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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 5, 2017
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California Water News for October 5, 2017

NY Times: 48 Environmental Rules on the Way Out Under Trump Mercury News: Oroville Dam: Spillway is 70 percent filled with one month to go Accuweather: Howling winds, persistent dryness to elevate fire danger across California KCBX FM: SLO County residents weigh in on coming cannabis regs The Madera Tribune: Ecology of wildfires in Yosemite Chico Enterprise Record: Wet year for […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 5, 2017
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Energy News for October 5, 2017

The Hill: Court blocks Trump’s ‘unlawful’ delay of Obama methane leak rule CNBC: Russia’s energy minister says compliance for OPEC production cut is ‘almost 100 percent’ The Boulder Daily Camera: Lafayette delays vote on fracking moratorium Bloomberg: Cheap Option to the Oil Sands Emerges as Hot Play in Canada Bloomberg: Sempra Revises $9.45 Billion Oncor Deal to Win Over Texas […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 4, 2017
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Transportation News for October 4, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: SF parking meters could go as high as $8 an hour in new plan  San Francisco Chronicle: Cruise says SF’s gnarly traffic helps school robot cars faster  Mercury News: Roadshow: Drones may help nasty I-680 commute  Mercury News: Big Sur: Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge to open Oct. 13  Marin Independent Journal: Caltrans targets December for Highway 1 reopening  […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 4, 2017
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California Water News for October 4, 2017

NY Times: California Today: Handicapping the Rainy Season Breitbart: Jerry Brown’s Delta Tunnels in Trouble Over Tripling Water Rates and Fed Probe Sacramento Bee: Wildlife protectors on Butte Creek have a new battle cry: Save the dam Mercury News: Califorina’s reservoirs are full, but will this winter be wet or dry?  Ybua.net: A New Water Year Brings Uncertainty Water Deeply: As Marijuana […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 4, 2017
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Energy News for October 4, 2017

Financial Times: Shell cancels $900m Thai gas sale after slow pace in Bangkok talks CNBC: Fracking ‘cannot and will not take place in Scotland,’ energy minister says Financial Times: Fake Saudi Aramco website surfaces E&E News: Perry accused of ‘crying wolf’ on grid threats The Morning Call: PPL Electric Utilities says more utilities have signed on to quicker power-restoration program […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 3, 2017
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Energy News for October 3, 2017

Washington Examiner: Oil, renewable industries join forces to oppose Trump’s grid plan at FERC Bloomberg: Why an Enigmatic Chinese Company Just Spent $9 Billion on a Stake in Rosneft Financial Times: BP experiments with blockchain for oil and gas trading WCPO: Duke Energy warns about aggressive gas and electric energy salespeople The Miami Herald: Report: Review shows Florida’s utility watchdog […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onOctober 3, 2017
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California Water News for October 3, 2017

Elk Grove News: Groups sue Brown administration over permit to kill endangered salmon, smelt in Delta Tunnels Red Green & Blue: The Klamath river is literally toxic, poisoning salmon and fishermen Earthjustice: Judge Denies Irrigators Special Treatment, Millions in Drought Payments Orange County Breeze: Poseidon Water to collaborate with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to research and develop new water […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 29, 2017
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California Water News for September 29, 2017

Wateronline: Bodily Contact With Tap Water Banned In California City SF Chronicle: Watershed conservation key to solving California’s water problems Restore the Delta: WaterFix Chaos, Colonized Delta, and California Democracy NBC Bay Area: Records Raise Safety Questions Surrounding Oroville Dam Associated Press: FAA bans drone flights near Hoover Dam, other US landmarks Western Farm Press: Prune grower finds sweet success after […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onSeptember 29, 2017
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Transportation News for September 29, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle: Car-jammed SF neighborhoods ponder parking permit zones  Mercury News: Roadshow: Here’s why we push strollers in the street  Mercury News: San Jose hunts for ways to take the danger out of its most troubled roads  Mercury News: Work on San Jose’s Minnesota Avenue road diet starts ahead of schedule  Marin Independent Journal: Alto Tunnel bike-pedestrian path report […]

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