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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 10, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for December 10, 2014

Associated Press: House moves to bring relief to California’s farm belt Los Angeles Times: House approves California drought bill that faces Obama veto The Fresno Bee: House passes GOP California drought bill, but Senate approval unlikely Los Angeles Times: Water board adds $40 million to conservation budget as drought persists Los Angeles Times: Blizzard on its way to California, forecasters […]

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  • onDecember 10, 2014
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Energy News for December 10, 2014

Oil & Gas Journal: Study: Methane emissions from gas development dropped 10% from 2013 American City Business Journals: ExxonMobil report: North America to reach net oil exporter status by 2020 Reuters: Shale oil, gas to increase GDP, federal tax revenues, report finds Bloomberg: EIA chief: U.S. oil output to slow down, yet reach record level in 2015 amid price […]

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  • onDecember 9, 2014
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Eric Garner’s Keynote Presentation from the Fall 2014 ACWA Conference

Eric Garner, a leading authority on water law and a managing partner at Best Best & Krieger LLP, was the keynote speaker at ACWA’s Fall Conference & Exhibition in San Diego on December 4th. Eric discussed California’s historic new groundwater management act in his presentation titled: “Groundwater Legislation: History in the Making or Another Dead […]

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  • onDecember 9, 2014
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McClatchy DC: House-passed drought bill likely to sink in the Senate

House-passed drought bill likely to sink in the Senate By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau December 8, 2014 Tellingly, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California on Monday said that she can’t support some of the provisions in the current House bill, despite negotiating progress that has convinced her an eventual bipartisan compromise is possible. “There […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 9, 2014
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California Water & Drought News for December 9, 2014

New York Times: California Drought Is Said to Have Natural Cause Sacramento Bee: Monster storm to hit Northern California Wall Street Journal: In California, Saving Water Is All Over the Map Associated Press: In final days, House moves again to address water shortage for California farms McClatchy Washington Bureau: House-passed drought bill likely to sink in the Senate  TIME: New Study […]

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  • onDecember 9, 2014
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Energy News for December 9, 2014

The Wall Street Journal: Dropping oil prices may stall megaprojects Reuters: Rep. Barton to introduce bill ending crude exports ban, aide says The Economist: Analysis: U.S. shale remains competitor to Saudi Arabian oil National Journal: U.S. shale will continue despite OPEC decision, analysts, execs say  

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onDecember 8, 2014
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Legal Update from Miller Starr Regalia: American Tower Corporation v. City of San Diego (2014): Further Guidance From The Ninth Circuit On The Regulation Of Data Towers In California

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