop on the proposed Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring. The Public Workshop is scheduled for May 19, 2015 Comment Deadline is May 29, 2015 by 12 noon.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. The Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking and the Emergency Regulations Digest for the Proposed Emergency Regulation that will be considered by the State Water Board at its May 5-6, 2015 meeting have been posted online here. The Notice of Proposed Emergency Rulemaking begins a […]
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