Spring Edition | Spring 2014 Oakland’s Fairyland Park Celebrates Arbor Day with Help from PG&E PG&E joined members of the community in sponsoring and celebrating Arbor Day on March 14th at Children’s Fairyland Park in Oakland. The event focused on the importance of trees in the urban ecosystem as volunteers planted new trees throughout […]
Continue ReadingSupport Letters Needed on ACWA-Supported Water Bond Bills Hearings Set in Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee and Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee With action heating up on a modified water bond for the 2014 ballot, ACWA is actively supporting two bills expected to be heard April 29 in two different committees. The bills – […]
Continue ReadingCASA SUPPORTED STATEWIDE DRUG TAKE-BACK LEGISLATION ON HOLD April 17, 2014 CASA Website Current News State Legislation State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson announced this week that, due to a lack of support among members of the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee, she is shelving her SB […]
Continue ReadingThe Sacramento Bee: Water Question: How is the drought affecting hydroelectric production? Sierra Sun Times: California Drought Plan Omits Allocations for Farm Water Wall Street Journal: Attention Shoppers- Fruit and Vegetable Prices are Rising LA Times: California to set chromium limit for drinking water supplies The Sacramento Bee: Field Poll: Drought Responses Split California The Sacramento […]
Continue ReadingApril 15, 2014 CDPH Releases Final Chromium-6 Regulation Package Nation’s First Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium to Take Effect as Early as July 1 The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today released the final proposed regulation package for chromium-6, setting the stage for the nation’s first drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium […]
Continue ReadingChevron U.S.A. Inc. Donates Easement to Extend Bay Trail Access at Point Molate Public access on the San Francisco Bay Trail at Point Molate Beach Park will now be extended thanks to a recreational trail easement donated by Chevron U.S.A. The approximate one-mile easement will provide unprecedented multi-use public trail access along the […]
Continue ReadingLegacy of technology innovation could sustain CA water future April 14, 2014 | By Barbara Vergetis Lundin California’s sustainable water future would be achieved through a system management approach utilizing innovations in science, technology and management, according to a report from the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), conducted at the request of a […]
Continue ReadingPlease check the 2014 Spring issue of the Changing Tide Newsletter at: http://www.dbw.parks.ca.gov/PDF/CleanGreen/ct-spring_2014.pdf The Changing Tide newsletter is the publication of the California Clean Boating Network (CCBN) and it is presented by The Bay Foundation, State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) and California Coastal Commission’s Boating Clean and Green […]
Continue ReadingThe California Climate Credit is available to California residential customers and eligible small business customers that buy electricity from an investor owned utility company, electric service provider or community choice aggregation provider. This includes customers of PG&E, SDG&E, SCE, Pacific Power, and Liberty Utilities, and the community choice aggregators Marin Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean […]
Continue ReadingCalifornia Water Blog: UC Drought Summit, April 25: Managing Water Scarcity in California My MotherLode.com: Feinstein Scales Back Water Bill The Fresno Bee: California Must Address Groundwater Pumping
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