Blog Post: March 8, 2016
In the 32nd victory for Baykeeper’s Bay-Safe Industry Campaign, San Rafael Rock Quarry recently agreed to improve its operations to protect San Francisco Bay from contaminated runoff. The quarry is on the Bay shoreline, and during rainstorms, polluted rainwater has run off the site directly into...
Monthly Column: March 1, 2016
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. It looks like developers are trying to fool all of us who love San Francisco Bay—twice.
For the second time in less than a year, development threatens the Bay with contamination from coal. Developers are proposing to build a shipping terminal...
E News: February 22, 2016
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Monthly Update for February 2016
Baykeeper takes action to protect the Bay from fireworks debris
Announcing the 2016 Baykeeper Blue Rivet Award winners
Baykeeper Dinner on February 28 is sold out—thank you!
Save the date: Join the 3rd Annual Bay Parade on May 22
Victory! Santa Clara waste...
Blog Post: February 22, 2016
Baykeeper is proud to announce our 2016 Blue Rivet Award winners. The Blue Rivet Award honors community members and businesses that believe in Baykeeper’s vision of a safe and thriving San Francisco Bay and that have made significant strides to help achieve that vision.
The Blue Rivet Award...
Blog Post: February 18, 2016
Baykeeper’s Pollution Hotline received several pollution reports after each of two recent San Francisco fireworks shows held as part of the Super Bowl 50 festivities. The reports—from a Baykeeper board member, swimmers at the San Francisco-based Dolphin Club, and cleanup volunteers from the...
BK In The News: February 16, 2016
For the third time, coastal volunteers have gone to clean up San Francisco’s Aquatic Park after the Super Bowl fireworks show. And for the third time, they’ve come back with piles of plastic, junk and remnants of two pyrotechnics shows. . . San Francisco Baykeeper Executive Director Sejal Choksi-...
BK In The News: February 11, 2016
State officials are mulling whether to require new permits for firework companies after pyrotechnic debris washed up on parts of San Francisco’s shoreline after two Super Bowl shows. . . In the wake of the cleanup efforts, San Francisco Baykeeper is now urging regional water agency officials to...
Blog Post: February 5, 2016
Mission Trail Waste Systems, Inc., a garbage and recycling facility in Santa Clara, recently agreed to keep contaminated rainwater from running off the site and into storm drains that empty into tributaries of San Francisco Bay.
Baykeeper sued the company under the Clean Water Act because storm...
Monthly Column: February 2, 2016
What happens in the Bay doesn’t always stay in the Bay. Case in point: Sand mining companies are digging up too much sand from the floor of San Francisco Bay, making erosion worse at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. The erosion threatens sensitive shorebird habitat, a major sewer...
Blog Post: January 25, 2016
How is California faring during a major drought? What can we do locally to help turn around the acidification of the ocean? Can the many different interests in California come together to deal creatively with the state’s water woes? These were some of the questions considered at Baykeeper’s January...
