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25th Anniversary Flash from the Past: Preventing 30-Million-Gallon Sewage Overflows into the Bay
In 2000, Baykeeper and a coalition of neighborhood and environmental groups won crucial changes in the redevelopment of San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. In a major win for San Francisco Bay...
San Jose Metal Recycler Agrees to Protect the Bay from Toxic Runoff
In the 20th victory for Baykeeper’s Bay-Safe Industry Campaign, Sims Metal Management in San Jose recently agreed to keep contaminated runoff from flowing into nearby storm drains that empty into the...
Great Blue Herons Plentiful Around San Francisco Bay
Slender, blue-gray birds up to five feet tall, great blue herons (Ardea herodias) live all around San Francisco Bay. With half its height in its long legs, this majestic bird wades in the Bay’s...
East Bay Agencies Commit to Major Upgrades to Reduce Sewage Pollution in the Bay
Sewer agencies serving nine East Bay cities have agreed to major upgrades to keep hundreds of millions of gallons of raw and undertreated sewage from polluting San Francisco Bay. The improvements...
25th Anniversary Flash from the Past—Refineries Compelled to Stop Selenium Pollution
In 1998, Baykeeper and our partners won a great victory for San Francisco Bay when we compelled two oil refineries to stop contaminating the Bay with selenium. The refinery owners, oil giants Unocal...
New Law Expands Oil Spill Protections for State’s Waters and Wildlife
In a major victory for protecting California waterways from oil spills, a new state law will provide the state’s rivers, lakes, and creeks with oil spill protections previously given only to the...
New Law Expands Oil Spill Protections for State Waters
(San Francisco, CA) With the number of freight trains carrying crude oil skyrocketing in California, a new state law will provide the state’s rivers, lakes, and creeks with protection from oil spills...
Baykeeper Files Court Appeal to Stop Excessive Sand Mining in the Bay
On July 8, Baykeeper filed an appeal in our lawsuit to stop excessive sand mining in San Francisco Bay. For years, private companies have been permitted to mine too much sand from the Bay,...
Excessive Bay Sand Mining Threatens Bay And Ocean Beach
Yesterday, San Francisco Baykeeper filed a court appeal to stop private companies from mining too much sand from San Francisco Bay. The appeal seeks to overturn an April state court ruling that gave...
Supporting Oakland’s Opposition to Oil and Coal Trains
Baykeeper advocated in support of a resolution unanimously passed on June 17 by the Oakland City Council to oppose rail shipments of hazardous crude oil, coal, and petroleum coke (a toxic by-product...
The Passing of Jay Holcomb, Pioneer Bird Rescuer
Jay Holcomb, the long-time leader of International Bird Rescue, died last week at 63 as a result of kidney cancer. He had volunteered for the organization since its founding in 1971 during the...
First-Ever Bay Parade a Big Success for the Bay
More than 50 swimmers, sailors, stand-up paddle boarders, kayakers, and rowers, along with the San Francisco Fire Department fire boat, the Hornblower hybrid ferry, a hybrid yacht, and the Baykeeper...