NPR: Scary Times For California Farmers As Snowpack Hits Record Lows Los Angeles Times: Gov. Jerry Brown to attend snowpack measurement near Lake Tahoe ABC News: Drought-stricken California will conduct its final manual snow survey on Wednesday in the Sierra Nevada — and the outlook isn’t good. KPCC: April snowpack hits new record low: 6 percent of average KQED: Record-Low […]
Continue ReadingBrought to you by the Oakland Global Trade & Logistics Center and California Capital & Investment Group OAKLAND GLOBAL NEWS Monthly Updates on the Oakland Global Trade & Logistics Center Project Oakland Global News, March 2015 Dear Reader, Oakland Global News is a monthly newsletter for readers interested in staying current as the Oakland Global […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg: GE Makes Once-a-Decade Bet on Big Turbines as Energy Use Surges The Hill: White House: GOP criticism of climate pact ‘hard to take seriously’ Bloomberg: Offshore Wind Fund Almost Half Way to $1.5 Billion Target The Wall Street Journal: The Legal and Economic Case for Obama’s Clean Power Plan Fuel Fix: Feds reaffirm 2008 Arctic lease for Shell The […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Business Times: BART leader: How S.F.’s fancy private buses could be a win for everyone Contra Costa Times: BART to Oakland airport shuttle ridership rising, but fare decried San Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area pollution agency wants to ban open fireplaces San Jose Mercury News: San Jose, S.F. traffic: Getting worse but still better than L.A. Marin Independent […]
Continue ReadingAttached here is the March 2015 issue of ESTUARY News magazine, as well as a complimentary insert describing the Oro Loma Horizontal Levee Project.
Continue ReadingENVIRONMENTAL Court Of Appeal Upholds “Safe Harbor” Exemption From Prop 65 Warnings For Lead In Fruit Products In a much anticipated decision, a California Court of Appeal has upheld a trial court ruling for the defense, finding that trace levels of lead in packaged fruits, vegetables and fruit juice products require no Proposition 65 warning […]
Continue ReadingACWA Regulatory Advisory – March 30, 2015 Urban Water Conservation Emergency Regulations Effective Immediately Agencies Have 45 Days to Amend Water Shortage Contingency Plans if Necessary – The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on March 27 approved Urban Water Conservation Emergency Regulations issued by the State Water Resources Control Board in response to the continuing drought. The […]
Continue ReadingHindustan Times: China’s proposed 21st century trade route has many blind curves Mondaq News: Exhaustion Of Trademark Rights For Gray Market Goods Belarus News: EEU urged to speed up removing restrictions to freemovement of goods
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: ‘Seamless’ Bay Area transit system proposed to attract new riders San Francisco Chronicle: How S.F.’s parklet movement has grown across globe San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. area 2nd worst in country for housing creation San Jose Mercury News: Palo Alto: Expanded shuttle service to begin April 1 San Francisco Examiner: Muni contract sparks scrutiny, talk of ethics violations […]
Continue ReadingEnergy Information Administration: U.S. oil production growth in 2014 was largest in more than 100 years Bloomberg: Elon Musk is about to announce a new product that’s not a car The Examiner: EIA: U.S. saw record growth for oil output last year National Journal: Keystone XL wouldn’t spell trouble for climate, EPA administrator says Reuters: Envoy expects Shell to start […]
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