Blog Post: January 30, 2012
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors certified the America’s Cup environmental impact report last week, and in a victory for Bay swimmers, a giant floating JumboTron TV screen won’t be placed in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park swimming area during the sailing races.
At the hearing, members of the...
BK In The News: January 24, 2012
Every year, winter rains like the recent storms that have soaked the Bay Area help fill reservoirs and perk up lawns. But they also carry an ugly downside, causing aging sewage systems to back up, overflow and malfunction, endangering human health and polluting San Francisco Bay... But with...
Blog Post: January 23, 2012
A Cupertino cement plant, the largest source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area, should face tougher requirements to reduce toxic pollution, Baykeeper recently told regulators.
Baykeeper urged strengthening controls on the Lehigh Southwest Cement Company under new regulations from the Bay Area...
E News: January 18, 2012
Monthly Update for January 2012
Victory! West Bay Sanitary District Curbs Sewage Spills
Baykeeper Legal Win Boosts Clean Boatyard Education
Strict Pollution Controls Placed on America's Cup Construction
Sunken Richmond Tug Still an Oil Spill Threat
Your Photos Can Help Prepare for Climate...
BK In The News: January 14, 2012
A Menlo Park sanitary district has agreed to pay $1.4 million to settle a long-running lawsuit accusing the utility of spilling tens of thousands of gallons of sewage into creeks and sloughs that drain into San Francisco Bay.
Blog Post: January 13, 2012
Fewer sewage spills will be draining into San Francisco Bay from Menlo Park-based West Bay Sanitary District. Baykeeper has successfully settled our long-running lawsuit against West Bay for illegal sewage spills, reaching an agreement that details the agency’s efforts to curb its sewage pollution...
Press Release: January 12, 2012
San Francisco - Less sewage will be draining into San Francisco Bay from Menlo Park-based West Bay Sanitary District, San Francisco Baykeeper announced today. Baykeeper has successfully settled its long-running lawsuit against West Bay for illegal sewage spills, reaching an agreement that details...
Blog Post: January 12, 2012
A local nonprofit boat-building organization will receive a grant to create a new education program on non-polluting boat maintenance and repair, thanks to a recent Baykeeper legal victory.
As part of the settlement we achieved in our lawsuit against BAE Systems San Francisco Ship Repair Inc, the...
Blog Post: January 6, 2012
Baykeeper received a briefing from the Coast Guard on the current status of the oil spill caused by a sunken tug boat in Richmond's Inner Harbor last month. We're pleased to report that oil is no longer actively seeping from the tug, and efforts are underway to remove the remaining fuel oil from...
Featured Stories: January 6, 2012
Thank you for your support of a healthy San Francisco Bay. With the help of our committed members, Baykeeper is making the Bay safer for clapper rails and harbor porpoises, healthy swimmers and thriving surfers, kiters and boaters.
And in 2012, Baykeeper will confront some of San Francisco Bay’s...
