Blog Post: October 27, 2020
Facebook has a simple fundraising tool that you can use to support Baykeeper’s critical work defending the Bay from the biggest threats and holding polluters accountable.
Make sure to set up your Giving Tuesday Facebook fundraiser before the day itself to give people plenty of time to donate. ...
BK In The News: October 23, 2020
Business, science and politics collide on contaminated sites... Another site Baykeeper told me it keeping an eye on is Selby Slag, a 66-acre state superfund site near Crockett that the nonprofit says is so polluted that ...
Featured Stories: October 16, 2020
Friday, October 16, 2020
US Coast Guard Legal Settlement with Baykeeper Finalized Today
Local Legal Action Yields Nationwide Water Protections
Oakland, CA — Baykeeper and the US Coast Guard reached an agreement today that requires the federal agency to make significant changes to reduce...
Press Release: October 16, 2020
Oakland, CA — Baykeeper and the US Coast Guard reached an agreement today that requires the federal agency to make significant changes to reduce heavy metals and other pollutants from its Yerba Buena Island facility in San Francisco Bay. The agreement also requires the Coast Guard to put a civilian...
E News: October 15, 2020
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Monthly Update for October 2020
Judge rules that ponds are wet
Patrolling for harmful algae blooms
Short circuiting pollution to the Bay
On the road to "de-paving" Alameda wetlands
Get happy with Baykeeper on 10/21!
Help stop trash in the Bay
A note to our supporters,...
Press Release: October 14, 2020
Oakland, CA — Today, Donald Trump signed an executive order to form a "subcabinet" office of water policy, with a mandate of meeting the water demands of industrial agriculture and fracking. An executive order from Trump put Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and Environmental Protection Agency...
Blog Post: October 13, 2020
The Bay is literally surrounded by polluters of all shapes and sizes.
Approximately 1,600 industrial facilities line the Bay and its tributaries. In the absence of pollution controls, these companies dump contaminants into storm drains, creeks, streets, and San Francisco Bay. So every year, our...
Featured Stories: October 10, 2020
Your voice is important, and it matters! Please be sure to vote on November 3.
October 19 is your deadline to register to vote. Early voting starts October 5 - check here or with your local registrar for details.
The Bay's wildlife requires a healthy Bay ecosystem, and that means holding in check...
Featured Stories: October 6, 2020
October 5, 2020
Baykeeper v. US EPA: A legal victory for the Bay… and for common sense
You read in our recent updates that Trump's EPA was bizarrely trying to claim that ponds aren't really water. Specifically, the EPA declared that the South Bay salt ponds are in fact dry land and don't...
BK In The News: October 6, 2020
A California federal judge tossed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's finding that salt ponds near San Francisco Bay are not covered by the Clean Water Act, instructing the agency to reconsider the issue and pointing toward a prior appeals court decision that called for regulation... San...
