Los Angeles Times: Jerry Brown seeks $1-billion emergency drought relief plan for California NBC News: Drought-Stricken California Ramps Up Water Restrictions Bay Area News Group: Brown, legislature to unveil $1 billion drought aid package Association of California Water Agencies: Top Level Officials Confirmed for 2015 Drought Briefing High Country News: California has one year of water left: Hype or reality? […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Obama to Order Cuts in Federal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Morning Consult: Senate Panel to Break Ground on Comprehensive Energy Bill in “Next Week or Two” Fuel Fix: Report: Oil and gas on public lands a ‘blind spot’ in climate fight Bloomberg: Data: U.S. saw lowest petroleum shipments level since Oct. 2013 last week Oil & Gas […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: BART weekend closures to start in April San Francisco Chronicle: PG&E giving rebates for electric cars? San Francisco Chronicle: Luxury bus is here to disrupt your S.F. commute Sacramento Bee: Cracks, doubts haunt Bay Bridge tower rods Sacramento Business Journal: It’s clean and green, but don’t ask what’s in new diesel fuel Real Estate Rama: Rep. Lowenthal Bill […]
Continue ReadingACWA eNews for March 18, 2015 ACWA eNews ACWA’s eNews is a weekly roundup of California water news and events. Top Level Officials Confirmed for 2015 Drought Briefing Submitted by Pamela Martineau on Wed, 03/18/2015 – 4:11pm Top level officials from the Brown Administration and various state, federal and local water agencies are confirmed […]
Continue ReadingMarch 18, 2015 ACWA to Release Policy Framework Designed to Improve Resiliency and Management of Headwaters March 19 Release Coordinated with Similar Headwaters Efforts After more than two years of work by ACWA members and key stakeholders throughout the state, ACWA will release a new policy framework on March 19 that makes specific recommendations […]
Continue ReadingInstant Analysis of Today’s March FOMC Statement FOMC removes “patient” language- a June or Sept. liftoff on the table, April ruled out. New guidance – FOMC must see further improvement in the labor market and be reasonably confident that inflation will move back to 2 percent over medium term Fewer “Hawks” on the Committee pushes […]
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Continue ReadingThe California Regional Water Quality Control Board of Central Valley has released a Notice of Public Workshop regarding the Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) and Agricultural Supply (AGR) Beneficial Uses in a Portion of the Historical Tulare Lakebed. This is an initial meeting to discuss and solicit comments and suggestions from the public […]
Continue ReadingMaking Hay: The Future of U.S. Competitiveness in the Age of Globalization Silicon Valley, Ca. (3/18/2015) – TradePort.org and the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA) are presenting a special luncheon and seminar to be held in Silicon Valley on April 30th featuring world renowned global trade and supply chain expert, Dan Gardner of Trade Facilitators, Inc. (TFI). […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Overpumping of Central Valley groundwater creating a crisis, experts say New York Times: As California Drought Enters 4th Year, Conservation Efforts and Worries Increase SF Gate: California drought: State OKs sweeping restrictions on water use Sacramento Bee: Drought rules draw tighter U-T San Diego: State rules ramp up water savings Los Angeles Times: New watering restrictions imposed amid […]
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