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  • onJanuary 5, 2015
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Energy News for January 5, 2015

Midland Reporter-Telegram: Falling oil prices could make case for pro-energy policies, observers say The Wall Street Journal: Energy MLPs weigh cutting payouts amid oil price decline Fuel Fix: EIA: Oil price decline to slow down U.S. drilling activity Reuters: Sen. Murkowski plans to introduce Keystone XL approval bill, spokesman says The Boston Globe: Lifting crude exports ban goes hand in […]

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California Water & Drought News for January 5, 2015

Manteca Bulletin: Cambria rushes desalination water plant San Francisco Chronicle: Winter storms bring Bay Area reservoir levels The Weather Channel: California Droughts: What’s In Store For The Future? OC Register: Reservoirs drink up recent rains, but more is needed Napa Valley Register: January could be key to ending drought Inland Empire News: Storms fail to reverse California drought The Sacramento Bee: Op […]

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Notice of WETA Board of Directors Meeting – Thursday, January 8, 2015

WETA Board Meeting Thursday, January 8, 2015  The next San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority Board of Directors meeting will be held Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the WETA offices located at Pier 9, Suite 111 on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, CA. The meeting agenda and Board packet are available […]

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CA Land Use & Development Law Report: Federal Court Invalidates San Francisco Tenant Relocation Requirements

The California Land Use & Development Law Report Legal Commentary on Planning and Development Federal Court Invalidates San Francisco Tenant Relocation Requirements The Northern District of California has struck down part of San Francisco’s rent control ordinance as an unconstitutional taking under the Fifth Amendment in Levin v. City and County of San Francisco, Dist. […]

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Bank of the West US Outlook Report for January 2, 2015

 US Outlook Report: GDP with a 5.0 Handle- What Does it Mean? The U.S. economy confidently shifted to a higher gear of expansion in the third quarter of 2014, growing at an impressive 5.0 percent annualized rate, according to the “third” estimate of real GDP, reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. This was the […]

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  • onJanuary 2, 2015
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Energy News for January 2, 2015

Bloomberg Businessweek: Analysts: Condensate export guidelines may thwart OPEC tactic to curb U.S. oil output The Wall Street Journal: Sand producers to experience setback from oil price decline, observers say Reuters: Federal export guidelines allow “incidental” contact of foreign, domestic oil The Hill: Dems press Boehner not to bypass committee hearings on Keystone XL bill    

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  • onJanuary 2, 2015
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California Water & Drought News for January 2, 2015

NPR: Rain Eases California Drought Anxiety, If Not The Actual Drought 10 News: 78 percent of California still in extreme or exceptional drought Circle of Blue Water News: 2015 Preview: States React to New Era of Water Scarcity abc7news.com: Most of California facing extreme drought despite December storm Daily Democrat: Drought brought permanent changes to California water policy in 2014 […]

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