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California Weekly Wildfire Brief – August 22, 2018

There are currently 15 wildfires in the state of California as today’s Weekly Wildfire Brief released by the California Resiliency Alliance. Red flag warnings are in effect in northeastern California in and around the county of Modoc. The Carr Fire, in Shasta and Trinity counties, has recently been contained at 90% with a total of […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 22, 2018
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Energy News for August 22, 2018

    Reuters: Oil tops $73 on report of U.S. inventory drop, Iran sanctions The New York Times: Betting Utah Sands Will Be the Next Great Oil Source Platts: US senators urge FERC to make LNG export permitting a priority Bloomberg: Fracking Robots in the Works as Halliburton Digitizes Oil Field Los Angles Times: L.A. officials take new aim at […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 22, 2018
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California Water News for August 22, 2018

San Francisco Chronicle: California’s water wars heat up at Sacramento hearing over river flows News Deeply: A Century On, the Battle Over Yosemite’s Hetch Hetchy Valley Continues The Daily Independent: Council to support Delta Counties Coalition East Bay Times: Toxic blue-green algae triggers warning in Pittsburg Yale Climate Connections: The surprising connection between summer A/C and last winter’s snow […]

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  • by BPC Staff
  • onAugust 21, 2018
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Energy News for August 21, 2018

    The Wall Street Journal: As U.S. Sanctions Loom, Total SA Struggles to Exit Project in Iran Plants: Midcoast Energy proposes new natural gas pipeline to serve US Gulf Coast Bloomberg: California Considers Issuing Bonds to Cover Fire Damages Platts: Xcel Energy proposes replacing Colo. steel mill’s coal-fired power with solar The Baltimore Sun: Amid offshore wind fight, Ocean […]

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