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Berkeley Steel Foundry to Stop Runoff Pollution of the Bay
Toxic brownish water will no longer gush toward San Francisco Bay from Pacific Steel Casting Company in Berkeley, as a result of Baykeeper’s successful Clean Water Act lawsuit against the facility...
New Progress to Reduce Sewage Pollution in the Bay
The Bay Area’s worst-polluting sewer agencies are spilling less sewage into San Francisco Bay, thanks to Baykeeper’s Sick of Sewage campaign.Sewage pollution has been one of the most serious threats...
Boat Patrols Spur Pollution Cleanup
As we patrolled the southern San Francisco shoreline in the Baykeeper boat, we glided toward a huge facility where paint was being sandblasted off a massive ship towering above us. Paint chips blew...
Baykeeper Wins Better Protection for the Bay from Oil Spills
Baykeeper’s advocacy helped win new rules to reduce the risk of oil spills in San Francisco Bay by keeping large outbound ships from passing under the Bay Bridge in heavy fog.The rules were adopted...
Coal in China Presentation by Sun Qingwei on May 7
Coal has long been the main fuel source powering most of China. But are the health and environmental risks spinning out of control? For the past several years, activist Sun Qingwei has worked to...
Curbing Pollution from an Oakland Auto Shredder
For the second time this year, thanks to Baykeeper’s advocacy, a polluting metal and vehicle recycler on the Oakland Estuary has been told it is still not doing enough to keep toxic dust out of San...
Stop Fracking California
Baykeeper is working to end the destructive and unregulated practice of fracking to extract gas and oil from wells across California. Because California has no regulation of this process, oil...
Earth Day Tips for a Healthy Bay
Earth Day is April 22. On Earth Day, and every day of the year, here are simple actions you can take from your home and in your community to help protect San Francisco Bay from pollution. IN YOUR...
Baykeeper Begins Removing Toxic Debris from Point Molate
Baykeeper has begun a cleanup effort to remove up to 100 tons of debris that has been polluting San Francisco Bay waters and the shoreline at Point Molate in Richmond. Currently, the beach is...
Advocating Against San Jose’s Plans to Pave Bay Shoreline
Some of the last remaining undeveloped land on the San Francisco Bay shoreline in Santa Clara County should not be paved and turned over for private development, Baykeeper recently told San Jose city...
South San Francisco Cleans Up Illegal Sewage Spills to the Bay
Sewage pollution from South San Francisco is no longer a problem in San Francisco Bay, marking a new success in Baykeeper’s Sick of Sewage campaign. In 2011, Baykeeper won a legal agreement from...
Undaria Removal Events
Volunteers are needed to assist with removals of an invasive Asian kelp, Undaria pinnatifida, from local marinas. Boaters are also asked to keep an eye out for this invader at their local marina and...