FIGHTING FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Photo: Lance Shields
FIGHTING FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Photo: Robert McKinney
FIGHTING FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Photo: Robert McKinney
FIGHTING FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
Photo: Roger Cunningham

Fighting for Healthy Communities

Baykeeper supports communities fighting for clean water and air

Baykeeper has a long history stopping pollution and promoting environmental health, which supports our local communities and advances equity and justice around the Bay Area.

Baykeeper's scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates have worked in coalition with neighborhood organizations to stop polluters in every region the Bay, including Bayview Hunters Point, Richmond, Oakland, the South Bay, and Delta. Baykeeper has won over 200 Clean Water Act lawsuits that protect the Bay and the Bay Area from industrial pollution.

Since its inception, Baykeeper has generated hundreds of millions of dollars to improve the quality of life in Bay shoreline communities, and to support the work of organizations within communities disproportionately affected by pollution.

Our "Mighty" Collaboration With Hip Hop for Change

We recently launched an exciting collaboration with Hip Hop for Change and GRAMMY-nominated artist RyanNicole Austin to connect local frontline communities with Baykeeper’s special brand of legal and scientific activism. Inspired by a recent Baykeeper boat patrol, RyanNicole's new musical creation Small but Mighty, encourages local youth, community activists, and HipHop audiences to take action for communities of color living and playing around the Bay.

Click here to learn more about this partnership! 

Hip Hop for Change Performance

UPDATES
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San Francisco Accused of Flushing Sewage into Iconic Bay

Hoodline

San Francisco's picturesque bay is now the center of a scandalous pollution row, as the city stands accused of pouring millions of gallons of sewage directly into the waters. San Francisco Baykeeper...

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Local watchdog alleges San Francisco is discharging sewage, trash into area water

SFGate

A local environmental watchdog group plans to sue San Francisco over accusations that the city’s Public Utilities Commission routinely violates federal law by discharging millions of...

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Environmental watchdog plans to sue SF over dumping in the bay

San Francisco Examiner

In the filing, the group accused San Francisco of repeatedly discharging mixed sewage and “trash-filled” urban runoff into San Francisco Bay during heavy rains. They said this mix of sewage and...

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