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Lake Tahoe, Clean Water BMPs, and My Summer Vacation

August 26, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
californiawater, cleanwater, erosion, greenjobs, laketahoe, lowimpactdevelopment, nativeplants, stormdrains, stormwater

I work in a world of impenetrable acronyms, most of which rarely get uttered outside of court rooms or policy negotiations. But a few weeks ago, I left the office behind and traveled to Lake Tahoe for a family vacation....continued

Water Quality Regulation in California: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?

January 29, 2009

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
cleanwater, cleanwateract, permits, pollution, runoff, waterpollution, waterprogram, waterresources

Imagine your boss gave you a deadline, a really important one.  The kind of deadline that affects the bottom line of whatever it is you do profoundly.  And let's even imagine your boss tells you the deadline is imposed by...continued

Fix The Sewer, Grow The Economy

December 9, 2008

Posted by David Beckman in Curbing Pollution

Tags:
cleanwater, drinkingwater, economy, oceanpollution, runoff, sewage, waterpollution, waterprogram

As Congress and state legislatures across the nation debate economic stimulus, investments in green infrastructure -- wind and solar power and expansion of mass transit, for example -- are getting well-deserved attention.  The environment is, after all, the foundation of...continued

David Beckman
David Beckman
Senior Attorney & Co-Director, Water Program
Los Angeles
In 1984, I left the cold Philly suburbs for college at U.C. Berkeley, and I...
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