Season’s Greetings from Chevron Richmond! It’s been an inspiring year in Richmond with both challenges and rewards. We are thankful to our neighbors, employees and community partners who have worked so tirelessly to make our community a better place to live and work. From our family to yours, we wish you a safe and […]
Continue ReadingDecember 2013 Alliance submits draft ‘California Road Repairs Act’ initiative to Atty. General The Alliance, along with Transportation California, another transportation advocacy group, last month asked the state Attorney General to provide the title and summary for a proposed constitutional amendment that would provide a new source of funding to address the looming Transportation […]
Continue ReadingDecember California Trade Report from Beacon Economics Best Performance Of 2013 For State Exporters December 4, 2013 – California’s exporters turned in their best performance of the year in October, according to a Beacon Economics’ analysis of foreign trade data released this morning by the U.S. Commerce Department. For the month of October, the state’s merchandise […]
Continue ReadingRelease Date: Monday, December 2, 2013 Dear House and Senate Water Resources Development Act Conferees: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting and defending America’s […]
Continue ReadingRegarding the status of the “Evaluation of the Municipal and Domestic Supply (MUN) Beneficial Use in Ag Dominated Surface Water Bodies” project- Please review the following project updates: 1) After consulting with legal counsel and management, Central Valley Water Board staff have decided to initiate two Basin Plan Amendments for this project. The first amendment […]
Continue ReadingNew Potential Business for Port The Redwood City Port Commission Wednesday, November 27, approved a mitigated negative declaration and initial study for a proposed carbon black pilot production facility. The action was a harbinger to negotiating an agreement, which could come to the Commission for approval in January. Carbon black is a […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Bay is becoming clearer. Decades of tidal action have finally washed away most of the mess created 150 years ago by Gold Rush miners who blasted apart hillsides in the Sierra Nevada. The result was millions of tons of mud, gravel and sand that made its way downriver and ended up in the […]
Continue ReadingOakland Global News, November 2013 Dear Reader, Happy Thanksgiving! Oakland Global News is a monthly newsletter for readers with an interest in staying current as the Oakland Global Trade & Logistics Center (former Oakland Army Base) project evolves. This week OG News includes stories about project hiring and several other topics. Enjoy! […]
Continue Reading“STOCKTON, Calif. — Port officials in Stockton have removed hundreds of thousands of pounds of an invasive plant that has clogged their waterway and other waterways and harbors in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Record of Stockton reports (http://bit.ly/1gfkPi9) that more than 375,000 pounds of water hyacinth have been removed from the Stockton Deep Water […]
Continue ReadingNovember 2013 In this issue… Hurricane Sandy: One Year Later WaterISAC Participates in Cyber Storm IV “Evergreen” Exercise Literature Review – Beyond the Storms: Strengthening Homeland Security and Disaster Management to Achieve Resilience by Dane S. Egli Upgrade from Basic to Pro: Free for 3 Months About WaterISAC WaterISAC is a non-profit water sector organization […]
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