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Project Update and Response Needed: Water Board MUN evaluation in Ag Dominated Water Bodies

  This is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). This notification pertains to the “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Ag Dominated Surface Water Bodies” basin planning effort. Both MUN Basin Plan Amendments were on the agenda at the last Central Valley Water Board […]

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Pacific Maritime Magazine News Online for April 28, 2015

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION   INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE   Green Terminal Design By Kathy A. Smith Many cargo handling equipment manufacturers have already moved to electrification in order to reduce emissions, but there are other ways to make cargo-handling equipment and terminals more cost-effective and energy-efficient, including the use of hybrid systems, stormwater treatment […]

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CASA Honors Assembly Member Anthony Rendon Named Legislator of the Year

Assembly Member Anthony Rendon Named Legislator of the Year CASA Board Vice President, Kevin Hardy, presented Assembly Member Anthony Rendon with CASA’s Legislator of the Year award this morning at CASA’s Public Policy Forum in Sacramento.  Assembly Member Rendon accepts CASA’s Legislator of the Year award from Kevin Hardy Assembly Member Rendon is a major […]

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Public Can Tour U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Pike at 77th Annual South Bay Opening Day of Sailing Season May 2 at Port of Redwood City

      www.redwoodcityport.com                                                      April 28, 2015 Our News…. Port Hosts Opening Day of South Bay Sailing Season Keep in Touch More Ways to Stay in Touch  Public Can Tour […]

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California Water & Drought News for April 28, 2015

CBS Sacramento: Farmers Press Lawmakers For More Water Storage Projects Sacramento Bee: Assembly panel kills Republican bill to speed dam construction Capital Public Radio: California Lawmakers Reject Attempt To Speed Up Water Storage Projects  Sacramento Bee: See proposed water use cuts for every community in California Western Farm Press: California streamlines south-of-Delta water transfers Visalia Times-Delta: Water rights place neighbors at […]

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Energy News for April 28, 2015

Fortune: Tesla’s gigafactory could be obsolete before it even opens. Here’s why New York Times: Finding Easier Ways to Charge Electric Vehicles Fortune: Billionaires versus big oil The Hill: Industry digs in over mining regulations CNBC: Oil falls, US stockpiles seen rising Wall Street Journal: Debt Accumulates in the Oil Patch Scientific American: Strong Future Forecast for Renewable Energy CNBC: Crude prices to recover […]

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Transportation News for April 28, 2015

San Jose Mercury News: Roadshow: Rules on disabled parking spaces  San Francisco Examiner: Bike lane improvements blooming all over SF  PR Newswire: Plan Bay Area 2040 Open Houses Kick Off This Week in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties  San Mateo Daily Journal: Millbrae roads to receive repairs: Officials carving out spending plan for streets that require maintenance, according to […]

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CalDesal Newsletter – April 2015

 Thank you to our Spring Mixer Sponsors: Water Board To Adopt Ocean Desalination Rules and RegulationsThe long awaited amendments to the California Ocean Plan relating to ocean desalination are set for an adoption hearing on May 6, 2015. After four years of multiple public workshops, several expert panels and studies a new rigorous 21st Century set […]

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  • onApril 27, 2015
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Trade News for April 27, 2015

Los Angeles Times: Port truck drivers strike against four companies — Some truck drivers who haul goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach walked off the job Monday, organizers said, launching a protest against four trucking firms they accuse of wage theft.

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