Instant Analysis: FOMC statement for January A lot of dovish hints in the January FOMC statement today, but nothing concrete. Hence the negative reaction from the stock market today. I think the Fed is on hold right now and hasn’t made up its mind yet if the global market volatility and economic developments in China […]
Continue Readingwww.redwoodcityport.com January 2016 Port Commission Approves Doubling Area for Bauxite Ore Imports The Port Commission Wednesday approved expanding acreage use by International Materials Incorporated (IMI) for its […]
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press: States ask Supreme Court to hold CPP enforcement pending legal challenge The Wall Street Journal: Natural gas companies lead S&P index Bloomberg: Shale explorers turn to Wall Street for support in hard times FuelFix.com: Keane Group to double in size with purchase of Trican’s US arm Reuters: Shale firms slash spending, production amid oil slump Oil & […]
Continue ReadingAssociated Press: California: Storms Increase Snowpack, but Reservoirs’ Levels Remain Low San Francisco Chronicle: Good news for dry times — Sierra snowpack highest in 4 years Sacramento Bee: California raises 2016 water allocation to 15 percent San Francisco Chronicle: California to release more reservoir water thanks to El Niño storms Sacramento Bee: Water fill means big Folsom Dam spillway project […]
Continue Readingwww.sfei.org Institute’s Historical Ecology featured in the New York Times Robin Grossinger in the field, helping to pioneer new ways of seeing the potential in a natural landscape through a vision of its past. Photo by Ruth Askevold New York (January 26, 2016) – In today’s New York Times, the San Francisco Estuary Institute and its scientists […]
Continue ReadingReuters: ExxonMobil: Carbon will decline, but emission costs will rise FuelFix.com: EIA sees natural gas prices rebounding in next 2 years FuelFix.com: Halliburton ends 2015 cost-cutting with 4,000 jobs eliminated Bloomberg: Oil bust’s survivors say they scorned easy credit Bloomberg: “Teapot” refineries struggle to survive oil bust Oil & Gas Journal: Tight leak monitoring, best […]
Continue ReadingGeorge Warren, ABC 10: Folsom Lake rises 400 feet above sea level Capital Press: Water board raises water reporting requirements AARON ORLOWSKI, Press-Enterprise: WEATHER: Early storms help replenish snowpack — and our water … CBS SACRAMENTO (CBS13): California Eagerly Awaits Sierra Snowpack Runoff As It Hopes For … Santa Cruz Sentinel: Lack of rain gives scientists chance to study, predict […]
Continue ReadingLand Use News from Wendel Rosen Oakland Proposed Developer Fees Summary January 25, 2016 Unlike most large Bay Area cities, Oakland has not charged development impact fees to pay for affordable housing, but that is likely to change soon. The ramifications of a proposal to impose fees on new residential and commercial development in Oakland […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Port of Oakland sees upside in losing giant tenant — To hear Port of Oakland officials tell it, losing terminals operator Ports America — a major tenant — is a blessing in disguise that will create a leaner, meaner seaport. But some maritime experts say the fallout could hurt the port, a […]
Continue ReadingCoastal Conservancy Public Meeting, January 28, 2016 in Laguna Beach Please review the January 28, 2016 Agenda and board materials on the following link. http://scc.ca.gov/2016/01/14/coastal-conservancy-public-meeting-in-laguna-beach-january-28-2016/
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