Baykeeper Updates Related to Fossil Fuels

Blog Post: November 16, 2021
The Richmond City Council just signed an agreement that will keep coal out of the city permanently—a move that Baykeeper has fought for long and hard. We worked with partners and local activists in Richmond to develop the original ban a few years ago, and then we provided expert legal advice after...
BK In The News: January 25, 2024
A judge says a developer has the right to store and ship large amounts of coal from a waterfront terminal in Oakland despite objections from city officials and environmental groups. Oakland had agreed in 2013 to allow developer Phil Tagami’s Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, or OBOT, to build a...
BK In The News: January 23, 2024
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — An Oakland developer will resume construction of a new bulk terminal on California’s third largest port during the next three years, following a six-month, two-phase bench trial. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Noël Wise ruled Tuesday that Oakland Global Rail Enterprise...
Column: November 21, 2023
It’s the season of giving thanks, and Friendsgiving celebrations are the highlight of my calendar. These opportunities to gather with close friends are a Thanksgiving tradition my husband and I adopted when we first moved to the Bay Area—when our family was far away, our friends were here for us....
BK In The News: April 21, 2023
A conversation with Michael Furniss and Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director and SF Baykeeper 
Column: April 3, 2023
Last month’s train derailment that sent train cars carrying a million pounds of hazardous chemicals flying off the track was a horrific environmental disaster. Cancer-causing vinyl chloride spilled into the soil and two local creeks killing thousands of fish. Regulators evacuated thousands of...
BK In The News: January 26, 2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to uphold its legal obligation to regulate the nearly half-billion gallons of toxic wastewater that petroleum refineries dump into the nation's waterways on a daily basis, according to an exhaustive study published Thursday.
BK In The News: November 5, 2022
No Coal in Oakland, a grassroots coalition of community, faith, and environmental justice groups are denouncing an attempt by coal terminal developers to influence the Oakland mayor’s race with over $600,000 of out-of-town money.
BK In The News: October 26, 2022
Environmentalist and West Oakland community groups are alarmed by the coal terminal developers’ spending. Youth vs. Apocalypse, No Coal in Oakland, SF Baykeeper, Sierra Club, and SEIU Local 1021 plan to protest in front of City Hall on Oct. 27.
BK In The News: June 6, 2022
Utah’s fight with a Bay Area city over coal exports was resolved last month with a federal judge’s signature on a settlement that halts coal shipments through Richmond, Calif. by the end of 2026. The deal allows Wolverine Fuels, Utah’s main coal producer, nearly four additional years of using the...

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