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Nation’s Rail Bridges Unsafe for Shipping Oil by Train
Across the nation, more trains are hauling tank cars full of crude oil over rail bridges that are deteriorating and unsafe. That’s the finding of a first-of-its-kind investigative report by the...
Action Alert: Help Protect San Francisco Bay from Trash Pollution
To: Terry Young, Ph.D., Chair, and Members San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board I strongly support the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board’s work to...
Advocating Against Development on Cargill Salt Ponds
Baykeeper recently took action in a long-running fight to prevent development on 1,365 acres of former south San Francisco Bay wetlands. The area, used for decades to manufacture salt, is known as...
Delta Tunnels Renamed Cal Water Fix, Still Bad for the Bay
The 35-mile tunnels proposed to route freshwater from the northern end of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to pumps on the southern end have a new name, the California Water Fix. But that doesn’t...
Victory! Governor Signs Three Bills to Protect the Bay and California Coast from Oil Spills
Governor Jerry Brown recently signed three bills that will help protect San Francisco Bay and all California coastal waters from oil spills. Baykeeper advocated for all three bills, joining with...
Governor Brown Signs Ban on Plastic Microbeads
In a win for a safer San Francisco Bay, Governor Jerry Brown recently signed AB 888, a statewide ban on the sale of consumer products containing plastic microbeads. The nation’s strongest ban so far...
Marin Concrete Plant Agrees to Protect the Bay from Contaminated Runoff
Shamrock Materials, Inc. recently agreed to implement pollution controls at its San Rafael concrete production plant in order to protect San Francisco Bay from contaminated runoff. Baykeeper brought...
Community and Environmental Groups Challenge Proposed Oakland Coal Export Terminal
For Immediate Release October 2, 2015 Contact: Roger Lin, Communities for a Better Environment, [email protected], 510-302-0430 ext. 16 Miya Yoshitani, Asian Pacific Environmental Network,...
Baykeeper Challenges Oakland Coal Export Terminal in Court
Baykeeper is adding a legal challenge to our advocacy against the shipment of coal by rail along San Francisco Bay’s shoreline. On October 2nd, we filed suit in Alameda County Superior Court against...
Pulse of the Bay Report Shows Need for Baykeeper’s Efforts to Stop Pollution
The Pulse of the Bay report, just published by the San Francisco Estuary Institute, summarizes the present state of Bay water quality and looks ahead to the possible condition of the Bay 50 years...
Mystery Goo Identified But Chemical Spills Still Threaten the Bay
The toxic “mystery goo” that was spilled into San Francisco Bay in January, harming hundreds of birds, has finally been identified. State government scientists say it’s a polymerized oil similar to...
Implosion of Bay Bridge Pier a Threat to Bay Water Quality
(SAN FRANCISCO, CA) Caltrans’ plan to implode the largest underwater pier of the old Bay Bridge threatens to pollute San Francisco Bay with dust and debris. “This cost-saving operation is without...