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Small non-profit works to reduce massive sewage spills into San Francisco Bay

Mercury News | January 24, 2012
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Every year, winter rains like the recent storms that have soaked the Bay Area help fill reservoirs and perk up lawns. But they also carry an ugly downside, causing aging sewage systems to back up, overflow and malfunction, endangering human health and polluting San Francisco Bay... But with little fanfare, a small nonprofit group is ...READ FULL ARTICLE

$1.4 million settlement agreement in sewer spill

San Francisco Chronicle | January 14, 2012
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A Menlo Park sanitary district has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a long-running lawsuit accusing the utility of spilling tens of thousands of gallons of sewage into creeks and sloughs that drain into San Francisco Bay.READ FULL ARTICLE

Environment panel might hold up America's Cup in San Francisco

San Francisco Examiner | December 14, 2011
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Groups that have raised environmental concerns about the America’s Cup said Wednesday that they intend to slow down the development approval process if the Planning Commission will not do so.READ FULL ARTICLE

America's Cup tries to clear air with anti-pollution rules

The Examiner | December 2, 2011
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New measures for improving air quality during the America’s Cup have some skeptical conservation organizations warming up to the event.READ FULL ARTICLE

America's Cup Plan to Curb Invasive Seaweed: Scrape Piers by Hand

The Bay Citizen | November 3, 2011
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The latest proposal to prevent the spread of invasive seaweed as San Francisco prepares to host the America's Cup would have scuba divers painstakingly remove the pest by hand from old piers before they are torn down.READ FULL ARTICLE

Cosco Busan Owners, Operators to Pay $44 Million for Oil Spill Damage

The Bay Citizen | September 23, 2011
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Nearly four years after the Cosco Busan, a container ship, clipped the Bay Bridge and dumped 53,000 gallons of toxic fuel into San Francisco Bay, the ship's owners and operators agreed to pay a combined $44 million to compensate for the damage the spill caused.READ FULL ARTICLE

$44 Million Settles Cosco Busan Oil Spill in Bay

San Francisco Chronicle | September 20, 2011
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The shipping companies responsible for the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill, which polluted San Francisco Bay and killed thousands of birds and fish, have agreed to pay $44.4 million to restore habitat and reimburse the agencies that responded to the disaster, state and federal officials announced Monday.READ FULL ARTICLE

Editorial: Senators need to stand up for California's oil spill prevention program

Mercury News | September 2, 2011
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The fight over whether to maintain California's oil-spill response and prevention program is a classic Sacramento showdown pitting Big Oil against public safety and the environment.READ FULL ARTICLE

Some raise concerns over upcoming America's Cup

KGO-TV | August 12, 2011
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Environmentalists are concerned over the impact that the upcoming America's Cup race may have on the bay.READ FULL ARTICLE

America’s Cup environmental review draws criticism

Way Out West News | July 25, 2011
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Heavy construction. Massive crowds. Congested waterways. Based on the city’s recently released draft environment impact report (EIR) for the 2013 America’s Cup, these threats, along with others, are an unavoidable addition to the international event.READ FULL ARTICLE