E News: Jun 10, 2013
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Welcome to San Francisco Baykeeper's June E-News...
Bay Crossings Column: Jun 3, 2013
Fracking—the process of injecting water, sand and toxic chemicals underground at high pressure to extract oil or gas—threatens San Francisco Bay. The technique, officially called hydraulic fracturing, is currently...
BK In The News: May 24, 2013
Marin county beaches have some of cleanest water in the state during spring and summer, according to an annual Beach Report Card released Thursday. "In the summer the water quality is generally very good," said Deb Self...
BK In The News: May 24, 2013
Water quality at most Bay Area beaches remains clean and clear, according to a report released Thursday. .Almost all Bay Area beaches have zero or very low levels of bacteria from sewage, agricultural runoff or animal...
Blog Post: May 23, 2013
The Bay Area’s worst-polluting sewer agencies are spilling less sewage into San Francisco Bay, thanks to Baykeeper’s Sick of Sewage campaign.Sewage pollution has been one of the most serious threats to the Bay’s health...
Featured Stories: May 8, 2013
Baykeeper is making progress on our cleanup of up to 100 tons of debris that has been polluting San Francisco Bay waters and the shoreline at Point Molate in Richmond.For years, the beach has been blighted by hundreds...
Featured Stories: May 8, 2013
As we patrolled the southern San Francisco shoreline in the Baykeeper boat, we glided toward a huge facility where paint was being sandblasted off a massive ship towering above us. Paint chips blew onto our deck....
Featured Stories: May 8, 2013
Baykeeper’s advocacy helped win new rules to reduce the risk of oil spills in San Francisco Bay by keeping large outbound ships from passing under the Bay Bridge in heavy fog.The rules were adopted by the San Francisco...
Bay Crossings Column: May 3, 2013
As we patrolled the southern San Francisco shoreline in the Baykeeper boat, we glided toward a huge facility where paint was being sandblasted off a massive ship towering above us. Paint chips blew onto our deck....
Blog Post: Apr 29, 2013
Coal has long been the main fuel source powering most of China. But are the health and environmental risks spinning out of control? For the past several years, activist Sun Qingwei has worked to expose the environmental...
