BAYKEEPER IN THE NEWS
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Baykeeper in the News

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Water pollution lawsuit against Mountain View, Sunnyvale could change course following Supreme Court ruling

Mountain View Voice

An environmental watchdog is pressing forward with lawsuits against the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale in an effort to get them to clean up local creeks. Court filings earlier this year show...

De-Pave Park Buildings to Be Removed, Parklets to Stay

Alameda Post

On November 7, City Council directed staff to proceed with De-Pave Park design plans, including the eventual removal of Buildings 25 and 29 at Alameda Point to maximize ecological park space. The...

SF Baykeeper Intends to Sue Feds for Missing Congressional Deadline to Protect Longfin Smelt

Daily Kos

Oakland, California—On October 11, San Francisco Baykeeper put the US Fish and Wildlife Service on notice that the environmental advocacy organization intends to sue the agency for for violating the...

SF Bay Keeper Aims For Change With The Help Of Hip Hop

SF Weekly

San Francisco, CA - For the last 50 years of Hip Hop, social commentary and community have served as an integral part of the message and movement, remixing and shifting our pop culture paradigms,...

South City marina fire destroys boats, prompts passenger rescue

San Francisco Examiner

A Wednesday morning fire near a South San Francisco marina injured one person, destroyed at least three boats, and prompted environmental crews to respond and prevent contaminants from spreading into...

A historic California species is in imminent danger of extinction. A huge effort just launched to save it

San Francisco Chronicle

On a remote stretch of creek in California’s far north, a team of biologists dropped fishing nets into a cold pool of water Tuesday with high hopes: to save one of the state’s great salmon runs by...

Debate over options for California’s ailing Delta region reflects deep divisions over water

Los Angeles Times

California water regulators have released a long-awaited analysis of options for managing flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, where fish populations have been declining and the ecosystem...

New $3 million grant to support harmful algae monitoring in the San Francisco Estuary

San Francisco Estuary Institute

Over the last decade, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have emerged as one of the highest-priority water quality management issues in the San Francisco Estuary, which includes the San Francisco Bay (Bay)...

Harmful Pollution in the Bay—Interview with Sejal Choksi-Chugh

Bay Area Video Coalition

The health of the Bay is compromised by trash, and a range of unnatural pollutants. Wastewater treatment plants discharge nitrogern and phosphorus into the Bay, which contributes to harnful algae...

The Bay-Delta ecosystem is collapsing. California just unveiled rival rescue plans

CalMatters

With the Bay-Delta watershed in the throes of an ecological crisis, California’s water regulators Thursday unveiled several controversial options for managing the heart of the state’s water supply...

Hunter Pence's all-star efforts for a better Bay Area: The Healthy Planet Project and San Francisco Baykeeper

North State Public Radio

Host Dave Schlom visits with two-time World Series champion and four-time MLB All-Star Hunter Pence about the nonprofit organization he and his wife Alexis have founded: Healthy Planet Project....

Silicon Valley Cities Must Face SF Bay Sewage Pollution Suit

Law360

Two Silicon Valley cities must face claims they polluted local waterways with raw sewage from stormwater systems, despite their argument that a new discharge permit provided safe haven from a...

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