BK In The News: March 31, 2021
By Jon Rosenfield, Special to CalMatters
San Francisco Bay’s life support systems are unravelling 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...
BK In The News: March 30, 2021
The morning after a quarter-inch hole in a pipeline owned by Chevron leaked petroleum fluids into the San Francisco Bay on February 9, Richmond Mayor Tom Butt struck an optimistic tone about the incident at the oil giant’s refinery.
“I think in the big picture it’s going to be OK,” Butt told one...
BK In The News: March 30, 2021
‘Water warrior’ Sejal’s passion for conservation has been shaped significantly by her childhood experiences. Riding an elephant, little Sejal started crying when she was about one-fourth the way up a hill to visit a fort, during one of her family’s vacations to India. Atlanta, US-born Sejal could...
BK In The News: March 26, 2021
A Brentwood company’s proposal to drill a natural gas well in Suisun Marsh has become the latest flash point in California’s quest to fight climate change and transition away from fossil fuels.
Sunset Exploration wants to search for a commercially viable amount of gas at the site of an abandoned...
Blog Post: March 24, 2021
In this roundtable discussion moderated by Baykeeper Senior Scientist Dr. Jon Rosenfield, a panel of water experts discusses California's infamous "water wars" and the award-winning documentary River's End.
Panelists:
Dr. Jon Rosenfield - Senior Scientist, San Francisco Baykeeper (moderator)
Alan...
BK In The News: March 24, 2021
A San Francisco environmental group has recognized Fresh Air Vallejo with its Blue Rivet Award for the work the group did to stop a cement factory from winning approval.
The award was presented Sunday at the annual San Francisco Baykeeper dinner, which was held virtually this year.
E News: March 23, 2021
Monthly Update for March 2021
Biden's EPA Ends Trump Shenanigans in the South Bay
Join Baykeeper’s Clean Bay Challenge
Bills for the Bay: Legislation Baykeeper is Supporting
Honoring Baykeeper's 2021 Blue Rivet Awardees
Catch River’s End in a Limited Release Virtual Screening
A note...
BK In The News: March 23, 2021
As California stares down the barrel of yet another dry year, alarm bells are already ringing over conditions in the Delta. Environmental groups, fishermen, tribes, and a host of others are calling on the State Water Resources Control Board to complete and implement a long-delayed update to the...
BK In The News: March 23, 2021
Oil spills in San Francisco Bay are frequent news, but for those old enough to remember there is only one Great Oil Spill, the disaster of January 18, 1971.
In a predawn darkness thickened by heavy fog, two small Chevron tankers were maneuvering through the strait. At San Francisco’s Pier 45, Coast...
BK In The News: March 17, 2021
San Francisco Baykeeper staff attorney Ben Eichenberg joins KMUD to speak with host Gary Hughes of Biofuelwatch about the threats to California marine environments from the oil industry and the risks of the proposed conversions of refineries to biofuels.
