Water and shipping:
*Cosco Busan's impact still not entirely clear -- Nine months after an oil slick spread across the Bay from the Cosco Busan, the ship’s tarnished name has been scrubbed off its hull, but exhaustive cleanup efforts have failed to remove all of the spilled toxic fuel from area shorelines. Evidence of the oily mess surfaced as recently as last month, with tar balls showing up on beaches north of Marin and in Alameda. Examiner 7/18/08
Port of Oakland nears investment deal for shipping berths -- As it seeks to shake up its business model, Oakland's port is getting closer to picking a logistics company to renovate and operate several shipping berths. The Port of Oakland traditionally has paid for renovations and expansions of its berths by selling bonds. But, in an effort to shift the cost burden to an outside investor, the port wants to strike a long-term deal with a private company willing to pay for infrastructure improvements in exchange for rights to operate berths. East Bay Business Times 7/18/08
Emissions:
UC Davis to Study How New Fuels Will Affect Air Quality -- As millions of cars and trucks hit the road using fuels other than gasoline, the Environmental Protection Agency is funding a $900,000 research project at UC Davis to learn precisely what emissions those alternative-fuel vehicles produce and how climate change might affect those emissions. The research is urgently needed to improve forecasts of how climate change will affect air quality in California, said Michael Kleeman, who is the project's lead researcher and a UC Davis professor of civil and environmental engineering. Govtech 7/18/08
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