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Apr 16, 2013
by Jason Flanders
For the second time this year, thanks to Baykeeper’s advocacy, a polluting metal and vehicle recycler on the Oakland Estuary has been told it is still not doing enough to keep toxic dust out of San...
Apr 16, 2013
by Deb Self
Baykeeper is working to end the destructive and unregulated practice of fracking to extract gas and oil from wells across California. Because California has no regulation of this process, oil...
Ian Wren
Mar 26, 2013
Wetland Protection
Some of the last remaining undeveloped land on the San Francisco Bay shoreline in Santa Clara County should not be paved and turned over for private development, Baykeeper recently told San Jose city planners. Instead, the land should be preserved...
Ian Wren
Feb 12, 2013
Wetland Protection
The U.S. government has designated San Francisco Bay and Estuary as a Wetland of International Importance under an international treaty called the Ramsar Convention.Ramsar Convention officials announced the inclusion of the Bay on February 1, in...
Jason Flanders
Feb 11, 2013
Bay-Safe Industry
As a result of Baykeeper’s advocacy, a major shoreline industrial facility has been ordered to better control toxic waste blowing into the Bay. Schnitzer Steel, a metal and vehicle recycler on the Oakland Estuary, has long been one of the Bay’s...

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