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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 10, 2016
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Energy News for October 10, 2016

Bloomberg News: OPEC’s Quiet Man Remains at Heart of Cuts Deal Nobody Saw Coming The Wall Street Journal: Asia Soaks Up Iran’s Post-Sanctions Oil The Hill: Court denies tribe’s request to halt pipeline construction The Wall Street Journal: Germany’s E.ON Faces Renewed Criticism for Uniper Spinoff The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Tax Credit Powers Wind-Farm Upgrades The Hill: Trump vows to […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 10, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for October 10, 2016

Porterville Recorder: Hundreds still without water Associated Press: California water officials fear water-saving effort has been abandoned Sacramento Bee: More water in California reservoirs, but drought persists San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco’s turn to cut back water use to help fish San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco to state on water-use cutbacks: How low can we go? SCVNEWS.com: Walking Water San Mateo […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 6, 2016
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Transportation News for October 6, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Foster City, San Mateo to help pay for carpooling Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael, Novato, Sonoma SMART trains to have Wi-Fil Marin Magazine: Traffic Nightmare: Just how bad is congestion in Marin, and what’s being done about it? The Independent: MTC OKs More Money for BART Extension Work The Guardian: Blame it on the bike: does cycling […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 6, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for October 6, 2016

Sacramento Bee: With standards relaxed, water use on the rise throughout California Associated Press: California Water Board Fears Water-Saving Has Been Abandoned News Deeply: Happy 10th Birthday to California’s Most AmbitiousWater Project Press-Enterprise: California water savings fall below 20 percent in August Fresno Bee: Blaming farmers is no substitute for a water solution Sierra Sun Times: California and National Drought Summary […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 6, 2016
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Energy News for October 6, 2016

Morning Consult: Study: Oil, Gas Exploration, Production Jobs Down One-Third Since 2014 Bloomberg News: GE Drones Are Coming to Squeeze More Savings From the Oil Patch The Hill: Federal court reviews tribe’s request to halt Dakota pipeline Washington Examiner: Oil group says disputed pipeline went through proper process Morning Consult: New Jersey to Close Final 2 Coal Plants in 2017 […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 5, 2016
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Energy News for October 5, 2016

KUSA: Trump aims to calm oil execs in Denver The Associated Press: Texas oil company announces big offshore Alaska discovery The Hill: Left pressures Clinton for position on pipeline Reuters: Non-OPEC participation in deal would cut 1.2 million barrels per day: Venezuela BBC News: BP oil spill off Shetland being ‘rapidly dispersed naturally’ The Hill: Pipeline agency issues rule expanding emergency […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 5, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for October 5, 2016

Associated Press: Without Mandatory Cuts, California Water Conservation Falters ABC10.com: Toxic algae closes San Francisco Bay Area swim lakes San Francisco Chronicle: Logging California’s dead trees is harmful to the forests Napa Valley Register: Napa fish montoring shows mixed results for salmon, trout Daily Californian: 5th year of drought declared in California Capital Public Radio News: Meadow Restoration Aims To Improve […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 5, 2016
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Transportation News for October 5, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Sky-high costs put Golden Gate Bridge antisuicide net in doubt San Francisco Chronicle: Upgrades to Van Ness, Polk streets will require patience Mercury News: Roadshow: Should we ban SUVs, pickups during commute hours? Marin Independent Journal: San Rafael, Novato grapple with SMART quiet zones Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Petaluma joins list of cities exploring SMART ‘quiet zones’ […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 4, 2016
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Transportation News for October 4, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Drive across Bay Bridge tops list of Bay Area’s worst commutes San Francisco Chronicle: Feds hot on self-driving cars but cool to drones East Bay Times: As demand for cars falters, auto prices are poised to fall Mercury News: Bay Area’s 10 most congested freeways (No. 3 is a surprise) Marin Independent Journal: Sausalito mayor to ferry […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 4, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for October 4, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Another dry year on California’s books as ‘drought continues’ San Francisco Examiner: CA water year ends with 60% of state still in extreme drought California Water Blog: Drought Prospects in California for the New 2017 Water Year – October 1, 2016 News Deeply: Legislative Update: Six New California Laws Impacting Water Bakersfield Now: California stays parched as […]

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