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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 18, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for February 18, 2016

Chico Enterprise Record: State officials report discovery of invasive New Zealand mudsnail in Feather River in Oroville San Francisco Chronicle: Sierra snowpack at 99% of normal with more powder on the way San Francicsco Chronicle: Right gear can prevent wrong step usa Today: El Niño’s drenching rains, heavy snow take February hiatus in … Sacramento Bee: Life after lawn […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 18, 2016
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Energy News for February 18, 2016

Politico: Greens Wary of Sri Srinivasan’s Fossil Fuel Past Morning Consult: Analysts: Investors Shouldn’t Cross Fingers for Cut in Oil Supply The Houston Chronicle: Marathon Reports $793 Million Loss for the Quarter Energy Voice: U.S. Diesel Drops Below $2 Per Gallon Market Watch: The Risky Oil Investment That’s Super Popular With Millennials The Wall Street Journal: North Dakota Oil Production Drops […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 17, 2016
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Energy News for February 17, 2016

Morning Consult: On Flint, Senate Faces Blurred Line Between Emergency and Infrastructurer Politico: Obama Laments ‘Venom and Rancor’ of Supreme Court Fight The Hill: Greens Sue 3 Fracking Companies Over Okla. Earthquakes Bloomberg: Devon Energy Cuts Jobs, Dividend, Spending Amid Oil Rout The Associated Press: Oklahoma Agency Calls for Wastewater Cuts to Stem Quakes Bloomberg: The Glaring Problem With Oil Giants’ […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 17, 2016
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California Water & Drought News for February 17, 2014

Associated Press: Rain, snow head for California after days of record heat Los Angeles Times: Temperatures soars into 90s as Southern California heat wave continues Valley Public Radio: The California Drought Is Costing You In Ways You Might Not Realize Manteca Bulletin: The case for watering just twice a week  Discovery News: 4 Billion People Face Severe Water Shortages Environmental […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 16, 2016
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Energy News for February 16, 2016

The Morning Consult: Obama’s Energy Legacy: Republican Coal Country The Wall Street Journal: VW Memo Warned of Emission Issues in 2014 Contra Costa Times: Green Bonds Grow in California The New York Times: Trial Illuminates Porsches’ Rise to Power at Volkswagen The Houston Chronicle: Drillers’ Cash-Flow Gap Expected to Rise to $130 Billion in 2016 The Wall Street Journal: GE’s Oil […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 16, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for February 16, 2016

New York Times: Researchers seek the science behind El Niño Sacramento Bee? Sacramento agencies ask: Why release water from Folsom Lake … Wasington Post: No running water and no solutions as California’s driest county despairs Associated Press: Heat, dry spell stoke new California drought worries The Associated Press: California farms flush in drought Los Angeles Times: Thirsty continents are slowing down […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 12, 2016
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Energy News for February 12, 2016

  The Financial Times: BNP Paribas to Curb Lending to US Energy Sector Reuters: U.S. Oil Group Files Lawsuit Against EPA Over Biofuels Policy ArsTechnica: SoCalGas Says It Has ‘ Temporarily Controlled’ Massive Natural Gas Leak The Associated Press: Massive Gas Leak Plugged; Residents Seek Return to Normal E&E: For Many Utilities, Court Action ‘Doesn’t Really Change Anything’ Las Vegas […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 12, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for February 12, 2016

Los Angeles Times: Feinstein water policy bill could signal a compromise in sight Los Angeles Times: California Coastal Commission director speaks out Los Angeles Times: Coastal Commission, an agency with populist roots, takes heat over secret-session firing of director Capitol Public Radio: California Fishermen Struggle To Make Ends Meet Manteca Bulletin: Manteca using less water than in January 2011 Malibu […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 11, 2016
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California Water and Drought News for February 11, 2016

McClatchy DC: Dianne Feinstein tries yet again with California water bill San Francisco Chronicle: Feinstein water plan could permit more pumping for farmers Sacramento Bee: Weather purges San Francisco Bay Area lakes of toxic algae Sierra Sun: Lake Tahoe weather: Warm, dry spell not a cause for snowpack concern yet Ceres Courier:  Don Pedro rising half-foot to foot per […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onFebruary 11, 2016
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Energy News for February 11, 2016

Morning Consult: No Matter What, Clean Power Plan Stay Is a Major Coal Victory Reuters: Oil Seen Falling in Days to $25 a Barrel Bloomberg News: It’ll Take More Than an Oil Rally to Restart Shale Boom The Houston Chronicle: EOG CEO: Industry Wary of False Start on Oil Recovery Reuters: With Oil Fee, Obama Shows Plan for Sector-by-Sector Carbon […]

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