Bloomberg News: Icahn’s $126 Million Gain on Biofuel Deal Prompts Criticism Reuters: OPEC compliance with oil curbs rises to 94 percent in February: Reuters survey The Canadian Press: TransCanada suspends $15-billion NAFTA suit on Keystone XL pipeline UtilityDive: Georgia bill would prevent PSC from altering utility IRPs Detroit Free Press: Homeowners being sued over plan to build 800-mile pipeline Reuters: Japan […]
Continue ReadingKQED: With Caltrain Project in Danger, Bay Area Delegation Plans Lobbying Trip to D.C. East Bay Times: Berkeley: Ferry service to San Francisco launched Mercury News: Caltrain: Agreement with contractors to extend deadline keeps electrification project alive East Bay Times: Slow mudslide keeps popular commuters’ shortcut closed; Morgan Territory Road residents without water Mercury News: Niles Canyon: Palomares Road could […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Caltrain acts to keep electrification plan alive San Francisco Chronicle: Legislators seek to assist weary BART riders San Francisco Chronicle: Parking scofflaws can’t escape Muni bus cameras East Bay Times: Editorial: Feds should electrify Caltrain, kill bullet train Mercury News: Roadshow: Fixing Highway 17 with a tunnel — or a fake cliff? San Francisco Examiner: SF to craft […]
Continue ReadingReuters: Saudi Aramco to buy $7 billion stake in Petronas’ RAPID refinery project Houston Chronicle: Gasoline prices flatten out before projected rise Philadelphia Inquirer: Dissed by Trump, a Pa. pipe-maker says all is forgiven now UtilityDive: How California’s utilities are mapping their grids for distributed resources Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Legislation would boost standard for renewable energy EurActiv: EU’s clean energy package gets […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Water shut from Oroville Dam’s damaged spillway in race against Mother Nature Sacramento Bee: Faced with crisis, California water managers stepped up New York Times: In California, a Move to Ease the Pressures on Aging Dams KCRA Sacramento: Outflows from Lake Oroville spillway completely shut off KRCRTV.COM: Oroville Dam closes to private and unauthorized drones Sacramento Bee: Giant […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Can Oroville Dam’s badly damaged spillway hold up through the rainy season Associated Press: California dam’s outflow to be stopped to clear debris Sacramento Bee: Jerry Brown wants to spend nearly $450 million on flood control following dam emergency OC Register: The true legacy of Gov. Jerry Brown OC Register: Lake Oroville crisis holds lesson for Orange County […]
Continue ReadingReuters: OPEC compliance seen growing as laggards Iraq and UAE pledge action Bloomberg News: Man Who Moved Oil With His Words Won’t Talk About It Anymore MarketWatch: OPEC’s strategy to buoy oil prices is all wrong, oil economist says Washington Examiner: FERC sidelined while energy subsidy fight rages Columbus Business First: AEP, Dynegy swap Ohio power plant ownership San Francisco […]
Continue ReadingA new report issued by the U.S. Drought Monitor this week says that less than 20 percent of California is currently experiencing drought conditions – the lowest percentage since 2011. Just three months ago that number was more than 70%. Recent rains across the state have led to widespread flooding and road closures, leading many to believe that […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: Rural California levees besieged by pounding wet winter Los Angeles Times: Shasta Dam makes history as water flows from top gates for first time … New York Times: America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair Associated Press: Governor Tours Damaged Oroville Dam Napa Valley Register: Ignored Oroville warning raises huge questions about levees and … The Mercury […]
Continue ReadingReuters: Chesapeake Energy posts smaller quarterly loss The Guardian: Gas-fired power plants failed during NSW heatwave, report reveals CNBC: California expects surge in hydropower but that could be bad news for these power companies Bloomberg News: Dream of Offshore U.S. Wind Power May Be Just Too Ugly for Trump Forum News Service: N.D. Senate declines wind power moratorium, passes study […]
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