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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 24, 2015
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Transportation News for April 24, 2015

 San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrans warned of bridge leaks before span opened San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco pledges to end deaths on city roadways  San Francisco Chronicle: App targets oblivious drivers who miss the light turning green  Contra Costa Times: Walnut Creek has green-light alert for drivers  San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: Riding an AC bus can be steamy on hot […]

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Cal. State Lands Commission

THE CALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING Notice is hereby given that the California State Lands Commission (Commission) proposes to add Article 14, Sections 3000 through 3016 to Title 2, Division 3, Chapter 1 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR).  These sections implement administrative hearings under Public Resources Code section 6224.3 and […]

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ACWA Submits Comment Letter on State Board Proposed Regulations on Mandatory Conservation

April 23, 2015 ACWA Submits Comment Letter on State Board Proposed Regulations on Mandatory Conservation Formal Rulemaking Package Expected on April 28 ACWA submitted comments late yesterday to the State Water Resources Control Board regarding the draft emergency regulations on mandatory conservation issued April 18. ACWA’s comment letter and related attachments are available here. Yesterday […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2015
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CASA Connects Newsletter, April 23 2015

  April 23, 2015 In This Issue We’re Doing Some Spring Cleaning! AB 1144 Passes Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee Everyone’s Abuzz Over Microbeads Spring 2015 Attorneys Meeting Greg Kester to Aid in Ebola Research Projects House Committee Approves Bill to Block Waters of the U.S. Rule Upcoming Events In Case You Missed It We’re […]

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Revised Notice Of Adoption Meeting – Desalination Amendments

This is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Revised Notice of Adoption Meeting Proposed Final Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters of California Addressing Desalination Facility Intakes, Brine Discharges, and the Incorporation of Other Non-Substantive Changes and Proposed Final Staff Report Including the Substitute […]

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Weiss Helps to Clean Up Middle Harbor Shoreline Park

Weiss Helps to Clean Up Middle Harbor Shoreline Park In celebration of Earth Day, Weiss staff took time out of their weekend to help clean up Oakland’s only shoreline beach. Weiss and other volunteers joined the Port of Oakland–who organized the cleanup–and worked together to create a wonderful day cleaning up the beach and learning about shoreline birds from naturalists and interns at […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for April 23, 2015

Associated Press: California government says it’s meeting water-saving goal Sacramento Bee: Sacramento-area water agencies call state drought program illegal  National Geographic: Lucrative But Thirsty Almonds Come Under Fire Amid Drought; Does it make sense for California to grow so many almonds when it has so little water? Newsweek: Drying Up: The Race to Save California From Drought New York Times: Troubling […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2015
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Energy News for April 23, 2015

Morning Consult: Growing Chorus of Complaints on Chemicals in Gasoline Wall Street Journal: China Plans Its First Home-Grown Electric Sports Car Bloomberg: U.S. Index Futures Decline After Equities Come Close to Record Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Fracklog Triples as Drillers Keep Oil Out of Market CNBC: Solar power about to go mainstream NBC News: Obama Makes Climate Case in Florida’s Everglades MSNBC: Hillary Clinton […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2015
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Transportation News for April 23, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Better ferry service could ease Bay Area traffic woes  Contra Costa Times: BART budgets for less crowded, cleaner, on-time trains  San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: More South Bay streets going on a ‘diet’  Fairfield Daily Republic: Interchange project marks major milestone  Independent News: One Bay Area Topic of Meeting  National Journal: A Big Fight Over a Small Slice […]

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