Angry California Republicans call drought bill dead for the year BY MICHAEL DOYLE mdoyle@mcclatchydc.com · WASHINGTON Angry California Republicans threw in the towel late Thursday, conceding that a California water bill that had divided the state was dead for the year. In a remarkably acrimonious ending to negotiations that once seemed close to bearing fruit, […]
Continue ReadingAPPROPRIATIONS: Deal to reform wildfire budget, hasten logging gains momentum Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Published: Friday, December 11, 2015 A pending deal to reform the nation’s wildfire spending and expedite logging on national forests is picking up momentum as a potential tag-along to the 2016 omnibus spending package, according to multiple sources close to Capitol […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view the Change Sheet #1 for Item 4 at the December 15, 2015 Board Meeting. You can view the agenda here.
Continue ReadingGreetings: The next meeting of the California State Lands Commission will occur on December 18, 2015 at 1:30 PM in Sacramento. To view agenda, please visit: http://www.slc.ca.gov/Meetings/12-18-15/Agenda.htm If you have any questions about this agenda, please email us atCSLC.CommissionMeetings@slc.ca.gov
Continue ReadingWATER POLICY: Court to decide small question with big impact on Obama rule Jeremy P. Jacobs and Tiffany Stecker, E&E reporters Published: Monday, December 7, 2015 A federal appeals court will grapple tomorrow with whether to review President Obama’s controversial rule defining the scope of the Clean Water Act. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati […]
Continue ReadingBCDC posted on its website (http://www.bcdc.ca.gov) the commission meeting notice, information about BCDC, the Bay, and other issues relevant to the Commission at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/cm/2015/1203Supplemental.html You may also find information about BCDC Commission meetings at any time at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/cm/cm_mtng.shtml If you have questions or concerns about BCDC activities, please call BCDC’s office at (415) 352-3600 or e-mail info@bcdc.ca.gov and let […]
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 want to set the record straight. To imply that the federal or state governments have signed off on a water […]
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region (2). The agenda for the December 16, 2015 Board Meeting is now available on our website at http://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/board_info/agenda.shtml
Continue ReadingThis is a message from the State Water Resources Control Board. Click here to view a Revised Notice of Opportunity to Comment and Public Workshop on Senate Bill 88 and Draft Emergency Regulation for Measuring and Reporting on the Diversion of Water. Comment Deadline is now December 17, 2015 by 12 noon
Continue ReadingClick here to view the CA Emergency Drought Relief and Water Storage Bill to be dropped on Monday, December 7, 2015.
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