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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 20, 2017
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Energy News for March 20, 2017

Financial Times: Shell and Eni regain control of oilfield seized by Nigeria Bloomberg News: Oil Drops as U.S. Drilling Growth Threatens to Counter OPEC Cuts Capitol Media Services: Arizona Public Service details how it spent $10 million on elections Washington Examiner: The politics of fixing FERC The Associated Press: Officials Mark Completion of Tribal Land Solar Power Plant The Guardian: Elon […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 20, 2017
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California Water and Drought News for March 20, 2017

Associated Press: Governor Brown Requests Presidential Declaration For Oroville Dam Spillway Los Angeles Times: With $569 million in winter storm damage, Gov. Jerry Brown asks Trump for more federal disaster help KTLA: Gov. Jerry Brown Asks Trump for More Federal Disaster Help After Brutal Winter Storms San Francisco Chronicle: Gov. Brown requests 4th federal disaster declaration for Calif. storms […]

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President’s Budget Proposal Puts Bay Area at Risk

As details of President Trumps proposed budget – entitled, “America First – A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again” – are revealed, it is increasingly clear that it includes spending cuts that put the Bay Area at great risk. So much so, that Senator Dianne Feinstein said this week, “This is the most draconian budget I’ve […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 17, 2017
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Transportation News for March 17, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: A year later, I-580 pay-to-use lanes are a success, report says San Francisco Chronicle: Last legal obstacle for streetcar loop in SF’s Dogpatch falls East Bay Times: Learn more about legislation to fix road crisis Mercury News: Big Sur: Highway 1 bridge demolition progresses, slowly Mercury News: Roadshow: Toll lanes’ double white lines will disappear Santa Rosa […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 17, 2017
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Energy News for March 17, 2017

Reuters: OPEC will need to extend output curbs to sustain oil price recovery: Reuters poll Financial Times: BP in talks to sell North Sea pipeline to Ineos E&E News: Enviros attack Trump team’s plan to scrap fracking rule Bloomberg News: Wealthy Californians Go Green, Putting Utilities in a Squeeze The Associated Press: Arizona utility regulators vote against funding APS records […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 17, 2017
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California Water and Drought News for March 17, 2017

Associated Press: Oroville Dam Repair Crews Deal With Naturally Occurring Asbestos KRCRTV.COM: Water releases to increase at Oroville Dam Friday Gridley Herald: DWR to increase dust control measures at Oroville Spillway construction zone Oroville Mercury Register: Feather River Fish Hatchery closed to visitors due to water damage The Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Asbestos found in spillway rock; dust controls increased […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 16, 2017
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Transportation News for March 16, 2017

East Bay Times: Most agree Bay Area freeway cameras can help prevent shootings, paying for them is another matter East Bay Times: Brentwood to get Mokelumne Trail pedestrian overpass East Bay Times: San Pablo: New westbound I-80/El Portal on-ramp set to open Mercury News: Menlo Park: City awards $600K contract for Middle crossing Mercury News: VTA route changes could inconvenience […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 16, 2017
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Energy News for March 16, 2017

The Washington Post: Interior Department to withdraw Obama-era fracking rule, filings reveal The Wall Street Journal: Venezuela Alleges Fraud in $1.3 Billion Oil-Rig Lease Financial Times: US regulator probes Angolan deal involving BP and Cobalt Lancaster Online: Connecticut to sue EPA over pollution from Brunner Island power plant The Advocate: Louisiana utility regulators delay decision on whether to allow more […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 16, 2017
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California Water and Drought News for March 16, 2017

Sacramento Bee: Can California repair damaged Delta reservoir within 45 days? Sacramento Bee: A look at repair efforts at the Lake Oroville dam spillway this week The Mercury News: Oroville Dam: More water to run through ‘low flow’ stretch of Feather River FuelFix: Hydro power facilities are oldest power plants in the US CDFW News: Feather River Hatchery Closed Until […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onMarch 15, 2017
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Transportation News for March 15, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Lombard Street fee plan meets resistance from 2 supervisors East Bay Times: Orinda: Residents, city hammer out deal for sinkhole fix East Bay Times: BART puts brakes on proposed ‘Sanctuary in Transit’ policy, for now Mercury News: Highway 1 to Big Sur reopens to public Mercury News: Roadshow: Will Trump give us a new freeway from San […]

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