BK In The News: February 25, 2013
An international treaty recently recognized the San Francisco Bay estuary — California’s largest wetland — as a “wetland of importance,” but while conservation groups called the news a victory, the designation won’t directly halt development that has threatened the area for years. . . .“It’s...
Blog Post: February 15, 2013
Baykeeper’s advocacy helped win new rules to reduce the risk of oil spills in San Francisco Bay by keeping large outbound ships from passing under the Bay Bridge in heavy fog.
The rules were adopted by the San Francisco Harbor Safety Committee February 14 and the Coast Guard announced that they...
BK In The News: February 14, 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...
BK In The News: February 12, 2013
The pilot who crashed the Cosco Busan cargo ship into the Bay Bridge in 2007, causing the worst oil spill in the bay in two decades, has sued the U.S. Coast Guard in an effort to regain his mariner's license so he can sail again. . . .
"He's shown that he didn't have the medical fitness or sound...
Blog Post: February 12, 2013
The U.S. government has designated San Francisco Bay and Estuary as a Wetland of International Importance under an international treaty called the Ramsar Convention.
Ramsar Convention officials announced the inclusion of the Bay on February 1, in concert with World Wetlands Day. The designation...
E News: February 11, 2013
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Monthly Update for February 2013: New Wins for a Clean Bay!
Major Electronics Recycler Agrees to Clean Up Pollution
Progress to Curb Pollution from Oakland Auto Shredder
Update: Preventing Oil Spills in the Bay
Take Action to Stop Genetically Engineered Salmon
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Blog Post: February 11, 2013
As a result of Baykeeper’s advocacy, a major shoreline industrial facility has been ordered to better control toxic waste blowing into the Bay. Schnitzer Steel, a metal and vehicle recycler on the Oakland Estuary, has long been one of the Bay’s worst runoff and airborne dust polluters. At our...
Monthly Column: February 4, 2013
Some of the highest tides of the year take place February 7-9, giving the Bay Area a preview of what’s coming as global climate change raises sea levels.
These exceptionally high tides are called king tides. They occur every year when the gravitational pulls of the sun and moon reinforce one...
BK In The News: February 4, 2013
The United States has named the San Francisco Bay and Estuary as its 35th Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, effective on World Wetlands Day, February 2.
Deb Self, executive director of the nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper, said of the designation, “It’s terrific news...
Blog Post: January 29, 2013
Large industrial facilities released more than one million pounds of toxic chemicals into San Francisco Bay and other water bodies in the 60,000 square-mile Bay-Delta watershed during 2011, according to a report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The majority of this pollution...
