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Fisheries Service Issues New Rulebook to Protect Imperiled California Salmon

Current operations of state and federal water projects in California’s Central Valley jeopardize endangered California Chinook salmon and steelhead populations, according to a biological...

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Supreme Court Rules on Once-Through Cooled Power Plants

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could weigh industry costs when establishing environmental protections for power plants with cooling water intake...

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Oil Contamination of Eelgrass

Found throughout North America, eelgrass is an important plant in estuaries like the San Francisco Bay because its structure creates multi-layered habitat for many organisms. Oil spills like the...

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Conservationists Win Decision Protecting Local Water Supplies, Fisheries & Wildlife

In yet another in a long list stinging defeats for the Bush’s Environmental Protection Agency, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals today issued a clear rebuke against the administration’s 2006 rule...

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Waterkeepers Support Obama’s Appointment of Sutley to Key Environment Post

California environmental leaders learned Wednesday that one of their own, Nancy Sutley, could be tapped to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Sutley currently serves as the deputy...

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Stopping Sewage Spills in the San Mateo Peninsula

Frequent sewage spills in Burlingame will soon be reduced through a new agreement with San Francisco Baykeeper to make substantial improvements to sewage operations. The pollution watchdog group sued...

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9th Circuit Upholds Case Requiring U.S. EPA to Regulate Invasive Species Pollution

Dealing a setback to the shipping industry, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of environmental organizations seeking to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to...

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Baykeeper to Address More Illegal Sewage Spills in the San Mateo Peninsula

San Francisco Baykeeper just announced its intent to enforce the Clean Water Act against the Town of Hillsborough and the Burlingame Hills area of San Mateo County for sewage spills. A recently...

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California Coastkeeper Alliance and Baykeeper Call for Improvements In Oil Spill Preparedness and Response

The California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA), a coalition of 12 Waterkeeper groups spanning the coast from the Oregon border to San Diego, and San Francisco Baykeeper today called on the U.S. Coast...

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Judge Tosses Biological Opinion for Salmon and Steelhead in California

A federal judge has invalidated a water plan that would have allowed more pumping from the San Francisco Bay Delta at the expense of five species of protected salmon and steelhead trout. Fishing and...

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Case Has Implications for Cleanup in San Francisco Bay

Today the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case surrounding the Exxon Valdez oil spill. In 1987, the tanker Exxon Valdez spilled tens of millions of gallons of Alaskan crude oil...

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Flawed Regulations Allow Polluted Runoff from Dairies

Environmental groups today challenged the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board’s flawed regulation of dairy operations in the Central Valley. The Regional Board recently issued permits that do...

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