BAYKEEPER IN THE NEWS
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Harmful Pollution in the Bay—Interview with Sejal Choksi-Chugh

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...

The Bay-Delta ecosystem is collapsing. California just unveiled rival rescue plans

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...

Hunter Pence's all-star efforts for a better Bay Area: The Healthy Planet Project and San Francisco Baykeeper

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....

Silicon Valley Cities Must Face SF Bay Sewage Pollution Suit

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...

State Water Board adopts initial biological goals for the Lower San Joaquin River

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...

Environmental Concerns in West Oakland

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...

Fighting future ‘red tides’ in San Francisco Bay

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,”...

Fish-killing toxic algae bloom has left San Francisco Bay for now

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...

Bay Area Red Tide Crisis Ends, Watchdog Group Declares Algae Bloom Over

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...

Schnitzer Steel has history of fires renewing environmental concerns

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...

Red Tide Returns to the Bay

KPFA

UpFront talks to Baykeeper managing attorney Eric Buescher and community scientist Damon Tighe about the algae bloom in the Bay.

Another Algae Bloom Is Taking Over San Francisco 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...

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