Blog Post: December 15, 2021
Last week, Baykeeper co-hosted a workshop with scientists and environmental justice advocates to tackle the threat of sea level and groundwater rise inundating the Bay’s toxic sites.
There are over 1,000 contaminated hotspots around the Bay, many of which are vulnerable to rising waters, both from...
BK In The News: December 13, 2021
Environmentalists are blasting a proposed new emergency regulation by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) that appears to modify an earlier emergency rule on metal shredding activities, saying it inappropriately weakens the earlier rule and fails to meet the requirements of...
Press Release: December 8, 2021
Community Leaders and Government Officials to Discuss the Threat of
Sea Level and Groundwater Rise to Contaminated Sites around San Francisco Bay
WHEN: Wednesday December 8th and Thursday December 9th 2021
3:30-6:00PM (PST)
WHERE: ZOOM Registration...
Blog Post: December 7, 2021
In response to our advocacy efforts to reduce pollution in Bay fish over a decade ago, a local water agency informed us that there was “no evidence of subsistence fishing in the Bay Area.” This came as a surprise – on patrols, Baykeeper’s staff and skippers regularly saw fisherfolk along the...
BK In The News: October 25, 2021
BENICIA (KPIX) – An environmental watchdog claims it caught a polluter on camera in the act of repeatedly discharging a petroleum byproduct illegally into the bay at the Port of Benicia. The port of Benicia, owned by Amports, mostly exports cars. But it also stores and exports petroleum coke, a...
61 Groups Demand That EPA Update Industry Water Pollution Technology Standards, Many Dating To 1970s
BK In The News: September 22, 2021
Two thirds of EPA’s water pollution standards for industries are more than 30 years old, despite a Clean Water Act requirement that they be reviewed every year to keep pace with improving pollution control technology, according to a review of federal regulations.
For example, EPA’s standards for...
BK In The News: September 15, 2021
California’s toxics department has abruptly withdrawn its proposed emergency rule to regulate metal shredding operations under strict hazardous waste management requirements, after receiving strong pushback from the metal recycling industry and continued confusion from environmentalists and others...
Blog Post: September 10, 2021
Polluters don’t like getting caught. They get defensive—even when our field team catches them red-handed with photos and water sampling results demonstrating serious pollution violations. After we sue them, some polluters push back with empty threats and others drag their feet.
That’s why Baykeeper...
Blog Post: July 1, 2021
Fireworks can cause significant pollution. They are often set off over water, because setting them off over land creates a risk of fire. Some communities ban them over lakes used as drinking water sources because of pollution concerns.
After two Super Bowl fireworks shows over San Francisco Bay in...
BK In The News: June 17, 2021
After decades of efforts to clean up San Francisco Bay, its fish still carry a toxic load that makes them unfit for human consumption. A new Regional Monitoring Program (RMP) report on its 2019 sport fish survey contains some positive news: an overall decline in polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE...