Interior-Environment: EPA Stays Level, Avoids WOTUS Rider By Ed Felker, CQ Roll Call Republicans largely backed down in their push to use the appropriations process to stop major environmental regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department in the $1.15 trillion fiscal 2016 omnibus spending bill announced late Tuesday, leaving out a […]
Continue ReadingFORESTS: Wildfire-logging deal throttled by Senate ENR leaders Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 A deal to reform wildfire spending and increase the pace of forestry work was left out of the fiscal 2016 omnibus package amid opposition from key Senate leaders and environmentalists, dealing a blow to the Obama administration and […]
Continue ReadingWESTERN WATER: Feinstein touts ‘progress’ on drought bill Debra Kahn, E&E reporter Published: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) quest to introduce a bill addressing California’s drought continued yesterday when she sat down with federal officials responsible for ensuring compliance with the Endangered Species Act. Negotiations with California House Republicans fell apart late […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley (5). Please click here to view the notice of a stakeholder meeting on January 19th, 2016 for the Central Valley Pyrethroid Pesticides TMDL and Basin Plan Amendment.
Continue ReadingMorning Consult: Final Spending, Tax Deal Includes Everything from Cybersecurity to Oil Exports The Wall Street Journal: Congressional Leaders Agree to Lift 4-Year Ban on Oil Exports The Hill: Shell Fights to Keep Arctic Drilling Leases The Houston Chronicle: Magnum Hunter Seeks Bankruptcy Amid Oil Rout Reuters: OPEC Says Low Oil Price Won’t Continue, May Rise Within a Year The […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: California drought regulators back off controversial salmon-rescue plan San Francisco Chronicle: State sets minimum lake levels in attempt to save salmon San Francisco Chronicle: These Bay Area water mega-users suck up millions of gallons a day San Francisco Chronicle: White House pushes water conservation in wake of climate pact Porterville Recorder: California authorizes $5M to replace dry wells […]
Continue ReadingNewsletter December 15, 2015 CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FORCES CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA ON BEACHFRONT PROPERTY OWNERS For coastal homeowners, this year’s El Niño means heavy surf and greater-than-average rainfall, which, when combined, can wreak havoc upon beachfront properties. Although many homeowners sit protected behind adequate seawalls, others lie exposed, vulnerable to these winter storms. When the time […]
Continue ReadingCALIFORNIA STATE LANDS COMMISSION STRATEGIC PLAN 2016-2020 The Commission is pleased to present its final proposed Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. The plan is available on the Commission’s website www.slc.ca.gov. The Commission will consider adopting the Plan at its next scheduled meeting on Friday, December 18, 2015. This meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will […]
Continue ReadingSUBSCRIBE TO THE PRINT EDITION INSIDE PACIFIC MARITIME MAGAZINE Westar Marine Services By Kathy A. Smith Strong family values, long-term employees and an old-fashioned work ethic have been the backbone of Westar Marine Services for the past 40 years. Buzz Heffron who founded the company in 1976 and passed away in 1985, left a lasting […]
Continue ReadingP R E S S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Port of Oakland launches hotline, live chat, and office hours New outreach programs for greater community engagement Oakland, Calif.–December 15, 2015–Today the Port of Oakland launched a new toll-free telephone hotline, Web site live chat, and office hours in […]
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