Updates and news about our latest victories defending San Francisco Bay
A Big Win You Might Not Know About
Sometimes when the Bay scores a big win, you might not be aware of it. There's not a fireworks show or a victory parade. Most often, the developer with a bad proposal or the industrial company with a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Judge Rules Ponds Are Water
Baykeeper v. US EPA: A legal victory for the Bay… and for common sense You read in our recent updates that Trump's EPA was bizarrely trying to claim that ponds aren't really water. Specifically,...
Redwood City salt ponds subject to environmental protections, judge rules
A federal judge ruled that a sprawling collage of salt ponds in Redwood City is subject to protections under the Clean Water Act.. The lawsuit was brought by several environmental groups, including...
Being a Good neighbor
Last summer, when Baykeeper scientists reviewed pollution data from across the Bay Area, one facility stood out. Lab results from PJ’s Rebar revealed that its Fremont facility had been releasing...