BK In The News: April 14, 2021
Bay Area environmental groups are celebrating a decision by an affiliate of Cargill to withdraw its appeal of a federal judge's finding that Redwood City salt ponds are protected by the Clean Water Act. While the withdrawal does not mean development is prohibited it does make it more difficult, as...
Blog Post: April 14, 2021
What do you think would happen if you took a giant chainsaw to an SUV?
If you imagined metal shards and particles of plastic and foam flying in every direction, you wouldn’t be far off!
The high-impact process of industrial metal shredding generates a by-product known as “auto fluff.” But there is...
Press Release: April 13, 2021
Today, Redwood City Salt Plant, LLC, an affiliate of Cargill Incorporated, the largest privately held company in the United States, abandoned its latest attempt to facilitate selling off its South Bay salt ponds for development. By dropping its appeal of the 2020 Federal District Court's ruling,...
BK In The News: April 13, 2021
Tree roots are being blamed for a 98,280-gallon sewage spill in Sausalito that went unnoticed for two weeks.
The overflow started on March 17 and went undetected because of heavy vegetation, according to the county. The spill was stopped on March 31.
The spill, between 71 and 67 Woodward Ave., was...
BK In The News: April 12, 2021
San Francisco Bay’s life support systems are unraveling quickly, and a wealth of science indicates that unsustainable water diversions are driving this estuary’s demise. Yet, with another drought looming, federal and state water managers still plan to divert large amounts of water to their...
BK In The News: April 12, 2021
The Suisun Marsh — known as the largest swath of contiguous wetlands on the West Coast and a haven for thousands of migrating waterfowl — has become the Bay Area’s latest battleground between fossil fuel producers and environmentalists hellbent on fighting climate change.
A Brentwood company,...
BK In The News: April 8, 2021
A tiny silver fish few people in the Bay Area have heard of could be a new symbol of the state’s continuing battle over water resources. San Francisco Baykeeper sued the Biden administration on Thursday to list the local population of longfin smelt as an endangered species. The environmental group’...
BK In The News: April 6, 2021
State water pollution officials have hit the city of Sunnyvale with $187,000 penalty after the city’s wastewater treatment plant spilled more than a quarter million gallons of partially treated sewage into San Francisco Bay last summer.
The spill occurred on July 29 when a 36-inch welded steel...
BK In The News: April 5, 2021
Last August, shortly after the A’s filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court against the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), A’s president Dave Kaval sent out a series of tweets. The lawsuit alleged that DTSC had failed to implement the state’s Hazardous Waste Law...
Blog Post: March 31, 2021
Every year, Obsidian Wine Co. crafts a special pinot noir rosé in honor of San Francisco Bay—Rosé for the Bay.
The grapes are fittingly grown in a foggy wetland location of Obsidian’s vineyard and give extra quality and a Bay character to this special rosé.
Plus, 100% of proceeds from Rosé for...
