Blog Post: April 16, 2013
Baykeeper is working to end the destructive and unregulated practice of fracking to extract gas and oil from wells across California. Because California has no regulation of this process, oil companies are being allowed to extract oil from our state’s bedrock with no protections in place for the...
Featured Stories: April 12, 2013
Earth Day is April 22. On Earth Day, and every day of the year, here are simple actions you can take from your home and in your community to help protect San Francisco Bay from pollution.
IN YOUR HOME
Don't pour fats, oils, and grease down the drain. When leftover oil and grease are rinsed down the...
Monthly Column: April 1, 2013
A 13-story basketball stadium on the San Francisco waterfront is not just a bad idea—it would be an illegal grab of property held in trust for you.
That’s one of many reasons to oppose the Golden State Warriors’ proposal to build an 18,000-seat arena on Pier 30/32, on San Francisco Bay’s...
Blog Post: March 26, 2013
Baykeeper has begun a cleanup effort to remove up to 100 tons of debris that has been polluting San Francisco Bay waters and the shoreline at Point Molate in Richmond.
Currently, the beach is blighted by hundreds of pilings contaminated with creosote, a now-banned wood preservative that poses a...
Blog Post: March 26, 2013
Some of the last remaining undeveloped land on the San Francisco Bay shoreline in Santa Clara County should not be paved and turned over for private development, Baykeeper recently told San Jose city planners. Instead, the land should be preserved and restored to benefit native wildlife and provide...
E News: March 12, 2013
Monthly Update for March 2013
Save the Date! The Baykeeper Spring Party is May 16
South San Francisco Cleans Up Sewage Spills to the Bay
Baykeeper Wins Better Protection for the Bay from Oil Spills
Take Action Today to Protect Little Fish
Boat Patrol Report – Western Grebes on the Bay...
Featured Stories: March 11, 2013
Sewage pollution from South San Francisco is no longer a problem in San Francisco Bay, marking a new success in Baykeeper’s Sick of Sewage campaign. In 2011, Baykeeper won a legal agreement from South San Francisco requiring the city to fix its sewage pollution problem within five years. Now, the...
Monthly Column: March 1, 2013
When an oil tanker hit one of the Bay Bridge towers on a foggy morning in early January, it was a wake-up call for everyone who cares about San Francisco Bay. The collision between the tanker, the Overseas Reymar, and the bridge could have led to a real disaster.
The tanker was carrying no oil as...
Blog Post: February 26, 2013
Volunteers are needed to assist with removals of an invasive Asian kelp, Undaria pinnatifida, from local marinas. Boaters are also asked to keep an eye out for this invader at their local marina and report suspected sightings.
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center holds Undaria removals in...
BK In The News: February 25, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hoping to reduce the risk of major oil spills in San Francisco Bay, the Coast Guard and other top shipping officials Thursday passed new rules to limit cargo ships, oil tankers and other large vessels from sailing near the Bay Bridge in heavy fog. . . Deb Self, executive director...
