Past Issues

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February 2013

Choosing Renewability

Agencies Set to Engage Public on Forthcoming Plan Bay Area Draft

Taking Initiative: Clean Cities Grant Will Spark Alternative Fuels

Permit to Emit: Revising the Rules for Expelling Air Pollution

Help Preserve One of Our Most Precious Resources

 


December 2012/January 2013

Environmental Justice for All

From the Source: Water Professionals Weigh in on Supply Issues

Reaping the Benefits: New Law to Promote Commute Alternatives

Ocean Acidification: Global Warming’s Evil Twin

 


October/November 2012


Riding the Rapids
Number Crunch: Housing Allocation ‘Hot Potato’ Continues
A Fine Line: Attaining Air Pollution Standards
Plugging into the Network: Regional Support for Energy Upgrades

 


August/September 2012

 

Woes of a Worn-out Water System

A Bridge Reborn? New Visions for Old Infrastructure

Losing Ground in the Global Transportation Race

Mending Amenities: Fixing up Bay Area Parks

Demonstrating Progress: Testing Locomotives of the Future

 


June/July 2012

 

Boosting Consumer Confidence

Regional Agencies Get with the Plan

Creating Possibilities for Conserving Open Space

SMART Train Construction Is on Track

Caltrain Eyes Electrification

 


April/May 2012

 

Collaborating to Avoid Closure

Grant Program Set to Provide Flexible Funding at the Local Level

Bay Area League Day Tackles Housing

Clear and Cold, with a Chance of Particulate

 


February/March 2012

Whither Affordable Housing?

An Observation on Regional Democratic Discourse

EPA Passes Power Plant Emissions Standards

Disabled Parking Policy Ripe for Reform

Delta Plan Debate Continues

Announcements


December 2011/January 2012

Breathing Room: The Air in There

BCDC Amends Bay Plan

Regional Leaders Get Strategic About Electric Vehicles

Potential Dumbarton Rail Revival Generates Buzz

For the Birds

Announcements: League Day Update

 


 

October/November 2011

Will Green Jobs Ever Pay Off?

Golden Gate Bridge Preparing for 75th Anniversary Celebration

Senior Mobility and the Silver Tsunami

Announcements


August/September 2011

A Prescription for Parks

The Fast and the Furious: Debate over High-Speed Rail Rages on

Plugging in at Port: Shore Power Solutions Ease Emissions

No Plan Is an Island

League to Host Forum on Senior Mobility


June/July 2011

Facing the Wave of the Future

League Members Participate in Plan Bay Area Process

Region Receives Mixed Results in Air Quality Report

Sowing the Seeds of Sustainability


April/May 2011

 

Taking It to the Next Level

Ship-shape: Recycling Facility Opens to Handle Obsolete Vessels

Blowin’ in the Wind

Air District Provides Support for Updated CEQA Guidelines

SMART Solicits Suggestions for Stations

Announcements: Plan Bay Area


February/March 2011

Losing That Excess Baggage

Potential Salt Pond Development in Redwood City Sparks Debate

Red Ink on the Tracks: Caltrain in Dire Fiscal Danger

California Air Resources Board Adopts Cap-and-Trade Regulation

 


December 2010/January 2011

Pedaling into the Future

Purple Pipes Protect Potable Provisions

TIGER, TIGER

Adventures in Sustainability

 

 


October/November 2010

Counties Counting on Votes

Forty Years of Ferries on the Bay

Stalled Movement Gets a Jump-start

BART to San Jose, Step by Step


 

August/September 2010

Cleaning up the Coast

Transbay Terminal on the Brink of Radical Remodel

Air District Adopts CEQA Thresholds

Save the Date: Regional Emissions Targets to Be Finalized Soon

New Irvington Tunnel One of Many Water System Improvements


June/July 2010

An Aquatic Accord

Regional Airport Study Considers Alternatives to Runway Expansion

Air District Reloads Summer Campaign

‘One Bay Area’ Initiative Launched to Address Climate Change Law

Park District Finalizes Comprehensive Wildfire Reduction Plan

In Memoriam


 

April/May 2010

All Eyes on High-Speed Rail

Bay Area League of Women Voters Convenes over Climate Change

Ballot Measure Paying Dividends

Air District Wraps up Another Winter Spare the Air Season

Announcements


February/March 2010

 

Mastering, or at Least Mitigating, Disaster

Up in the Air: New Environmental Standards Yet to Be Determined

State Law Regulating Truck Emissions Kicks into Gear at Ports

Water Experts Cautiously Optimistic about New Delta Legislation