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No on Prop 1 – California Water Bond
Baykeeper recommends a No vote on Proposition 1, the Water Bond on the statewide November ballot. Officially titled the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, Prop 1 is a...
Rosé for the Bay—A Wine in Support of Baykeeper
Every year, Obsidian Wine Co. crafts a special pinot noir rosé in honor of San Francisco Bay—Rosé for the Bay. The grapes are fittingly grown in a foggy wetland location of Obsidian’s vineyard and...
Board of Supervisors Passes Resolution Urging Port of San Francisco to Restrict Fossil Fuels
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Board of Supervisors yesterday passed a resolution supporting and encouraging the Department of the Environment and the Port of San Francisco in developing a policy to bar the...
Advocating Against Shipment of Crude Oil in Unsafe Tank Cars
Baykeeper recently joined with Waterkeeper organizations across the country to urge federal regulators to tighten lax regulations on crude oil shipped by rail. The amount of crude oil shipped by rail...
Baykeeper 25th Anniversary Flash from the Past: The Nation’s First Regulations on Agricultural Pesticides Secured
Ten years ago, San Francisco Baykeeper won a major victory for protecting California waterways from pesticides, when we secured the first regulations on agricultural pesticides in the nation. This...
Oil Spill Harms Swimmers, Coast Guard Responds with Cleanup
On Saturday, September 20, as swimmers in the annual Dolphin Club Alcatraz Swim were heading into San Francisco’s Aquatic Park, an oil slick drifted across their path. Several swimmers were oiled and...
Baykeeper Seeks a Policy Research Intern
San Francisco Baykeeper is looking for an enthusiastic volunteer intern to conduct in-depth research and analysis and develop informational materials related to pollution in San Francisco Bay. The...
Standing Up Against Crude Oil Shipped in Tank Cars Along the Bay Shore
Baykeeper and more than 150 of our supporters recently stood up for San Francisco Bay and against Valero Energy Corporation’s plan to enlarge the rail yard at its Benicia oil refinery. If Valero...
25th Anniversary Flash from the Past: Dow Chemical Required to Clean Up Its Contamination of the Bay
In 2002, Baykeeper compelled Dow Chemical’s Pittsburg plant to keep dangerous toxic chemicals from contaminating Suisun Bay, an inlet of San Francisco Bay. Dow’s pollution included a long list of...
Action Alert: Stand up for San Francisco Bay and Help Protect the Bay from Crude Oil Spills
Valero Energy Corporation wants to enlarge the rail yard at its Benicia oil refinery to ship in more crude oil by tank car. If Valero gets its way, long trains filled with explosion-prone crude...
Benicia Recycling Facility Agrees to Protect the Bay from Toxic Runoff
Pacific Rim Recycling in Benicia recently agreed to install controls to keep the recycling facility’s toxic runoff from polluting San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper brought suit under the Clean Water Act...
Delta Water Tunnels Would Harm the Bay
The 35-mile tunnels proposed to carry freshwater from the northern end of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to pumps on the southern end would harm San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper recently took action...