Oil spill investigation on the part of the National Transportation Safety Board could take up to a year. For Sen. Pelosi, who several days ago said she asked the top Coast Guard commander in Washington to shift the investigation to another agency so it would not be investigating itself, the NTSB explanation was hardly satisfying. "What I'm discouraged about is that it will take a year. That's just too long," Pelosi said. Contra Costa Times 11/20/07
The Bay Area's efforts to clear up its clogged freight corridors got a big boost Tuesday with a proposal to expand the state's trade routes program by as much as $1 billion for a total of $3 billion. The Bay Area Council of major business leaders helped organize shippers, manufacturers, the Port of Oakland and neighboring regional governing bodies to coordinate Northern California's trade corridor funding push. Contral Costa Times 11/21/07
State air regulators are asking the federal government to grant them an 11-year extension to bring the San Joaquin Valley's smoggy air in line with current federal ozone standards. If approved, California's farm belt will be the first region in the country to be granted the extra time by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. SJ Mercury 11/20/07
When the Cosco Busan struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge earlier this month, scores of community and environmental groups rushed to respond to the emergency. But scant attention was paid to the one “human factor” in this episode: the immediate fate of the ship’s crew. The Busan, like so many other vessels coming through the Golden Gate, was sailing under a “flag of convenience,” which permits the owners to hire crews from developing countries with low wages. Owing to the heightened state of today’s security, those seamen without visas are not even permitted to leave their vessels. Logistics Management 11/21/07
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