If you lived near a proposed high-speed rail track, do you think you will get fair compensation if the state takes your property? And if they don't take it, what compensation should you get if you have to look at and hear a 200 mph train in your backyard everyday?
Homeowners facing major impacts from High-Speed Rail
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Longer, hotter, and more dangerous heat waves on the way
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The study, commissioned by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and prepared by researchers at Kent State University and The University of Miami, Florida, predicts more frequent and dangerous heat waves in California's future. Utilizing new and more comprehensive weather modeing techniques than have been used previously, they found that the incidence of hot spells lasting 10 or more days could rise by a factor of 2 to 10 by the 2090s. They predict this will have severe impacts on populations at risk, especially the elderly.
Read more of my article by clicking on the attached link:
Longer, hotter, and more dangerous heat waves on the way
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
ARB approves GHG reduction plan, revised environmental analysis
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved an updated environmental analysis of a controversial state plan to regulate greenhouse gases (GHG), which they also re-approved today. The GHG reduction measures may have a significant effect on Bakersfield and Kern County businesses. For example, the oil industry routinely emits millions of tons per year of CO2 equivalent gases from its operations throughout the county.
For more info, read my full article at the link below:
ARB approves GHG reduction plan, revised environmental analysis
For more info, read my full article at the link below:
ARB approves GHG reduction plan, revised environmental analysis
Monday, August 22, 2011
High-Speed Rail Board announces draft EIR/EIS workshops
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CaHSRA) has just announced a schedule of workshops to be held that will discuss the recent draft EIR/EIS for the Fresno to Bakersfield section of California's high-speed rail project. Residents of Bakersfield and the Central Valley, particularly those whose homes and businesses may be directly impacted by one of the proposed routes, may want to attend.
For more info and a workshop schedule, click on the link below:
High-Speed Rail Board announces draft EIR/EIS workshops
For more info and a workshop schedule, click on the link below:
High-Speed Rail Board announces draft EIR/EIS workshops
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