Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 26, 2018
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Transportation News for September 26, 2018

Mercury News: AP: New San Francisco transit center closes after crack found in beam San Francisco Chronicle: What went wrong at the Transbay Transit Center? Here are some possibilities San Francisco Examiner: $2.2 billion Salesforce Transit Center closes after crack found in steel beam Curbed: Transbay Transit Center shut down after broken steel beam discovered […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 26, 2018
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Energy News for September 26, 2018

Axios: Shell sits out Washington carbon fight The Wall Street Journal: Pressed by Trump, OPEC Fears Oil Glut’s Return Bloomberg: India Is Cutting Imports of Iranian Oil to Zero in November Platts: MVP’s latest cost increase – a big one – expected to eat into operator’s returns The Associated Press: Judge restores energy lease on […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 26, 2018
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Water News for September 26, 2018

News Deeply: California’s Largest New Reservoir Likely to Face Water-Access Limits The Atlantic: Google’s New Tool to Fight Climate Change Pasadena Now: Pasadena Assemblymember’s Bill to Protect Children from Lead in Drinking Water Signed by Governor NPR: Year-Round Fire Season Means Always Living ‘Evacuation Ready’ Herald and News: Bids for dam removal out to contractors […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 25, 2018
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Transportation News for September 25, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Transit Week gets off to rough start as train delays disrupt officials’ commutes San Francisco Chronicle: Pie makers and other early birds could get assist during Transbay Tube work KQED: Audio: From $250,000 to $0: Taxi Medallions in S.F. SF Curbed: Modernization of Clipper card won’t include high-tech features already used in […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 25, 2018
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Energy News for September 25, 2018

The Associated Press: Keystone XL developer plans to start construction in 2019 The Wall Street Journal: Other Oil Grades Considered for Brent Benchmark Platts: China trade tensions unlikely to hit Unipec’s US crude buying The Associated Press: Judge orders US to revive public role in energy lease sales Bloomberg: Deepwater Oil Rigs on Brink of […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 25, 2018
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Water News for September 25, 2018

The Weather Channel: National Parks Warming Twice as Fast as Rest of Country, Study Says The Union: Ten years of fighting aquatic invasive species at Lake Tahoe San Francisco Chronicle: Dangerous fire conditions spark red flag warnings across Northern California Fort Bragg Advocate-News: Salmon feeding ground on Ten Mile River is a ‘win-win’ Action News […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 24, 2018
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Transportation News for September 24, 2018

East Bay Times: Car-free and carefree in San Jose, thanks to Viva Calle Mercury News: Highway 17 back to being a scary mess: Roadshow Press Democrat: California to audit DMV amid hourslong wait times, outages Mercury News: Tales of the DMV misery continue to pour in: Roadshow Napa Valley Register: Napa County looks at congestion-busting […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 24, 2018
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Energy News for September 24, 2018

Reuters: Keystone XL pipeline route would not harm environment: State Department Reuters: World oil demand, refining growth to peak in 2035: Unipec Bloomberg: Canada Restarts Approval Process for Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline The Wall Street Journal: Delta Seeks Partner for Its Jet-Fuel Refinery Platts: US may be prepping Venezuela oil sector sanctions: analysts Platts: Mexico […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 24, 2018
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Water News for September 24, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: $823 million, 31 billion-gallon Calaveras Reservoir dam ready for debut Sierra Sun Times: Economic Analysis Shows Value of Investing in WaterFix: California Water Users Will See Benefits Far Exceeding Costs, DWR Reports Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles reduces Eastern Sierra water deliveries because of climate change. At risk, ranchers say, is a […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 21, 2018
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Transportation News for September 21, 2018

Sacramento Bee: Editorial: Hating Caltrans isn’t a good enough reason to repeal the gas tax San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area transit agencies prepare for a Treasure Island population boom San Francisco Chronicle: Buses will keep rolling to Oakland hills schools until at least June 2020 East Bay Times: BART’s fare evasion fines hit African-Americans hardest […]

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