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Hoodline
San Francisco's picturesque bay is now the center of a scandalous pollution row, as the city stands accused of pouring millions of gallons of sewage directly into the waters. San Francisco Baykeeper...
SFGate
A local environmental watchdog group plans to sue San Francisco over accusations that the city’s Public Utilities Commission routinely violates federal law by discharging millions of...
CBS News Bay Area
Ten years. That's how much time the Bay Area's 37 wastewater treatment plants will have to reduce fertilizer and sewage in their water by 40%. The estimated price tag for the facility upgrades is $11...
San Francisco Examiner
In the filing, the group accused San Francisco of repeatedly discharging mixed sewage and “trash-filled” urban runoff into San Francisco Bay during heavy rains. They said this mix of sewage and...
Alameda Post
San Francisco Baykeeper announced Tuesday, March 13, that it has issued a notice of intent to take legal action against the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) and the City and County...
Bay City News
Baykeeper’s formal notice to the city Thursday covers 24 single-spaced pages with a dense and technical description of the issue. Boiled down, however, the nonprofit’s concern is fairly...
San Francisco Chronicle
“What SFPUC is dumping into Mission Creek each year is mind-boggling to me, both in content and magnitude,” said Eric Buescher, managing attorney at S.F. Baykeeper, which gathered the information...
CBS News Bay Area
One container at a time, Dr. Swati Patel does her 'spring cleaning,' of expired and unwanted medications, placing each one in a safe disposal bin at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. "The...
San Francisco Mayor's Office
San Francisco, CA – Mayor London N. Breed today provided an update about the City’s significant progress made to collect and safely dispose of over 140,000 pounds of unused medication under the Safe...
Reuters
A California environmental group has sued Radius Recycling (RDUS.O), opens new tab, alleging the recycled steel company's operations are polluting the San Francisco Bay and its tributaries with dirty...
CalMatters
With salmon populations throughout California declining for decades and facing the threat of extinction, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday unveiled a state strategy aimed at protecting and restoring the...
The Sacramento Bee
Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he would support removing three California dams, a move that could be a boon to ailing salmon populations. Yet many environmental advocates considered it a hollow...