Pacific Ethanol, the largest ethanol marketing and production company in California, secured state-approved financing Wednesday that will provide up to $11.5 million in savings made possible from the sale of tax-exempt bonds. Officials with Pacific Ethanol said that they plan to use $30 million to help construct a portion of a new plant in Stockton. CC Times 12-6-07
The California Chamber of Commerce is preparing to put a $10 billion water bond measure before California voters in November. On Wednesday they filed a series of initiatives in the latest indicator that water talks in the Legislature are dead. The chamber's four initiatives borrow from plans proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democrats during the Legislature's special session to bolster the state's water delivery system. CC Times 12-6-07
A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the rule under which the Bush administration allowed logging and burning projects in national forests without first analyzing their effects on the environment. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the federal Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued the 2003 rule. It exempted logging operations up to 1,000 acres and prescribed forest burns up to 4,500 acres from the environmental review. NY Times 12/6/07
California Farm Bureau Federation President Doug Mosebar was re-elected in a unanimous vote of delegates to the organization's 89th Annual Meeting, which concluded Wednesday in Sparks, Nev. Daily Democrat 12/7/07
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