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Bay Area Video Coalition
The health of the Bay is compromised by trash, and a range of unnatural pollutants. Wastewater treatment plants discharge nitrogern and phosphorus into the Bay, which contributes to harnful algae...
CalMatters
With the Bay-Delta watershed in the throes of an ecological crisis, California’s water regulators Thursday unveiled several controversial options for managing the heart of the state’s water supply...
North State Public Radio
Host Dave Schlom visits with two-time World Series champion and four-time MLB All-Star Hunter Pence about the nonprofit organization he and his wife Alexis have founded: Healthy Planet Project....
Law360
Two Silicon Valley cities must face claims they polluted local waterways with raw sewage from stormwater systems, despite their argument that a new discharge permit provided safe haven from a...
Maven's Notebook
At the September 6 State Water Resources Control Board meeting, Board members took another step forward in the long-running effort to update the Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan (or Bay-Delta...
KPFA
On today’s show we focus on the local environmental impact of West Oakland’s Schnitzer Steel Factory, which has poured chemicals into the areas airways for many years. ... Then we continue the...
The Mercury News
The largest sources of nutrient pollution and algae blooms in the San Francisco Bay — 37 different sewage treatment plants — are cleaning up their act. Faced with two blooms called “red tides,”...
San Francisco Chronicle
A toxic algae bloom that killed fish in San Francisco Bay for the second year in a row has dissipated, scientists say. The overall impact was much smaller than last year’s red tide, but experts...
KQED
The red tide that gave East Bay waters a light brown sheen earlier this month is likely over, declared the environmental watchdog group San Francisco Baykeeper Monday. “I would say this bloom is...
KTVU Fox News
A recycling scrapyard at the Port of Oakland where a massive fire broke out Wednesday has been the site of several fires in recent years, resulting in environmental violations, fines and renewed...
KPFA
UpFront talks to Baykeeper managing attorney Eric Buescher and community scientist Damon Tighe about the algae bloom in the Bay.
KQED Forum
A perfect recipe of summer weather, climate-warmed waters and excess nutrient pollution has brought the red tide back to the San Francisco Bay shoreline. The same algae bloom that caused a massive...