I look at tidal wetlands as about as close to magic as you're ever going to get when you're dealing with sea-level rise," says Will Travis, executive director of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. "All wetlands are wonderful for flood protection. They soak up floodwater and they absorb wave energy. And they actually sequester carbon. I know of nothing else that fits both categories: reducing greenhouse gases and adapting to the impacts of climate change that we can't reduce or eliminate. Each time scientists assess the consequences of sea-level rise it seems to get increasingly dire, says Sam Schuchat, executive director of the California Coastal Conservancy and chair of the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority. Schuchat says implications of sea-level ri...
... on the importance of wetlands in the Bay Area, including Marin. The San Francisco Planning and U... is working with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Association of Bay Area G...
OAKLAND, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Senate Bill 582, authored by state Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), is now on Gov. Jerry Brown's desk and awaiting the Governor's signature after passing both houses of the state Legislature last week. The bill, which was jointly sponsored by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), aims to reduce both traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions by establishing a four-year pilot program under which local air districts and metropolitan planning organizations could require employers with 50 or more employees (or, at the agencies' discretion, 20 or more employees) to adopt commute benefit policies that offer workers one of the following: the option to pay for their transit, vanpoo...
... and Maintaining the National Ambient Air Quality Standards?. (b) The plan was officially submitted ... (5) Ventura County Air Pollution Control District. (i) Previously approved on September 22, 1972 and...(18) Air quality maintenance area designations submitted on July 12, 1974, by the Go...(i) South Coast Air Quality Management District's Regulation VII Emergencies as revised o...
STOCKTON, Calif., Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- This winter's burn programs are now in effect leaving many residents confused by the restrictions that may be imposed on fireplace usage by their local air district. Today, a website for residents launched, www.WhenToBurn.com, providing a live, single-point resource for residents to learn when they can burn and information on ways to reduce emissions when they do burn. The website works by aggregating local air districts' live burn status updates, including any restrictions that may be currently in effect. Local districts reported on the site include, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metro Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Spokane Regional C...
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