Transportation News for October 20, 2017
East Bay Times: Borenstein: BART scoffs at 21st-century technology Mercury News: Roadshow: Mr. Roadshow returns from unexpected maintenance work
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Energy News for October 20, 2017
Financial Times: BP chair Carl-Henric Svanberg to retire after 8 turbulent years The Washington Post: Senate votes to raise revenue by drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Reuters: Venezuela’s deteriorating oil quality riles major refiners Reuters: U.S. EPA to shrink response time for permit requests: Pruitt The San Francisco Chronicle: Failure to adequately regulate utilities helped fuel wildfires Reuters: Siemens […]
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California Water News for October 20, 2017
LA Times: Proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant clears a hurdle with State Lands Commission vote PPIC: New Bills Ease Funding and Improve Accounting for Water Associated Press: District OKs smaller water tunnel plan for California Restore the Delta: MWD Is Still Inflicting Its Will on California with the Delta Tunnels Courthouse News: Silicon Valley Water Board Wants Delta Tunnels Downsized […]
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Transportation News for October 19, 2017
Mercury News: Mountain View: City council debates automated transit possibilities San Francisco Examiner: Survey: Private auto use in SF lower than before, except among wealthier residents
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Energy News for October 19, 2017
Financial Times: Iraq approaches BP to develop reclaimed Kirkuk oilfields The Associated Press: Judge to Hear Arguments on Tribe’s Pipeline Contingency Plan The Los Angeles Times: Republicans see new chance for oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Wall Street Journal: Vivo Energy Bets on Africa With $3 Billion IPO CNBC: Exxon Mobil fires up huge new Texas plant […]
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USA Today: 5,000-mile long ‘river in the sky’ to deliver heavy rain, feet of snow to Northwest LA Times: After staggering losses in California firestorm, officials expect state’s largest debris-removal effort ever Washington Post: What the wildfires leave behind: Getting a closer look at the devastation in California Imperial Valley News: Governor Brown Statement on Santa Clara Valley Water […]
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Transportation News for October 17, 2017
San Francisco Chronicle: AAA, founded in age of horseless carriages, prepares for self-driving cars San Francisco Chronicle: Intel, Mobileye develop system to determine fault in self-driving-car crashes San Francisco Chronicle: Supervisor revises measure on delivery robots on SF sidewalks San Francisco Examiner: New regulations for jitneys leave ban on Muni competition in flux San Francisco Examiner: Contractors hit SF with […]
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California Water News for October 18, 2017
The New Yorker: Where the Fires in Northern California Came From, and What Lies Ahead NY Times: Cleanup From California Fires Poses Environmental and Health Risks LA Times: Lack of emergency alerts during firestorms prompts calls for improvements E&E News: Interior clears Calif. project with friends in high places Water Deeply: Still in Drought, California Town Seeks New Answers to […]
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Energy News for October 18, 2017
The Wall Street Journal: Saudi Oil Minister Downplays Prospect of Aramco Abandoning IPO Bloomberg: China Is About to Do for Global Gas Demand What It Did for Oil E&E News: Conservative groups join in opposing Perry’s plan The Los Angeles Times: Power lines and electrical equipment are a leading cause of California wildfires WFSB: Investigation underway into allegations of market […]
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California Water News for October 17, 2017
LA Times: Death toll in wine country fires rises to 41 as driver of water truck dies in rollover accident LA Times: Controversial Cadiz water pipeline gets OK from federal government Post Gazette: California declares state of emergency to fight hepatitis A outbreak that has killed at least 18 people Mercury News: Key vote on Jerry Brown’s $17 billion […]
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