Baykeeper In The News
Articles and other news featuring Baykeeper's role in protecting the Bay
ABC 7 News | November 21, 2016 | Toxic Pollutants
Cleanup continued Friday after firefighting foam exploded from airplane hangar at Mineta San Jose Airport... As a concentrate, the aqueous film forming agent is a carcinogen and irritant. It's technically safe in foam form, but San Francisco Baykeeper is worried about wildlife. "It seems reasonable to expect that some of it will make its way into...
Peninsula Press | November 21, 2016 | Bay-Safe Industry
San Mateo County is drafting a new Stormwater Resource Plan to combat water pollution and fulfill state water quality mandates... Erica Maharg, managing attorney of the nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper, works to reduce the public health risks associated with PCBs and mercury in fish. “All across the Bay you have warnings not to eat the fish,” she...
The Mercury News | November 21, 2016 | Toxic Pollutants
Fluffy white foam filled a Santa Clara street Friday when a fire-suppression system at a privately-owned hangar at San Jose International Airport malfunctioned... San Francisco Baykeeper staff scientist Ian Wren expressed some concern about the substance getting into waterways and potentially poisoning wildlife, especially with rain expected this...
KQED | October 21, 2016 | Oil Spills
“Whether or not the oil spill that took place during oil transfer operations at Phillips 66 was the fault of refinery staff or the shipping company hired to transport its oil is irrelevant,” said Ian Wren, a staff scientist at Baykeeper, an organization that works to stop pollution in San Francisco Bay.
“Phillips 66 should be expected to take full...
Earth Island Journal | October 11, 2016 | Trash
“The plastic bag industry’s arguments don’t make a lot of sense,” says Sejal Choksi-Chugh, executive director of San Francisco Baykeeper, one of the many organizations that have come out strongly in favor of Proposition 67. “A single-use plastic bag that takes about 1,000 years to degrade into smaller pieces of plastic… is wasteful and harmful to...
The Progressive Farmer | October 3, 2016 | Pesticides
A policy rider in an appropriations bill in Congress to end permit requirements to spray pesticides on waters to control mosquitoes, is drawing the ire of nearly 150 environmental groups, including SF Baykeeper.
Estuary News | September 26, 2016 | Wetland Protection
Environmentalists are heading warily into the fall following two regulatory developments that they fear may cramp efforts to protect California’s wetlands. . . Baykeeper Managing Attorney Erica Maharg said, "Wetlands are vitally important to the health of nearby surface waters and it is extremely important that they be protected overall. So the...
NBC Bay Area | September 22, 2016 | Oil Spills
Two large oil sheens on San Pablo Bay Wednesday morning, after a mysterious odor prompted shelter-in-place orders in Vallejo Tuesday night, appear to have come from a Phillips refinery tanker in Rodeo, authorities said. Coast Guard crews earlier laid down a thousand-foot boom to contain oil surrounding the Yamuna Spirit tanker. Scientist Ian Wren...
ABC7 News | September 22, 2016 | Oil Spills
The Coast Guard Wednesday night has confirmed the oil sheens in San Pablo Bay. One is a mile long and the other is surrounding an oil tanker at the Phillips 66 Refinery in Rodeo. Ian Wren of Baykeeper says, "There's a lot of sensitive wetland communities in that area. We want to make sure the areas around Point San Pablo and Point Pinole are...
NBC Bay Area | August 9, 2016 | Toxic Pollutants
A large swath of toxic waste located just upshore from Crockett in the East Bay is impacting the bay water and the ground water and poses a danger to people in the area. Baykeeper Staff Attorney Erica Maharg said, "It's a toxic site with heavy metals such as lead and arsenic that we know are leaching into San Pablo Bay."