Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 26, 2018
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Energy News for April 26, 2018

Clifford Krauss: ConocoPhillips Wins $2 Billion Ruling Over Venezuelan Seizure Reuters: Shell profit soars on higher oil prices, cash flow disappoints The Wall Street Journal: High Oil Prices Boost Industry Earnings, but Investors Remain Wary Reuters: Skinny and sweet: U.S. refiner earnings depend on the oil diet Platts: Shell pushes ahead with US Gulf of […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 26, 2018
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Water News for April 26, 2018

Water Deeply: Filling California’s Biggest Groundwater Gap Inquirer.Net: Southern California trying to make rain water safe for the ocean Maven’s Notebook: Perris Dam Retrofits Completed to Reduce Seismic Risks Sacramento Bee: DWR updates Oroville Dam spillway progress in April in new video California Water Plan eNews: Water commission schedules three-day meeting to review water storage […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 25, 2018
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Transportation News for April 25, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: GoBike adds e-bikes to SF’s shared alternative transportation fleet East Bay Times: Nightmare 90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housing shortage intensifies Mercury News: San Mateo switches bike-share contracts, saving $90,000 Mercury News: Not everyone is a fan of coming toll lanes on I-680 Marin Independent Journal: North Marin shuttle […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 25, 2018
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Energy News for April 25, 2018

E&E News: Southern Co., oil interests launch lobbying coalition The Wall Street Journal: Trump Faces Pressure to Choose Sides in Fight Between Corn Growers and Oil Refiners E&E News: Court flips ruling, tosses all claims against Chaco drilling Utility Dive: FERC Order 845 opens door a little wider for energy storage Utility Dive: Performance-based regulation: […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 25, 2018
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Water News for April 25, 2018

Lake County News: DWR increases water supply allocation to state water contractors Press Democrat: Bodega lab scientist Susan Williams was key voice for conservation, mentor to students worldwide Hub-LA: Southern California trees under threat from infestation Grist: California’s next megaflood would be worse than eight Hurricane Katrinas   NRDC: What Can Happen When NEPA Is […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 24, 2018
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Energy News for April 24, 2018

Reuters: Trump’s revenge: U.S. oil floods Europe, hurting OPEC and Russia Platts: ‘Frac’ intensity in shale wells wears out equipment faster: Halliburto Washington Examiner: Trump tries to ‘get ahead of the blame game’ on rising pump prices The Associated Press: Appeals Court Allows Necessity Defense in Pipeline Protest Law360: Shell Unit Can’t Duck Class Action […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 24, 2018
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Water News for April 24, 2018

Nature Climate Change: Study: Increasing precipitation volatility in twenty-first century California California Weather Blog: Increasing precipitation whiplash in twenty-first century California Water Deeply: Climate Change Is Driving Precipitation ‘Whiplash’ in California UCLA Newsroom: Study forecasts a severe climate future for California KQED Science: Wilder Weather Swings in California’s Future Could Spell Disaster Kurtis Alexander: California’s […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2018
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Transportation News for April 23, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: Rules in the works as city offers olive branch in scooter war San Francisco Chronicle: The Uberization of e-scooters San Francisco Chronicle: Solving transit troubles key in SF mayor’s race San Francisco Chronicle: San Francisco Chronicle Writers to Ride Every Muni Line in a Day, Reprising Larry Baer’s 1980 Feat San Francisco […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2018
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Energy News for April 23, 2018

USA Today: Thousands of cleanup workers that claim BP oil spill made them sick haven’t had day in court E&E News: N.J. bans drilling in state waters Bloomberg: U.S. Coal Bailout Review Slows After Trump Faces Pushback Reuters: CenterPoint Energy to buy Vectren in $6 bln deal The Washington Post: Perched on a platform high […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onApril 23, 2018
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Water News for April 23, 2018

Appeal Democrat: DWR prepares for Oroville rebuild phase two BuzzFeed News: California’s Trees Are Dying at a Catastrophic Rate Sierra Club: The Case for Climate Reparations San Francisco Chronicle: California announces tentative funding for new giant dams Sacramento Bee: California water: The new era of mega-reservoirs now is on tap Your Central Valley: Water Commission […]

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