BY SEJAL CHOKSI-CHUGH Every year, seven trillion tiny pieces of plastic—microplastics—flow into San Francisco Bay. Once these tiny pieces are in the water, they never go away. They just break into smaller and smaller pieces. Microplastics range from the size of a popcorn kernel to smaller than a grain of salt. Some plastic particles sink […]
BC STAFF REPORT The San Francisco Bay Conserva-tion and Development Com-mission (BCDC) voted last month to amend its plan to support more just and equitable management of the San Francisco Bay. Environmental justice and social equity policies were developed in close collaboration with five Bay Area community groups that formed the Environmental Justice Review Team […]
Bay Planning Coalition (BPC) hosted its annual Resources & Infrastructure Expert Briefing at East Bay Municipal Utility District’s (EBMUD) Oakland headquarters last month. The panel of environmental experts, local policymakers, regulatory agencies and utility company representatives attempted to address the risks posed to Bay Area communities by growing climate-related dangers such as wildfires and heavy […]
The Trump administration has reached a new low in its assault on clean water. Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency is claiming that San Francisco Bay water isn’t water. The agency recently decided that the South Bay salt ponds are land and don’t need Clean Water Act protection. This bizarre decision is dangerous for San Francisco Bay. […]
Last month, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced changes to regulations established in 1973 implementing the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and endeavoring to protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. At first pass, the changes appear innocuous enough not to raise the eyebrow of the everyday American—for the most part, just a word […]
About three months into a plan to cut emissions at the Port of Oakland by replacing traditional diesel-burning crane engines with state-of-the-art hybrid engines, port tenant SSA Marine said last month that even it has been surprised by the difference the new engines are already making. About three months into a plan to cut […]
Each year, an estimated 18 billion pounds of plastic is dumped into our oceans from coastal regions. According to a study by the World Economic Forum, at the current rate of pollution, there will be more plastics than fish, by weight, in the ocean by 2050. Each year, an estimated 18 billion pounds of […]