Category: Highlight

  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 25, 2017
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Transportation News for October 25, 2017

Mercury News: Roadshow: Toll hike could pay for I-680-I-880 connector  San Francisco Examiner: De Young Museum tries to slam brakes on making Golden Gate Park car-free Saturdays year-round  San Mateo Daily Journal: Dumbarton plan gains support: Advocates urge MTC for funding to create new transbay rail  Wired: LA Looks to Rideshare to Build the Future of Public Transit  San […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 25, 2017
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Energy News for October 25, 2017

CNBC: Saudi minister says global energy demand expected to jump 45% by 2050 Reuters: Saudi crown prince: oil demand will increase in 2030-2040 Bloomberg: Big Oil Is Investing Billions to Gain a Foothold in Clean Energy Financial Times: France’s Total confirms interest in Engie’s LNG business The Associated Press: Power Grid Operator Protests Trump Plan to Aid Coal, Nuclear The […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 25, 2017
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California Water News for October 25, 2017

Sacramento Bee: California Democrats seek new federal probe of water project CBS News: Floods are bad, but droughts may be even worse LA Daily News: LA’s October heat wave shattered temperature records today. Here’s where Red Green & Blue: Congressmen want GAO investigation of federal money siphoned to Delta Tunnels Capital Press: California makes critical repairs in century-old levee system […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 24, 2017
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Transportation News for October 24, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s new cars finally pass safety tests, on track to roll by Thanksgiving  San Francisco Chronicle: Chariot resuming commuter service in San Francisco Monday afternoon  Mercury News: Roadshow: What that stupid driver threw out the window  San Francisco Examiner: SF mulls Uber and Lyft fees, gas tax for transportation funding 

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 24, 2017
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Energy News for October 24, 2017

Bloomberg: OPEC’s Newest Member Is Trying to Stem Decline in Oil Production Reuters: Pennsylvania governor seeks relief for local refiners from renewable fuel rule Platts: Appalachian gas production cannot continue to ramp up rapidly: exec The Washington Post: Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico’s biggest contract to get the power back on Reuters: IEA sees Southeast Asia oil demand growing […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 24, 2017
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California Water News for October 24, 2017

Associated Press: Heat, Santa Ana winds raise Southern California fire danger SF Chronicle: It may be back to the drawing board for Jerry Brown’s delta tunnels Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Report calls for DWR to transfer dam ownership E&E News: As dams burst, Trump seeks to gut key safety regime KQED News: Rebuilding Oroville Spillway, With the Rainy Season Just […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 23, 2017
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Transportation News for October 23, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Annual Trolley Dances rolled out in and around SF’s Muni routes  San Francisco Chronicle: Retro-look Van Ness streetlights back in plan, but purists take dim view  San Francisco Chronicle: Some Chariot drivers had improper licenses, California Highway Patrol says  East Bay Times: Carpool to these East Bay BART stations, get guaranteed parking  Mercury News: Roadshow: Some new […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 23, 2017
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Energy News for October 23, 2017

CNBC: Saudi Aramco’s IPO, the world’s largest ever, is ‘on track’ for 2018, CEO Amin Nasser says Buzzfeed News: A String Of Dangerous Accidents In Alaska Sends BP Reeling, Emails Show Reuters: Cash-poor Alaska eyes foreign capital to jump-start energy projects The Wall Street Journal: U.S.-Backed Troops Take Syria’s Largest Oil Field From ISIS Bloomberg: Puerto Rico Lays Out Energy […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 23, 2017
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California Water News for October 23, 2017

LA Times: If we can’t build two tunnels to bring Sacramento Delta water to SoCal, will one suffice? Chico ER: Oroville Dam: Independent Institute report calls for DWR to transfer dam ownership San Jose Mercury News & Ventura County Star: What the coming La Niña means for California rains Redland Daily Facts: San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District banks […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 20, 2017
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Experts Assess the Impacts of Climate Change on California Land Use Law at BPC’s CEQA Update

Lawyers, planners, and land use policy experts alike gathered on Tuesday, October 17th for Bay Planning Coalition’s CEQA Update: Climate Change & Hot Topics Review. One of BPC’s signature annual events, the CEQA Update provides a forum for experts to engage with stakeholders on compelling updates to the California Environmental Quality Act and California land use law in […]

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