Featured Stories: October 9, 2013
On autumn nights, flocks of Western Grebes end their migration by alighting on San Francisco Bay, their seasonal home. These strikingly beautiful birds are about two and half feet long, black on top with white undersides. They have yellow beaks, bright red eyes, and long, swanlike necks. Migrating...
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Monthly Update for October 2013
Be a Part of the Swim for the Bay on October 20
Baykeeper Opposes Plan to Expand Bay Area Oil...
Blog Post: October 1, 2013
Baykeeper is working to halt plans by the oil industry for a major expansion of oil refineries on San Francisco Bay in order to process millions of barrels of oil for export to other states and countries. A significant increase in oil storage and processing along the Bay’s shores could drastically...
Monthly Column: October 1, 2013
On autumn nights, flocks of western grebes end their migration by alighting on San Francisco Bay, their seasonal home. These strikingly beautiful birds are about two and half feet long, black on top with white undersides. They have yellow beaks, bright red eyes, and long, swanlike necks. Migrating...
E News: September 17, 2013
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Monthly Update for September 2013
Only 13 of Original 57 Ghost Fleet Ships Left to Clean Up
Take Action for Better Controls on Industrial Runoff Pollution
New Bay-Safe...
Blog Post: September 17, 2013
As a result of Baykeeper’s lawsuit, SOS Steel Company, Inc. last week agreed to clean up its pollution of San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper sued the Santa Clara steel fabricator after finding that rainy-season runoff from the site was contaminated with toxic metals and chemicals.
The company fabricates...
Blog Post: September 17, 2013
For the third year in a row, Charity Navigator, the nation’s leading evaluator of nonprofit organizations’ financial performance, has awarded San Francisco Baykeeper its top 4-star rating for our effective use of resources in pursuing our mission to protect and restore San Francisco Bay.
Only 11%...
Featured Stories: September 16, 2013
By Sejal Choksi
The cleanup of the Ghost Fleet—57 decaying military ships that poisoned the San Francisco Bay ecosystem for 40 years—is now two years ahead of schedule, with only 13 ships left to be removed. Additionally, the worst ships have been removed first, so the ongoing pollution has already...
Blog Post: September 4, 2013
(Note: This Action Alert closed on September 19, 2013.) The state's top water management agency is considering a new permit governing industrial runoff pollution that largely maintains the status quo and is unlikely to protect or improve California waterways. California's State Water Resources...
Monthly Column: September 3, 2013
Even those of us who commute by ferry may not realize that the Bay Area has more than 1,300 industrial facilities that collectively are responsible for one of the Bay’s greatest pollution problems. The dirty facilities that dot our warehouse districts and frontage roads are largely out of sight of...
