MEDIA CENTER

Media Center

Baykeeper Media Center

Baykeeper's scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates can be reached anytime to speak about the threats to San Francisco Bay and how we hold polluters accountable.

Members of the media may also request to join a pollution patrol to see firsthand how Baykeeper works to defend the Bay.

Press Contact

Mark Westlund, Communications Director: 510-841-8329

Press Releases

Baykeeper Issues Notice to Sue SFPUC for Hundreds of Clean Water Act Violations    Oakland, CA—San Francisco Baykeeper recently issued a notice of intent to take legal...

Governor Newsom Doubles Down on Controversial Delta Tunnel  California's Chinook Salmon One Step Closer to Extinction Governor Newsom’s Water Resources Department applied for a...

Governor Newsom's "Salmon Strategy" will Accelerate Decline of Central Valley Salmon Runs San Francisco Baykeeper Issues Statement   Governor Newsom today announced a plan to support...

Developers May Proceed with Plans for Controversial Oakland Coal Terminal   Community and environmental groups remain committed to stopping the project   OAKLAND, Calif. —...

State Conducted Inadequate Review of Alternatives, Used Questionable Trump-era Interpretations of Law    Oakland—Late yesterday, a coalition of Tribal and environmental organizations...

Baykeeper Sues Federal Agency for Failing to  Meet Endangered Species Act Requirements   Fish and Wildlife Service Missed Congressional Deadlines to Protect Longfin Smelt...

In the News

Baykeeper's scientists, attorneys, and advocates are regularly featured as subject matter experts on San Francisco Bay pollution prevention, environmental justice, natural areas, endangered species, and more.  

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...

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...

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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