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Army Corps Drops its Planned Hand-out to Big Oil
Last year, the US Army Corps of Engineers unveiled a plan to dredge a deeper shipping channel through San Francisco Bay to Stockton. The move itself wasn’t unusual since the Corps regularly dredges...
Army Engineers Ditch Plan to Deepen SF Bay Shipping Channels for Oil Tankers
Cancellation is a Win for the Bay’s Health, for local Drinking Water, and will Save Taxpayers Millions of Dollars The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates as part of...
Victories to Protect San Francisco Bay from Industrial Pollution
Baykeeper’s Bay-Safe Industry Campaign is making rapid progress. We launched the campaign in 2012, and have so far secured legally-binding agreements requiring 50 industrial facilities to implement...
Groups Send Letter to Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors Supporting a Just Transition for Dirty Fuel Workers and Dependent Communities
Oakland, California—Just weeks after Contra Costa County’s Board of Supervisors declared a climate emergency in their county, a diverse group of environmental and public health advocates sent a...
The Case of the Missing Birds at Aquatic Park
Last fall, paddlers at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park noticed something wrong. The water had become cloudy and oily, the normally plentiful fish and birds were nowhere to be seen, and the water...
One Less Polluter in the South Bay
All around the Bay Area, hundreds of industrial facilities allow their polluted runoff to seep into the watershed—a slow drip of toxic waste that turns into a deluge every time it rains. At...
How to use Facebook to Support Baykeeper
Facebook has a simple fundraising tool that you can use to support Baykeeper’s critical work defending the Bay from the biggest threats and holding polluters accountable. Make sure to set up...
US Coast Guard Legal Settlement with Baykeeper Finalized Today
Oakland, CA — Baykeeper and the US Coast Guard reached an agreement today that requires the federal agency to make significant changes to reduce heavy metals and other pollutants from its Yerba Buena...
San Francisco Baykeeper Responds to Trump's Announced Special Office of Water Grabs
Oakland, CA — Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order to form a "subcabinet" office of water policy, with a mandate of meeting the water demands of industrial agriculture and fracking...
Short Circuiting Pollution to the Bay
The Bay is literally surrounded by polluters of all shapes and sizes. Approximately 1,600 industrial facilities line the Bay and its tributaries. In the absence of pollution controls, these...
Federal Judge Finds for Environmental Groups in Suit Against EPA
Redwood City’s Salt Ponds are Protected by the Clean Water Act The historic salt ponds in Redwood City, owned by an affiliate of Cargill, Inc., are indeed waters of the United States and are...
Baykeeper v. EPA: A Big Win for the Bay
Federal Judge Rules that Trump's EPA Cannot Declare South Bay Salt Ponds to be Land Judge William Alsup of the US Northern District of California Court ruled today on the case...