Updates from Friends of the San Francisco Estuary Sacramento River, Spring 2015 Current Water Updates for the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary June 2015 What’s Happening Today: DROUGHT ACTIONS AFFECTING THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY STATE WATER LEGISLATION FEDERAL DROUGHT LEGISLATION: DO NO HARM SACRAMENTO RIVER TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT PLAN REGIONAL NEWS FOR THE ESTUARY DROUGHT ACTIONS AFFECTING […]
Continue ReadingThe BCDC Commission Meeting scheduled for July 2, 2015 has been cancelled. Click here to view the Cancellation Notice and other Supplemental Materials relating to BCDC, the Bay, and other issues relevant to the Commission.
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. – Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment and Notice of Adoption Meeting on the Revised Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring. For further background information, please also the see the attached documents below: Draft Model Criteria for Groundwater Monitoring in […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view a joint letter sent by the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA), and WateReuse California for adequate funding of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) programs.
Continue ReadingCALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020 The California State Lands Commission invites you to visit its website at http://www.slc.ca.gov/ to view its draft Strategic Plan. We value the opinions of our stakeholders and look forward to any comments or suggestions you may have. Please submit your comments to strategicplan@slc.ca.gov. Dates for public input before […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Michele Foss: Foss Maritime’s First Arctic Class Tug By Peter Marsh Michele Foss, the first of three 132-foot tugs being built at the Foss Rainier, Oregon Shipyard, was christened in April at the Foss Waterway Seaport in Tacoma, Washington. This new vessel is […]
Continue ReadingSTRATFOR: What Borders Mean to Europe Business Standard: Cracking solution to cascading effect of 1% tax over GST to be tough The Maritime Executive: New Trade Deal Will Challenge U.S. Ports
Continue Readingwww.sfei.org • Summer • 2015 Living in Interesting Times With the current drought and climate challenges, it’s an understatement to say we live in interesting times. In California, state leaders have transformed water policy more in the past few years than in the past century. Last April, Governor Brown set the boldest […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California: Many farmers miss deadline to report water cuts Associated Press: California water districts challenge state’s drought order San Francisco Chronicle: Drought: San Joaquin County town averts crisis, keeps water going Los Angeles Times: Water and Power: What can we learn from Santa Barbara? Los Angeles Times: Master-planned community will get water under new agreement KPBS: California Drought Changes What […]
Continue ReadingThe Hill: EPA issues safety standards for petroleum storage tanks The Washington Examiner: Groups capitalize on federal truck rules to challenge oil projects CNBC: Oil steady despite supply glut Wall Street Journal: Cheap Energy Poised to Shake Up Pipeline Industry POLITICO Morning Energy for 6/23/2015 By DARIUS DIXON, with help from Eric Wolff THE WHITE HOUSE’S CLIMATE/HEALTH PARTY: […]
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