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San Francisco Baykeeper Responds to Trump's Announced Special Office of Water Grabs
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...
Short Circuiting Pollution to the Bay
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...
Federal Judge Finds for Environmental Groups in Suit Against EPA
Redwood City’s Salt Ponds are Protected by the Clean Water Act The historic salt ponds in Redwood City, owned by an affiliate of Cargill, Inc., are indeed waters of the United States and are...
Baykeeper v. EPA: A Big Win for the Bay
Federal Judge Rules that Trump's EPA Cannot Declare South Bay Salt Ponds to be Land Judge William Alsup of the US Northern District of California Court ruled today on the case...
Judge Rules Ponds Are Water
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,...
Drone Patrol over the East Bay — September 2020
Drone patrol over the East Bay Baykeeper field investigator, Cole Burchiel, recently patrolled the Richmond harbor using our new drone, Osprey (pictured, above). As the newest addition to the...
24 Bay Area Groups Say Redwood City Cannot Wait to Act on Effects of Climate Change
REDWOOD CITY, California, September 1, 2020: Neighborhood groups, conservation, wildlife, and climate sustainability organizations, and even a public agency, joined forces today to issue an urgent...
Major Sewage Spill in Oakland Estuary - Please Be Safe!
OAKLAND – An unexpected power outage on Friday included the West Oakland area where the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Main Wastewater Treatment Plant is located, which caused failure of...
Statement: Oakland Estuary Sewage Spill
OAKLAND – An unexpected power outage on Friday included the West Oakland area where the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) Main Wastewater Treatment Plant is located, which caused failure of...
Being a Good neighbor
Last summer, when Baykeeper scientists reviewed pollution data from across the Bay Area, one facility stood out. Lab results from PJ’s Rebar revealed that its Fremont facility had been releasing...
Crab Lines are Killing Whales
Crab fishing gear can be deadly. In increasing numbers, whales and sea turtles are being ensnared and injured in crab lines and drowning. The National Marine Fisheries Service has recorded deaths...
Groups Request New Hearing on Oakland Coal Pollution
In May this year, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to block the City of Oakland's authority to stop coal pollution within its own city limits. Today, San Francisco Baykeeper and the...