Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary: Go for Launch Today’s employment report, the last key data release ahead of the Fed’s Dec. 16 meeting, showed the labor market continues to improve at a solid rate. Payrolls rose by 211,000 in November, while the unemployment rate held at 5.0 percent amid an increase in participation. […]
Continue ReadingE&E News: Oil, Coal Come to Climate Table With Significantly Fewer Bargaining Chips The Wall Street Journal: Kinder Morgan Seeks to Reassure Investors on Cash Flow, Divident Clean Technica: U.S. Energy Storage Surpasses 100 MW in Q3 Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil Producers Pummeled After OPEC Decision Bloomberg News: Big Oil Bracing for Fight to Keep Government Payments Hidden Erie […]
Continue ReadingFresno Bee: Even if El Niño delivers, California drought may never release its grip Tribune Washington Bureau: California Democrats irked over GOP suggesting drought language Sacramento Bee: Farmworkers in Fresno, Tulare counties hit hard by drought Oregon, Washington delay start of commercial crab Bend Bulletin: Receding waters expose sites to plundering Fresno Bee: Drought in cities: Will people get tired […]
Continue ReadingReuters: House Passes Energy Bill Axing Oil Export Ban, Obama Veto Looms The Hill: Senate Panel Chair Expects Compromise Energy Bill Next Year The Wall Street Journal: Energy Future Wins Chapter 11 Plan Confirmation Reuters: Exxon Withholds Tax Data From Global Transparency Group The Wall Street Journal: Vantage Drilling Files for Bankruptcy Protection E&E: House Approves Oil Export, KXL Add-Ons to […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: Don’t expect a brawny El Niño to bust California’s historic drought Los Angeles Times: Laguna beats rest of state in water-use cuts Countywide: California drought stunts Christmas pine trees California Economy Reporting: VIDEO: Will El Niño dilute will to combat California’s drought? KFBK: Water From the State Will Be in Short Supply Next Year NBC Bay Area: Top Water […]
Continue ReadingInstant Analysis of Today’s Employment Report for November Job Growth Exceeds Expectations in November; +211K vs. Consensus Exp. +200K Unemployment Rate Steady at 5.0% September and October Job Numbers Revised Up a Net +35K Avg. Hourly Earnings Increase +0.2% (+2.3% y-o-y) Labor Force Participation Rises to 62.5% Job Losses in Manufacturing and Mining- Service Sector […]
Continue ReadingClick here to view the CA Emergency Drought Relief and Water Storage Bill to be dropped on Monday, December 7, 2015.
Continue ReadingDon Sobelman 415.848.4824 Email Kathryn Oehlschlager 415.848.4820 Email Christian Marsh 415.848.4830 Email California Supreme Court Strictly Interprets State Fully Protected Species Statute and Finds Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Inadequate in Newhall Ranch EIR On Monday, the California Supreme Court issued its third opinion of 2015 interpreting the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). In […]
Continue ReadingFor Immediate Release December 4, 2015 Contact: Tom Mentzer (202) 224-9629 Feinstein Statement on California Water Negotiations Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on California water negotiations: “I understand that late Thursday night a drought bill was proposed as an addition to the omnibus. I am told it was proposed in my name, […]
Continue ReadingWILDFIRES: White House in talks to reform budgeting, streamline NEPA Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Friday, December 4, 2015 LAS VEGAS — The White House is trying to cut a deal with Congress to overhaul how the nation budgets for wildfire and allow some streamlined logging in national forests, according to multiple sources close to […]
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