Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 5, 2016
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Transportation News for August 5, 2016

East Bay Times: California lawmakers approve motorcyclists’ lane splitting Los Angeles Times: Without more walkable cities, building new transit won’t reverse Metro’s ridership decline Fairfield Daily Republic: Spering heralds Peabody Road overcrossing as part of ‘Fairfield’s new frontier’ San Francisco Examiner: Streets where two cyclists were killed to net major safety overhaul Daily Californian: Water taxi service Tideline looks to […]

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  • onAugust 5, 2016
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Energy News for August 5, 2016

Associated Press: BP Working to Halt Excessive Waste Flow Into Lake Michigan From Refinery The Wall Street Journal: Chevron to Sell Assets in Asia Worth Up to $5 Billion The Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas Prices Spike, Ending Lower, After Inventory Report Reuters: Oil Prices Slip as Short-Covering Rally Fizzles Charlotte Business Journal: How Duke Energy Is Staying Ahead Despite […]

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  • onAugust 5, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 5, 2016

Capital Public Radio News: California Agencies Warn Of Harmful Algal Blooms Across State Associated Press: Suit: California failed to study oil well impact on water Chico News & Review: Green waste rejected Central Valley Business Journal: Food manufacturers focus on saving water CBS News: Bear family takes a dip with vacationers at California’s Lake Tahoe Visalia Times-Delta: Westside and Eastside farmers […]

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  • onAugust 5, 2016
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New Reporting Highlights Risk of “The Big One” Striking on the Hayward Fault at Any Time

Bay Area residents are unilaterally aware that earthquakes pose a real risk to California and the Bay Area. Many of us were here when the Loma Prieta Earthquake struck in 1989, killing 63 people and causing severe damage throughout the region, and we remember what a powerful and unnerving event it was. As a result, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 4, 2016
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Energy News for August 4, 2016

The Hill: Oil Groups Warn Against New EPA Methane Push Bloomberg News: Oil Rises as U.S. Gasoline Supply Decrease Outweighs Crude Gain Reuters: Oil Prices Give Up Early Gains as Oversupply Weighs Reuters: Clinton Campaign Studying Alternative to U.S. Ethanol Mandate Charlotte Business Journal: Stormwater from Duke Energy Coal Pile Spills Into the Broad River Epoch Times: Impacts of NY’s Nuclear […]

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  • onAugust 4, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 4, 2016

Sacramento Bee: Feds to take new look at Delta, endangered fish species KRCRTV.COM: Toxic algae in Shasta Lake; new bloom found in Lake Oroville KRCRTV.COM The Record-Courier: Long-term algae impacts to Lake Tahoe murky Stockton Record: Water savings slump as rules relax Capital Public Radio: The ‘New Normal’ For Wildfires In California Evironment & Energy Publishing: WESTERN WATER: Thirsty […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 3, 2016
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Energy News for August 3, 2016

Washington Examiner: 14 States Sue EPA Over ‘Job-Killing’ Oil and Gas Rules The Hill: Trump Rattles Industry With Fracking Position Reuters: Exclusive: Delta’s Refinery Sacrifices Profits for Lower Fuel Cost – Memo The Wall Street Journal: Exxon Official Says a Ban on Fossil Fuel is Unrealistic Denver Business Journal: Once Again, Rep. Jared Polis Wades Into a Colorado Oil and […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 3, 2016
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Transportation News for August 3, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle: Thoughts on the Bay Bridge’s old eastern span fading into history San Francisco Chronicle: Last big piece of old Bay Bridge ready to sail into history San Francisco Examiner: Pedestrian group tries to save car-free Stockton Street proposal Richmond Standard: 43 ramp meters on I-80 to begin operating all day starting Tuesday Tri-City Voice: Warm Springs/South Fremont […]

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  • onAugust 3, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for August 3, 2016

Sacramento Bee: California unveils environmental blueprint for Delta tunnels Sacramento Bee: Californians using more water as drought controls ease Associated Press: California water use still down as drought restrictions eased Capital Public Radio News: Californians Conserve Less Water Under New Rules Mercury News: Californians continue water conservation with 21.5 percent cut … Reuters: California wildfires likely to worsen as season peaks: […]

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