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Timely disclosure to state, communities urged Woodland Daily Democrat   06/25/2014 “While I applaud the Office of Emergency Services’ release of BNSF Railway’s after-the-fact disclosure of a crude-by-rail shipment through nine Northern California counties earlier this month, what the public wants … Continue reading →

By Dan Bacher  EGN  June 14, 2014 “Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta (RTD), characterizes the BDCP as ‘a construction project masquerading as a habitat conservation plan.’” http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2014/06/environmental-water-caucus-shreds.html#sthash.TLD1OKLh.dpuf

The Association of CA Water Agencies has released a report detailing specific impacts of the drought around the state and underscoring the need for a variety of strategies and actions to improve the resiliency of the state’s water system.http://www.acwa.com/sites/default/files/post/water-supply-challenges/2014/06/final-drought-action-report.pdf

By Lisa Lerer    Bloomberg    Jun 10, 2014 “While Republicans were split, with 46 % willing to pay more and 49 % opposed to it, 82 % of Democrats and 60 % of independents say they’d accept higher bills.” http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-10/americans-by-2-to-1-would-pay-more-to-curb-climate-change.html

US secretary of state hoping to build momentum for protection effort at two-day State Department summit on 16-17 JuneBy Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent, The Guardian    11 June 2014  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/11/john-kerry-ocean-conservation-summit

‘What gets everybody really suspicious is that you don’t have access to watch it, which raises all kinds of issues about transparency.’By Elizabeth Douglass   InsideClimate News    Jun 11, 2014 http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140611/exxon-challenge-ark-oil-spill-fine-hearing-public-not-allowed-listen

https://actionnetwork.org/events/connect-the-dots-refinery-healing-walk-3  

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From U.S. Energy Information Agency website, June 10, 2014 http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=16631#