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Call for Abstracts – Pacific Chapter Western Dredging Association Fall 2015 Conference

2015 WEDA Pacific Chapter Conference, Call for Abstracts:   |   View Call for Abstracts Online The Board of the Pacific Chapter of WEDA invites you to submit an abstract for a technical presentation at our Fall 2015 conference in San Rafael, California. Presentations on all aspects of dredging and disposal, navigation structures, environmental restoration, and related […]

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  • onMay 5, 2015
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Energy News for May 5, 2015

Fuel Fix: Exec: U.S. should allow crude exports to protect energy renaissance MarketWatch: Industry exec rebuts investor’s criticism about fracking investments Bloomberg: Most bankers see future drop in oil, gas loan condition, survey finds Washington Free Beacon: Report: Oil, gas output from federal lands drops during Obama administration The Hill: Schumer unveils bill expediting phaseout of older rail tank cars […]

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Transportation News for May 5, 2015

San Francisco Chronicle: Mayor Ed Lee unveils $1 billion transportation budget  San Francisco Chronicle: California gas prices jump 31 cents in 1 week on refinery woes  San Jose Mercury News: San Jose has ambitious plans to make city streets safer for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians  Marin Independent Journal: SMART and state in property disagreement after levee break  Napa Valley […]

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Federal Navigation Channels Maintenance Dredging Final EA/EIR

This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). The Final Environmental Assessment/Environmental Impact Report (EA/EIR) for the Maintenance Dredging of the Federal Navigation Channels in San Francisco Bay, Fiscal Years 2015-2024 and Response to Comments is available online here. The United States Army Corps of Engineers […]

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Ann Adler Named Bureau of Reclamation’s Chief, Congressional and Legislative Affairs

Commissioner’s Office Washington, DC Media Contact:  Sarah K. Webster, swebster@usbr.gov, 202-513-0568 For Immediate Release:  May 4, 2015   Ann Adler Named Reclamation’s Chief, Congressional and Legislative Affairs WASHINGTON – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López has appointed Ann Adler to serve as Reclamation’s Chief, Congressional and Legislative Affairs. She will oversee Reclamation’s congressional and legislative affairs activities and […]

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  • onMay 4, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for May 4, 2015

NPR: A Landscape Of Abundance Becomes A Landscape Of Scarcity New York Times: The End of California? Bloomberg: California’s Doomsday Water Cycle Sacramento Bee: Drought-hammered state curtails junior water rights in Delta, Sacramento River San Diego Union-Tribune: A drought like no other Los Angeles Times: Central Valley’s growing concern: Crops raised with oil field water Los Angeles Times: Amid drought, the West […]

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Announcing Ramboll ENVIRON

   The following is a message from Ramboll ENVIRON: ENVIRON would like to share with you more information about our recent merger with Ramboll Group A/S (Ramboll), northern Europe’s leading engineering and design consultancy. Completed December 31, 2014, the merger resulted in a privately held organization of more than 12,000 employees across 300 offices in 35 […]

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