The East Bay Municipal Utility District will restrict recreational boating in six reservoirs to prevent the spread of two non-native mussels that have caused havoc in waterways in many states, EBMUD officials announced Thursday. Boats from Southern California as well as San Benito and Santa Clara counties will be banned from using the six reservoirs -- some of them popular recreational lakes. CC Times 1/25/08
The Senate voted 15-20 Thursday against confirming Judith Case , a member of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, to CARB. Critics said that Case routinely favored polluters. CC Times 1/25/08
The national labor union representing air traffic controllers Thursday declared a staffing emergency at the air traffic control facility that serves Mineta San Jose International Airport and others in the Bay Area. The union is in a labor dispute with the Federal Aviation Administration. Representatives of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association say the breakdown in contract negotiations has led to unsafe staffing levels. Silicon Valley Business Journal 1/24/08
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican; Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell, a Democrat; and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an Independent, stood beneath a Los Angeles highway interchange on Saturday to announce the formation of a non-partisan national coalition that will lobby for federal investment in America's decaying infrastructure. In the short term, the coalition will work with presidential candidates and the platform committees of the national political parties to ensure that the next president understands the enormity of the infrastructure crisis and is committed to increasing federal funding, the three officials said. Environmental News Service 1/22/08
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