The Washington Post: Economists Keep Saying We Should Put a Price on Nature. Now They’ve Finally Done It The Charleston Gazette: WV Senate Advances Planned Tax Cut for Coal, Gas The New York Times: Unsafe Lead Levels in Tap Water Not Limited to Flint Morning Consult: Obama’s Proposed Oil Tax Sends a Political Message The new York Times: Chesapeake Energy […]
Continue ReadingLos Angeles Times: Water and Power: Where did El Niño go? Los Angeles Times: Winter heat wave sets new records in California; hotter conditions expected Tuesday KQED: California’s Water Supply at Risk From Warmer Winters Los Angeles Times: City Atty. Mike Feuer, turf rebate recipient, steers clear of DWP records lawsuit The Bellingham Herald: Good snowpack raises hopes of calmer […]
Continue ReadingFORWARD SIGN UP TO RECEIVE PMM ONLINE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Fidley Watch: Welders Needed By By Chris Philips Managing Editor In late December, Seattle’s Vigor Industrial received a notice to proceed from Washington State Ferries for a fourth 144-car Olympic class ferry, with work slated to begin this month. […]
Continue ReadingCommissioner’s Office Washington, DC Media Contact: Dan DuBray, 202-513-0574, ddubray@usbr.gov For Immediate Release: Feb. 8, 2016 Additional Fiscal Year 2016 Funding of $166.3 Million Available Includes $100 Million Available for Western Drought Response and $47 Million for Rural Water Projects WASHINGTON – Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Estevan López today released the spending plan for $166.3 […]
Continue ReadingP R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port of Oakland sets plan to shift cargo when terminal closes Ships move to neighbor berths; Saturday and night gates to help cargo flow Oakland, Calif. – Feb. 9, 2016–The Port of Oakland has set its plan to move […]
Continue ReadingClick here to download the agenda for the DMMO meeting on February 10, 2016. Please review the DMMO web page at http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/DredgingWorkPermits.aspx for changes to this agenda. NOTE: The meeting will be held at the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). The address is 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 10600, San Francisco. Please […]
Continue ReadingMorning Consult: The Coming Week: Budget Delivered to Not Much Fanfare The Hill: Obama Calls for More Clean-Energy Funding in Budget The Associated Press: Massachusetts Plan Could Spur Hydro Imports to New England E&E: House GOP Announces Task Force to Reform Federal Rules The Associated Press: Clinton Calls Flint Water Crisis ‘Immoral’ In Break From New Hampshire The Hill: Park Service’s […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Feds sharply increase flows from Folsom Lake Fresno Bee: Dry February could bring problems for drought-stricken Valley San Francisco Chronicle: Folsom Lake has more than doubled in size but we’re still in a drought Los Angeles Times: Mercury, DDT and other contaminants in fish are at a four-decade low San Diego Union Tribune: El Niño raises concerns about […]
Continue ReadingLOGIN CREATE AN ACCOUNT February 2016 CA Exports Fall In 2015 The total value of California’s export trade for 2015 is in and for the first time since 2009 the state experienced an annual decline — driven by both falling prices and demand. Still, California fared better than most of the other top export states… […]
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