Blog Post: July 15, 2013
July 25th is the first ever Swimmable California Day. The California Legislature has proclaimed Swimmable California Day to recognize Californians’ rights to coastal areas, beaches, estuaries, rivers, streams, and lakes that are clean and safe for swimming and other activities.
Baykeeper is joining...
Blog Post: July 8, 2013
Super-fast sailboats are racing through San Francisco Bay this month and during August, leading up to the America’s Cup championship races in September.
If you’ll be watching the America’s Cup from a boat or from shore, check out Baykeeper’s tips for protecting the Bay as you enjoy the sailboats...
Blog Post: July 2, 2013
GreenTeam of San Jose recently agreed to install controls to prevent the recycling facility’s toxic runoff pollution of San Francisco Bay. Baykeeper sued the company after documenting that GreenTeam has polluted the Bay with oil, grease, and heavy metals that include aluminum, copper, iron, zinc,...
BK In The News: July 2, 2013
State regulators on Monday handed down a five-month license suspension without pay and mandated extra training for the pilot of a 748-foot-long oil tanker that struck the Bay Bridge in heavy fog in January. . . .On Monday, the head of a leading bay conservation group said she is mostly satisfied...
Monthly Column: July 2, 2013
Looking for a Bay Area beach with water clean enough for swimming, surfing and playing in the sand? Download San Francisco Baykeeper’s free Swim Guide smartphone app at www.theswimguide.org. The app and the website allow you to see, at a glance, whether it’s safe to go in the water at more than 40...
Blog Post: June 27, 2013
Are you interested in getting out in the field for a healthy Bay? Baykeeper seeks Volunteer Pollution Investigators for 2013 to help us find out which industrial facilities are polluting San Francisco Bay.
Sign up today to be a Baykeeper 2013 Volunteer Pollution Investigator.
We’re looking...
BK In The News: June 27, 2013
San Mateo County beaches are the second-worst in California when it comes to a key measure of bacterial pollution, according to a report released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council. . . Deb Self, Baykeeper Executive Director, said the key issue is deferred maintenance by sewage...
Press Release: June 25, 2013
(Richmond, CA) San Francisco Baykeeper is removing the last remaining toxic debris from Point Molate Beach Park in Richmond this week, after a three-month restoration project to clean up nearly 100 tons of contaminated material. As a result, the city-owned park, which has been closed for a decade...
Featured Stories: June 25, 2013
Toxic brownish water will no longer gush toward San Francisco Bay from Pacific Steel Casting Company in Berkeley, as a result of Baykeeper’s successful Clean Water Act lawsuit against the facility.
Pacific Steel, the fourth largest steel foundry in the U.S., agreed this month to stop rainy-season...
E News: June 10, 2013
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Welcome to San Francisco Baykeeper's June E-News.
Monthly Update for June 2013
The Latest Progress to Reduce Sewage Pollution in the Bay
Thank You for Supporting the Baykeeper Spring Party!
Cleaning Up Toxic Debris at Richmond's Point Molate
Baykeeper's Spring/Summer Newsletter in...
