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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...
San Francisco Bay Gets International Treaty Protection
The U.S. government has designated San Francisco Bay and Estuary as a Wetland of International Importance under an international treaty called the Ramsar Convention.Ramsar Convention officials...
Progress to Curb Pollution from Oakland Auto Shredder
As a result of Baykeeper’s advocacy, a major shoreline industrial facility has been ordered to better control toxic waste blowing into the Bay. Schnitzer Steel, a metal and vehicle recycler on the...
EPA Report Details Toxic Discharges from Big Industry
Large industrial facilities released more than one million pounds of toxic chemicals into San Francisco Bay and other water bodies in the 60,000 square-mile Bay-Delta watershed during 2011, according...
Partnering With e-Recycling of California to Cut Pollution to the Bay
A Hayward recycler of TVs, computers, and other electronics has volunteered to test its storm water runoff to see if it is polluting San Francisco Bay, and to reduce any pollution found.The company,...
Major Electronics Recycler Agrees to Clean Up Its Pollution
One of the largest processors of precious-metal-bearing electronic scrap in the western US will stop its runoff pollution of San Francisco Bay, in a new win for Baykeeper’s Bay-Safe Industry Campaign...
King Tides at Morning—Bay Area, Take Warning
The highest tides of the year take place this week, giving the Bay Area a preview of what’s coming as global climate change raises sea levels. These exceptionally high tides are called king tides...
Answers Needed on Why Oil Tanker Hit Bay Bridge
When an oil tanker hit the Bay Bridge Monday morning, no oil got into the Bay, according to the Coast Guard and other agencies investigating the collision. I immediately went to the scene in the...
Pollution Investigators Brave Stormy Weather
For most people, a rainy forecast means carrying an umbrella—but for our new team of pollution investigators, it’s a call to action. Baykeeper staff members and Volunteer Pollution Investigators are...
Baykeeper Urges Clampdown on Polluting Auto Shredder
Baykeeper is working to stop Schnitzer Steel, a metal and vehicle recycler on the Oakland Estuary, from allowing airborne dust containing toxic waste to blow into San Francisco Bay.Schnitzer Steel...
Baykeeper to Be Beneficiary of Trainer Communications’ Media Sharktank Event
(San Francisco, CA) – For the second year in a row, Trainer Communications will donate the proceeds of its Media Sharktank event to San Francisco Baykeeper.“Baykeeper sincerely thanks Trainer...
Baykeeper Files Lawsuit Over Excessive Sand Mining in Bay
(San Francisco, CA)—San Francisco Baykeeper has filed a lawsuit against the State of California over its decision to approve an Environmental Impact Report allowing unprecedented rates of sand mining...