Press Release: September 11, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Baykeeper proudly announced the award of a $75,000 grant from the Hugo Neu Corporation in support of their mission to protect San Francisco Bay from pollution. The grant will be vital in propelling the organization’s new Bay Safe Industry Campaign.
"We thank...
E News: September 10, 2012
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Monthly Update for September 2012
Victory for a Clean Bay in Berkeley!
Victory for a Clean Bay in Oakland!
Baykeeper Sues One of the Bay's Worst Industrial Polluters
Pitch In at Coastal Cleanup Day this Saturday
Baykeeper Seeks Experts to Serve on Regional Water Board
Swim For The Bay on...
Blog Post: September 10, 2012
Do you or does someone you know have a passion for San Francisco Bay and expertise in water pollution? If so, Baykeeper asks you to consider serving on the major regulatory board overseeing the Bay’s water quality—the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board.
The Regional Water Board...
Blog Post: September 10, 2012
Lakeside Nonferrous Metals, an Oakland metal recycling company, agreed last week to move one of its outdoor facilities indoors and take other measures to prevent rainy-season pollution of San Francisco Bay.
Baykeeper sued Lakeside after documenting that the recycler’s storm water runoff has...
Blog Post: September 7, 2012
The C&H Sugar Refinery, which has repeatedly contaminated Carquinez Strait in ways that deplete oxygen available to fish and other aquatic life, needs tighter pollution controls, Baykeeper recently told regulators.
Baykeeper urged the Regional Water Quality Control Board to tighten controls as...
Featured Stories: September 6, 2012
One fish has lights on its stomach and wakes up houseboaters. Another gets a crab to give it dinner and a worm to build its house. They’re among the more than 35 species of native fish that depend on San Francisco Bay.
During early summer, the sleep of Sausalito houseboaters can be disturbed by the...
BK In The News: September 5, 2012
About 125 tons of toxic debris cluttering the shoreline between Point Molate and Point San Pablo will be removed this fall by the San Francisco marine watchdog Baykeeper. With the help of volunteers and some heavy machinery, the nonprofit group plans to clean up trash and take out hundreds of...
Blog Post: September 5, 2012
Chemicals that kill algae and other water weeds shouldn’t be put into California waters unless there is a clear need, Baykeeper recently told regulators.
Baykeeper made our recommendation as part of the State Water Resources Control Board’s process for updating California regulations requiring...
Monthly Column: September 1, 2012
One fish has lights on its stomach and wakes up houseboaters. Another gets a crab to give it dinner and a worm to build its house. They’re among the more than 35 species of native fish that depend on San Francisco Bay.
During early summer, the sleep of Sausalito houseboaters can be disturbed by the...
Blog Post: August 30, 2012
San Francisco Baykeeper recently filed suit in federal district court to compel cleanup at one of the Bay’s worst industrial polluters, a shipping terminal in Richmond. We took this action because the Levin-Richmond Terminal Corporation is allowing harmful materials stored onsite to be washed and...
