Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 16, 2017
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California Water News for May 16, 2017

Chico Enterprise Record: Oroville Dam: Lake releases to the Feather River being reduced Capital Press: Ex-governor’s ambitions paved way to dam crisis, records say Western Farm Press: California would be an unrecognizable ‘parallel universe’ without … KTVU San Francisco: Water Resources department moving to fix damaged Oroville Dam KCRA Sacramento: Lake Oroville spillway crisis still causes confusion Courthouse News Service: Climate […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 15, 2017
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Transportation News for May 15, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Price for extension of AC Transit service to Oakland hills schools: $1 million San Francisco Chronicle: Lyft, Waymo to collaborate on self-driving cars East Bay Times: Uber must bar head engineer from key self-driving tech, judge rules in Waymo case Wall Street Journal: Uber’s Driverless Cars Are Clouded by Possible Federal Probe Mercury News: Highway 17’s traffic, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 15, 2017
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Energy News for May 15, 2017

Bloomberg News: China Eyes U.S. Energy After Inking $20 Billion in Deals CNBC: US Northeast states are devouring natural gas for electricity, and that’s a problem for coal The New York Times: Behind China’s $1 Trillion Plan to Shake Up the Economic Order CBS News: Small Turbines From Silicon Valley Firm May Shift Wind Energy Market The Jordan Times: King inaugurates […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 15, 2017
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California Water News for May 15, 2017

Sacramento Bee: After decades of shattered expectations at Lake Oroville, can residents trust state? U.S. News & World Report: Ex-Governor’s Ambitions Paved Way to Dam Crisis, Records Say Sacramento Bee: ‘Lethal arrogance’? Oroville Dam crisis sprang from Pat Brown’s … Oroville Mercury Register: Pursuing state, federal aid to cope with spillway crisis on Oroville … The Mercury News: Oroville Dam: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 12, 2017
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Transportation News for May 12, 2017

KALW: Crosscurrents Podcast: 5/11: Why are Bay Area roads so bad? San Francisco Chronicle: With ridership down, complaints up, BART to look at homeless problem San Francisco Chronicle: SF breaks ground on 2 ferry docks set to open in ’19 San Francisco Chronicle: A day on the 9-San Bruno: what Muni drivers cope with San Francisco Chronicle: SF to Uber: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 12, 2017
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Energy News for May 12, 2017

Bloomberg News: U.S. Inks Trade Deal With China Promoting Natural Gas, Beef The Wall Street Journal: OPEC Raises Forecast for Rival Oil Output Financial Times: Rising US shale production keeps pressure on crude prices – Opec Financial Times: Laidlaw’s Neptune snaps up Engie production assets for $3.9bn Washington Examiner: Murkowski: Hearings ‘soon’ on Trump’s FERC nominees The Wall Street Journal: U.S. […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 12, 2017
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California Water News for May 12, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Hatchery mishap kills 300000 baby salmon. What will this mean for California fisherman? KRCRTV.COM: DWR seeks bids for future diversion pool dredging Delta Confluence: Delta levees still at risk from water-heavy snowpack Sacramento Bee: Poseidon’s desalination plant would be a boondoggle Fresno Bee: Don’t reward water wasters Valley News: State water board rescinds mandatory conservation standards … PPIC: Water Law […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 9, 2017
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Transportation News for May 9, 2017

East Bay Times: Help is on the way to fix our roads San Francisco Chronicle: Dublin family seeks $3 million over BART teen mob robbery East Bay Times: BART mob robbery: Pleasanton man to sue agency East Bay Times: State pledges funds for freeway cameras in wake of shootings Mercury News: Time running out for new California redwoods license plate […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 9, 2017
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Energy News for May 9, 2017

Financial Times: BP and Kosmos strike gas again off Senegal The Washington Post: Pipeline spill by Dakota Access company could have a ‘deadly effect’ The Wall Street Journal: NextEra Energy Seeks New Hearing on Oncor Takeover Financial Times: Conservatives defend plans to cap UK energy bills Washington Examiner: Trump’s agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue, declares that ‘ethanol is here to stay’ […]

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