BK In The News: September 21, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – This year’s 11th Annual Eat Real Festival is happening this weekend at Oakland’s Jack London Square... A portion of this year’s event proceeds benefit San Francisco Baykeeper.
BK In The News: September 17, 2019
... The mission of Eat Real Festival is "to help revitalize regional food systems, build public awareness and respect for the craft of making good food and encourage the growth of American food entrepreneurs." A portion of the proceeds from this year's event support Baykeeper, a nonprofit dedicated...
BK In The News: September 16, 2019
Natural Resources Defense Council * Defenders of WildlifeSierra Club California * Golden Gate Salmon AssociationCalifornia Coastkeeper Alliance * Audubon CaliforniaThe Nature Conservancy * The Bay Institute * San Francisco Baykeeper * AzulPacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s...
BK In The News: September 13, 2019
Kindness – an interview with Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Executive Director at San Francisco Baykeeper and Board of Directors at Sustainable Lafayette... Sejal serves as the Executive Director of San Francisco Baykeeper, a non-profit organization that's been defending the Bay from the biggest threats for...
Blog Post: September 13, 2019
Earlier this month, Baykeeper's newest team member, Field Investigator Cole Burchiel (pictured below, left) and Senior Scientist Jon Rosenfield (right), joined a pollution patrol on the Baykeeper boat.
They visited the Levin coal terminal to monitor for any signs of pollution, checked out another...
E News: September 12, 2019
Protecting endangered fish from dangerous dredging practices, fighting trash pollution at Coastal Cleanup Day, celebrating Eat Real fest for a healthy Bay, and more
Monthly Update for September 2019
Our new oil spill legislation passes CA Senate
Protecting Bay fish from dangerous dredging
A...
BK In The News: September 12, 2019
On September 12, the California legislature passed AB 936, the state’s landmark legislation defining nonfloating oil and establishing specific procedures to ensure best possible preparedness in the event of a spill... As a co-sponsor of AB 936 together with the San Francisco Baykeeper, NRDC is...
Monthly Column: September 5, 2019
Once-through cooling. For decades, power plants along the San Francisco, Pittsburg, and Antioch shorelines used this technology.
Powerful pumps sucked Bay water into local power plants, pulling in larvae and small fish that died by the force. Intake screens trapped larger fish in the water rushing...
BK In The News: September 3, 2019
For perhaps the first time in 80 years the California State Lands Commission, faced a decision this summer between competing ideas for the same parcel... The application has been championed by Committee for Green Foothills and endorsed by a variety of Bay Area nonprofit groups: Housing For All,...
BK In The News: August 28, 2019
A major oil spill in one of the nation’s most economically important waterways could become more likely unless a plan to dredge two San Francisco Bay channels less frequently is reconsidered... "That kind of catastrophe can obviously have very intense environmental impacts," attorney Erica Maharg...
