Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 9, 2017
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California Water News for May 9, 2017

Associated Press: California Borrows $500 Million For Oroville Dam Work Associated Press: California asks federal taxpayers to fund repairs at dam Sacramento Bee: Oroville Dam: With bills rolling in, state borrows heavily Sacramento Bee: Sacramento State is fixing 43 drinking fountains and water sources with high lead Capital Public Radio News‎: California Borrows Up To Half-Billion Dollars For Oroville Spillway Repairs […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 8, 2017
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Transportation News for May 8, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Furor over gas-tax hike shows no sign of easing San Francisco Chronicle: Juvenile fare cheats’ free ride: BART can’t cite them San Francisco Chronicle: Winter lingers on Bay Area bike routes damaged by storms San Francisco Chronicle: Bikes win, Fire Department loses in Market Street redo East Bay Times: Oakland: Proposed AC Transit cuts to schools will […]

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  • onMay 8, 2017
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Energy News for May 8, 2017

The Hill: Offshore drilling opponents gear up for Gulf fight Bloomberg News: Saudi Arabia and Russia Signal Oil-Cuts Extension Into 2018 The Wall Street Journal: Despite Sanctions, Russia’s Oil Industry Powers On Bloomberg News: Iran Will Go Along With Whatever OPEC Decides on Crude Cutbacks The Associated Press: New Mexico Electric Utility Agrees to Settle Rate Dispute Financial Times: Power companies […]

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  • onMay 8, 2017
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California Water News for May 8, 2017

KRCRTV.COM: Oroville Dam to release more water starting Wednesday Water Deeply: ‘These fish are in a bad way.’ How many more will die because of Delta Tunnels Stockton Record: The state of our dams NBCNews.com: Donald Trump Wants to Rebuild America? Here Are 8 Places to Start Marin Independent Journal: Marin mosquitoes thriving as rain season yields to warmer days […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2017
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Transportation News for May 5, 2017

Mercury News: VTA expected to approve transit overhaul Marin Independent Journal: Muir Beach to get Highway 1 back Friday Marin Independent Journal: Highway 37: Bay Area officials eye future tolls as way to upgrade troubled roadway Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Would you pay tolls to use this North Bay highway? San Francisco Examiner: Sinkhole opens up beneath truck in SoMa […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2017
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With the Annual Spring Summit Less than a Week Away, BPC is Poised for a Day of Engaging Conversations on the Region’s Most Critical Issues

What is the state of the regulatory landscape? What are the threats facing our region and how can we address them when so much is changing? Considering all of these challenges and risks, how do we even start to prioritize our efforts and resources? These questions and more will be addressed this upcoming Thursday, May […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 5, 2017
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Energy News for May 5, 2017

Fox News: Origin Energy Lifts Stake in North Australia Shale-Gas Venture The Associated Press: Oil prices stabilize in Asian trading; stock indexes slide The Dallas Morning News: Texas oil bankruptcies down to a trickle even as oil prices slide Financial Post: A gas ban is coming for Gastown – and your city could be next ArsTechnica: California utility augments 1,800 […]

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  • onMay 5, 2017
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California Water News for May 5, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Oroville Dam: The latest on spillway repairs – and what state won’t tell us San Francisco Chronicle: Melting snow causes minor flooding of Yosemite’s Merced River Oroville Mercury Register: Switch in spillway repairs – starting from the bottom up, literally Catholic Online: Oroville Dam Leaking? 50yr Proof of ‘through the dam’ leakage? Will the dam breach? KRCRTV.COM: DWR […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 4, 2017
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Transportation News for May 4, 2017

San Francisco Business Times: These are the 5 biggest Bay Area transportation infrastructure projects San Francisco Chronicle: Scientists debunk argument against fuel economy standard for cars San Francisco Chronicle: California plans for collecting taxes on spaceflight East Bay Times: BART to overhaul Lafayette station entrance, parking lots East Bay Times: Letter from AC Transit boss argues Oakland schools getting a […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMay 4, 2017
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Energy News for May 4, 2017

Bloomberg News: Shell Pumps a Torrent of Cash as Takeover, Cost Cuts Pay Off CNN: Is Mozambique the next oil and gas hub? The Houston Chronicle: Trump appointees offer muscular support for oil and gas The Guardian: Keystone XL: the final leg and the myth of Trump’s job promise The Wall Street Journal: Southern Seeks $3.7 Billion From Toshiba for […]

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