Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 20, 2017
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Energy News for November 20, 2017

The Associated Press: Nebraska to announce decision on Keystone XL pipeline Monday NPR News: Senate May Approve Drilling In Alaskan Wilderness With Tax Bill Reuters: As Venezuela pumps below OPEC target, oil rivals begin filling gap Financial Times: Conoco sets $50-a-barrel oil price ceiling for new projects The Denver Post: Anadarko Petroleum says it will up investment in Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 20, 2017
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Transportation News for November 20, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Court sides with Becerra’s ballot description of gas tax initiative  San Francisco Chronicle: New Muni train, designed to be quieter and more spacious, hit San Francisco streets  San Francisco Examiner: Photo Gallery: New Muni train rolls out at Duboce and Church  San Francisco Chronicle: SF’s Muni considers yanking marijuana ads from its buses  San Francisco Chronicle: Why […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 17, 2017
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Energy News for November 17, 2017

The Washington Post: Keystone pipeline spills 210,000 gallons of oil on eve of permitting decision for TransCanada Reuters: Offshore oil service firms dominate North American energy bankruptcies The Wall Street Journal: Norway Considers Pulling Its $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Out of Oil Stocks Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia Says OPEC Should Extend Cuts in Meeting This Month WRAL-TV: Duke Energy, startup investors […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 17, 2017
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California Water News for November 17, 2017

Weather Nation: Pineapple Express Has Arrived In California Mercury News: Atmospheric river brings rain to the Bay Area, snow to the Sierra Nevada The Siskiyou Daily News: Opinion – Preservation of the Klamath River Basin The Hill: Worst engineering failure in U.S. history made us safer Politifact: Claims abound on California’s ‘highest-in-the-nation’ costs. Not all are factual. Desert Sun: Opinion – […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 17, 2017
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BPC Dredging Workshop Looks at Planning, Permitting, and Funding for 2018 and Beyond

For over 30 years, BPC has worked to ensure that the region’s channels and harbors are dredged to adequate navigation depths and to advocate for an economic and science based approach for a rational dredging policy in the san Francisco Bay-Delta region. While the region and its issues related to the maritime industry have evolved […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 16, 2017
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Transportation News for November 16, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Many California voters don’t like state gas tax increase, poll finds  San Francisco Chronicle: California may limit liability for makers of self-driving cars  East Bay Times: East Bay bus agency to launch Uber-like ‘on-demand’ service  Mercury News: Roadshow: A quick way to beat traffic at SFO  Marin Independent Journal: Sonoma, Napa fire victims to get SMART passes  […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 16, 2017
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Energy News for November 16, 2017

The Wall Street Journal: Russia Offers Venezuela Debt Relief Reuters: Libya’s NOC opening U.S. purchase office as it pursues Trump support Bloomberg: Shale Goal in Sight: Pump With a Profit, Without Hurting Growth The Wall Street Journal: Mexico’s Pemex to Revamp Gas Stations as Competition Steps Up Utility Dive: Chatterjee details interim plan to save coal, nuclear plants Reuters: U.S. PJM […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 15, 2017
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Energy News for November 15, 2017

HuffPost: Drilling In America’s ‘Crown Jewel’ Is Indefensible, Former Interior Officials Say Financial Times: Statoil pays $4m to settle claim it tried to manipulate price index Reuters: Venezuela debt worries knock Rosneft despite earnings jump The Hill: GOP senator: Congress may ‘stumble’ on paying for Trump’s infrastructure plan Utility Dive: DOE confident FERC will ‘dutifully’ finalize a price formation rule, […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 15, 2017
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Transportation News for November 15, 2017

Mercury News: Roadshow: Changing carpool rules to three people draws jeers  Marin Independent Journal: Larkspur parking spaces lost as SMART moves in  San Francisco Examiner: Video study approved to assess Uber, Lyft impact on Valencia Street bike lanes  Lamorinda Weekly: Potential breakthrough to the parking logjam at Orinda BART  Automotive News: Redesigning the Industry  Automotive News: Bob Lutz: Kiss the good […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onNovember 14, 2017
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Transportation News for November 14, 2017

East Bay Times: Carpool to Orinda BART station, get guaranteed parking  Mercury News: Roadshow: Highway 101-Willow Road to be slow drive for six months  Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Coming soon: Free parking in downtown Santa Rosa  Berkeleyside: Hearst Avenue: Where bikes, buses, cars and pedestrians have to get along  Marin Independent Journal: Novato still seeking grants for downtown SMART stop  […]

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