Baykeeper Press Releases
July 14, 2010
Baykeeper Settles Major Sewage Spill Lawsuit With Millbrae; Sewage Spills in Millbrae Coming to an End
February 23, 2010
Baykeeper Secures Agreement from San Carlos to Invest Millions in Preventing Sewage Spills, Files Suit Against San Bruno
January 28, 2010
EPA, Baykeeper Take Legal Action to Stop East Bay Sewage Spills
December 2, 2009
A New Wave of Legal Action to Stop Sewage Spills to the Bay;
Baykeeper Files Three New Lawsuits, Investigates Next Targets
November 30, 2009
Groups Challenge Bush-Era Central Valley Water Contracts;
Flawed Management Plans Shortchange Wildlife, Delta
November 25, 2009
Is Your Holiday Meal Bay-Friendly?
September 17, 2009
Media Advisory:
25th Anniversary of Coastal Cleanup Day Draws Volunteers of All Ages to Hunters Point Neighborhood
April 1, 2009
Supreme Court Rules on Once-Through Cooled Power Plants;
Baykeeper Urges State Action to Protect Imperiled Fisheries
December 11, 2008
Waterkeepers Support Obama’s Appointment
of Sutley to Key Environment Post
July 23, 2008
Ninth Circuit Upholds Case Requiring U.S. EPA to Regulate Invasive Species Pollution
May 16, 2008
California Coastkeeper Alliance and Baykeeper Call for Improvements in Oil Spill Preparedness and Response
April 16, 2008
Judge Tosses Biological Opinion for Salmon and Steelhead in California
February 27, 2008
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case Has Implications for Cleanup in San Francisco Bay
February 15, 2008
Flawed Regulations Allow Polluted Runoff from Dairies
Groups assert that polluting dairies must be regulated under the federal clean water act
February 13, 2008
Agency Leaves PCB Contamination in SF Bay for Another Century
Clean up plan relies on little more than natural erosion of the toxic pollutant
February 11, 2008
San Francisco Baykeeper is Sick of Sewage
New Initiative Aims to Stop Sewage Spills
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January 28, 2008
California Coastkeeper and Baykeeper call for Improvements in Oil Spill Preparedness and Response
Organizations respond to Release of Phase I US Coast Guard Review of Cosco Busan Oil Spill
December 13, 2007
Marin Town Hall Meeting Dec. 15
November 21, 2007
Keep Sewers Fat-Free This Holiday Season:
Baykeeper and East Bay Municipal Utility District urge residents not to put cooking oil and grease down the sink
November 20, 2007
New Satellite Photo of San Francisco Bay Shows Impacts of Oil Spill
November 13 , 2007
Press Advisory: Boxer to Host Commerce Committee Briefing on San Francisco Oil Spill
November 5 , 2007
Press Release: EPA Criticizes California's Lax Pollution Permits
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October 29, 2007
Press Advisory: Groups to Sue U.S. Maritime Administration for Polluting Suisun Bay
October 22, 2007
San Francisco Baykeeper To Sue Burlingame for Sewage Spills and Illegal Discharges
August 29, 2007
Settlement Reached In Dispute Over Port of Stockton Development Plans
August 14 , 2007
Environmental Groups Press EPA in Court
for Federal Regulations on Ballast Water
July 30, 2007
Refineries Attempt to Avoid Study of Mercury
July 18, 2007:
State Approves Tough Mercury Clean Up Plan
June 18, 2007:
Regional Water Board Sued Over Agricultural Pollution
April 10, 2007:
Refineries May be a Major Source of Mercury Pollution
December 13, 2006:
CA Court of Appeal Reverses Decision on Port of Stockton, Orders Retrial
December 11 , 2006:
Environmental Groups Sue EPA for Deregulating Pesticide Spraying
November 21, 2006:
Keep Sewers Fat Free This Holiday Season
October 18, 2006:
City of Richmond Pledges to Clean Up its Sewage System
September 21, 2006:
Judge Orders Army Corps, Port of Stockton to Stop Illegal Dredging
September 18, 2006:
Federal Court Orders US EPA to Regulate Ships Dumping Ballast Water
January 23, 2006:
Baykeeper Sues Richmond for Spilling Hundreds of Thousands of Gallons of
Raw Sewage into the San Francisco Bay