Blog Post: August 17, 2023
In early 2021, Richmond residents called Baykeeper’s pollution hotline to report a strange sheen on the Bay and a noxious smell in the air. Turns out, they had discovered an oil spill at Chevron’s loading dock. Unfortunately, Chevron itself was unaware that its oil was polluting the Bay until...
BK In The News: May 16, 2022
Fifteen months after about 800 gallons of diesel spilled into San Francisco Bay from a leaking pipe at the Richmond Chevron Refinery, the public is still waiting for a promised investigation by Contra Costa County
Chevron has filed a half dozen follow-up reports with the county between February...
Column: October 29, 2021
The news this past month has felt like a nightmare I've had before. Toxic oil devastated our beautiful Southern California shorelines, and the headlines were ghosts of the past. There were critical communication gaps between federal and local officials, delays in the initial response, dramatic...
BK In The News: October 27, 2021
Chevron says inspections at its Richmond refinery failed to detect corrosion on a pipeline that leaked hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel into the bay last February, a disclosure that one local official says shows the oil company's overall maintenance practices are inadequate to keep the oil-...
BK In The News: October 27, 2021
Chevron says inspections at its Richmond refinery failed to detect corrosion on a pipeline that leaked hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel into the bay last February, a disclosure that one local official says shows the oil company's overall maintenance practices are inadequate to keep the oil-...
BK In The News: October 21, 2021
In the eight months since hundreds of gallons of fuel from Chevron's Richmond oil refinery spilled into the bay, local air regulators and the state's workplace safety agency have issued a handful of violation notices against the oil giant.
But neither Chevron nor the agencies investigating the Feb...
Blog Post: October 7, 2021
Yet another oil spill is blackening our state's beautiful coastline—this time in Southern California—a reminder of the destructiveness and toxicity of fossil fuels. News images of marred shorelines, dying birds, and desperate volunteers are both saddening and terribly familiar. From Exxon Valdez to...
BK In The News: October 7, 2021
The environmental impact of the Huntington Beach oil spill will be felt for years to come.
Between October 1 and 2, a pipeline leak released around 126,000 gallons (just under 573,000 liters) of highly viscous liquid petroleum into the ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach in Southern California...
BK In The News: October 6, 2021
Public Tips Lead to Catching Fossil Fuel Polluter in the Act – Baykeeper Notifies Benicia Petcoke Polluter of Intent to Sue … Oakland, CA—San Francisco Baykeeper yesterday served a notice of intent to sue Amports, the owner of the Port of Benicia, alleging repeated violations of the Clean Water Act...
BK In The News: October 6, 2021
An environmental watchdog has alleged in a letter to the Port of Benicia that it has routinely allowed petroleum pollutants to drain into the Carquinez Strait in violation of federal and state environmental laws. The letter, sent Wednesday by the Oakland-based environmental nonprofit San Francisco...