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Groups Send Letter to Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Supporting a Just Transition for Dirty Fuel Workers and Dependent Communities
Oakland, California—Just weeks after Contra Costa County’s Board of Supervisors declared a climate emergency in their county, a diverse group of environmental and public health advocates sent a...
The Case of the Missing Birds at Aquatic Park
Last fall, paddlers at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park noticed something wrong. The water had become cloudy and oily, the normally plentiful fish and birds were nowhere to be seen, and the water...
One Less Polluter in the South Bay
All around the Bay Area, hundreds of industrial facilities allow their polluted runoff to seep into the watershed—a slow drip of toxic waste that turns into a deluge every time it rains. At...
How to use Facebook to Support Baykeeper
Facebook has a simple fundraising tool that you can use to support Baykeeper’s critical work defending the Bay from the biggest threats and holding polluters accountable. Make sure to set up...
US Coast Guard Legal Settlement with Baykeeper Finalized Today
Oakland, CA — Baykeeper and the US Coast Guard reached an agreement today that requires the federal agency to make significant changes to reduce heavy metals and other pollutants from its Yerba Buena...
San Francisco Baykeeper Responds to Trump's Announced Special Office of Water Grabs
Oakland, CA — Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order to form a "subcabinet" office of water policy, with a mandate of meeting the water demands of industrial agriculture and fracking...
Short Circuiting Pollution to the Bay
The Bay is literally surrounded by polluters of all shapes and sizes. Approximately 1,600 industrial facilities line the Bay and its tributaries. In the absence of pollution controls, these...
Federal Judge Finds for Environmental Groups in Suit Against EPA
Redwood City’s Salt Ponds are Protected by the Clean Water Act The historic salt ponds in Redwood City, owned by an affiliate of Cargill, Inc., are indeed waters of the United States and are...
Baykeeper v. EPA: A Big Win for the Bay
Federal Judge Rules that Trump's EPA Cannot Declare South Bay Salt Ponds to be Land Judge William Alsup of the US Northern District of California Court ruled today on the case...
Judge Rules Ponds Are Water
Baykeeper v. US EPA: A legal victory for the Bay… and for common sense You read in our recent updates that Trump's EPA was bizarrely trying to claim that ponds aren't really water. Specifically,...
Drone Patrol over the East Bay — September 2020
Drone patrol over the East Bay Baykeeper field investigator, Cole Burchiel, recently patrolled the Richmond harbor using our new drone, Osprey (pictured, above). As the newest addition to the...
24 Bay Area Groups Say Redwood City Cannot Wait to Act on Effects of Climate Change
REDWOOD CITY, California, September 1, 2020: Neighborhood groups, conservation, wildlife, and climate sustainability organizations, and even a public agency, joined forces today to issue an urgent...