San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrans downplays latest Bay Bridge rod failure Contra Costa Times: Bay Bridge bolt tests confirm strength, Caltrans says San Jose Mercury News: Automakers ahead of schedule for 2020 fuel economy targets San Francisco Examiner: Major expansion approved for Bay Area Bike Share San Francisco Examiner: SFO, SFMTA ask state for stricter regulations of Uber and Lyft POLITICO […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg BNA: EPA looks to address ethanol blend wall issue in RFS Fuel Fix: Structural changes expected amid an unlikely oil price recovery Bloomberg: Feds to release plans for sage grouse, sources say New York Times: Obama Announces New Rule Limiting Water Pollution Washington Examiner: Wall Street regs could drive up energy costs CNBC: Oil ends lower on dollar, awaits data […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. **REVISED – MEETING SCHEDULE** GROUNDWATER QUALITY FUNDING SCOPING MEETINGS: PROPOSITION 1 GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AND SB 445 SITE CLEANUP SUBACCOUNT PROGRAMS State Water Board’s Groundwater Quality Funding How Proposition 1 Groundwater Sustainability and SB 445 Site Cleanup Subaccount (SCAP) funding programs work […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Attached here is a Notice of Opportunity to Comment on the proposed approval of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board’s amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins to remove the Municipal and Domestic […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board: Please click here to view the Revised Notice of Availability, Notice of Board Workshop and Notice of Public Meeting on the Draft Environmental Impact Report and Proposed General Waste Discharge Requirements for Composting Operations. The Board Workshop is scheduled for June 16, 2015. The Public Meeting is […]
Continue ReadingAssociation of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) has released their Service Matters Newsletter for May 2015. This month’s issue includes: Green Streets and Infrastructure Strategies: Sharing Best Practices Around Creating Complete Communities, Drought Protection, and Water Management Growing Smarter Together Awards 2015 Plan Bay Area Please, click here to view the complete newsletter.
Continue ReadingClean Water Rule Protects Streams and Wetlands Critical to Public Health, Communities, and Economy Does not create any new permitting requirements and maintains all previous exemptions and exclusions Washington – In an historic step for the protection of clean water, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army finalized the Clean Water Rule today […]
Continue ReadingWashington Post: What Californians can learn from Australia’s megadrought Los Angeles Times: In Central Coast cattle region, drought continues to shrink the herds Sacramento Bee: Drought angst shrivels Californians’ views of state Western Farm Press: Drought and concerns with over-drafting of ground water cloud the … Modesto Bee: A little potty humor could come in handy in drought KERO 23ABC News: State […]
Continue ReadingContra Costa Times: BART budget online Q&A planned San Francisco Examiner: Software glitch prompts Muni to suspend double stopping after trial run San Francisco Examiner: BART finds ‘hydrogen bubble’ defects on broken rail The Registry: Three Mayors Meet on Bay Area Housing Wall Street Journal: New Luxury Rental Projects Add to Rent Squeeze Los Altos Online: High-speed rail proponent Quentin Kopp […]
Continue ReadingCNBC: Expert: Crude prices may stabilize despite U.S. oil output growth Bloomberg: Storms impede some energy operations in Texas Oil & Gas Journal: Federal policies weigh down unconventional oil, gas production, observers say The Washington Examiner: Poll: Offshore drilling expansion likely if a coastal candidate wins The Hill: Climate rule would bring power sector’s carbon to historic low The Hill: Obama […]
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