San Francisco Baykeeper

For at least half a century, the plastics industry has been aware of and concerned about microplastics infiltrating the human body. Important reporting by @susrust.bsky.social, who obtained memos showing executives and scientists knew about the hazards decades ago www.latimes.com/environment/...

Congratulations to club member Catherine Breed, the first person to swim the 900-mile length of the California coast! Start: July 1 Finish: October 19 @sfchronicle.com gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

I co-wrote a thing: Why do environmental, Tribal, & fishing communities oppose Gov. Newsom’s backroom deals with powerful water districts? Because they won’t reverse deteriorating 💧quality & closed fisheries of San Francisco Bay’s watershed. @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social @friendsoftheriver.bsky.social

Richmond residents who've long advocated for a more extensive cleanup call the government's plan "better but not enough."

ICYMI: Check out this great article from @baynature.org about our heroic volunteers tracking harmful algae blooms around the Bay 🦠 baynature.org/2026/09/10/c... @meownderthal.bsky.social

"This is wonderful news for Oakland," said Ben Eichenberg, senior staff attorney for San Francisco Baykeeper. "It's my hope that what this means is that the city feels it can once again take a stand representing the majority of people in Oakland who do not want this terminal."

This is wild: our team discovered that CA agencies have been using confidentiality agreements to keep scientific data & discussions behind the Newsom Admin's Bay-Delta plan secret, raising serious transparency concerns www.kcra.com/article/cali... @kcranews.bsky.social @restorethedelta.bsky.social

The Trump-backed coal export terminal in Oakland would process over 13 million tons annually--three times its previously approved capacity--raising severe concerns for community & Bay health

“There was absolutely ample water available to keep the river colder,” said Jon Rosenfield, science director for @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social, but the Trump admin chose to deliver large quantities of from Shasta reservoir this summer. “The fish are not being protected...those eggs are getting cooked.”

"The fish are not being protected," said Baykeeper science director @jarosenfield.bsky.social. "We know that those eggs are getting cooked."

Coastal Cleanup Day is this Saturday, 9/19! Our cleanup is currently full but there are lots of others around the Bay Area looking for volunteers: www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/ccd...

"We're very concerned," as our science director @jarosenfield.bsky.social said of the new Sites reservoir & dam project permit: "This draft permit provides significantly less protection for imperiled fish and wildlife populations." www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... @kurtisalexander.bsky.social

An unusually high tide combined with storms pushing extra water toward the shore will push seas up more than a foot above normal for a brief mid-week stretch.

The Trump Admin wants to bring toxic coal pollution to the Bay Area. We need @governor.ca.gov to sign #AB40, the Community First Coal Review Act, a bill to protect us from this dirty coal project! Take action via our partners at @earthjustice.org: earthjustice.org/action/tell-...

TOMORROW, Ocean Hoptimism follows Sierra Garcia & the @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social as they piece together clues connecting our streets and streams to the Bay—and reveal what's traveling with the water. Join us Aug. 27, at Faction Brewing in Alameda. @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social will be there, too!

💧 TAKE ACTION: Tell your representatives to support Tribal water equity and vital safeguards for California water! This week, several key water bills that we've been tracking are advancing through the legislature. We need your help to make sure they cross the finish line! 🔗 Read: bit.ly/4qnCEFc

A troubling catch: @sfestuaryinstitute.bsky.social found 20 types of PFAS “forever chemicals” in Bay fish. On Aug. 27, meet the SFEI scientists tracing pollution upstream toward solutions. Our friends at @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social will also be tabling w/ more ways you can help protect the Bay.

A new type of levee is taking root in Northern California

🚨 Action alert! Help stop the Trump Admin's attempt to weaken protections for the California coast & SF Bay. This move could open the door to new offshore drilling and other harmful projects - comments are due by 8/22: baykeeper.org/action-alert...

Before. After. No regrets. 🍷🌊 Friday happy hour: Rosé for the Bay by Obsidian Wines in Sonoma—because apparently you can drink with a conscience. Proceeds benefit @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social and a healthier San Francisco Bay. Saving the Bay, one empty bottle at a time. 😇

There's plenty of cold, fresh water to support California's imperiled Chinook salmon - but state & federal agencies are choosing not to act, as our science director @jarosenfield.bsky.social explains to @kfcf.org reporter Vic Bedoian soundcloud.com/vic-bedoian/... @kpfa.org

Mike Herz, founder of SF Baykeeper, and his wife, Kate Josephs, are sharing stories about the bay from their home upon the waves.

An utterly delightful piece complete with shipwrecks, the “wet Sierra club,” and one rather consequential mushroom trip. Great work, Liam!

Attention, Richmonders! On Saturday, join us for a community meeting on next steps for the cleanup of the United Heckathorn Superfund site: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... richmondside.org/2026/07/22/r... @richmondside.org

USFWS refused to list white sturgeon as endangered despite agreeing they fit all the criteria; a horrific mistake. I'll never forget seeing giant fish longer than I am tall, as old as my parents, dead due to a HAB in SF Bay in 2022. These fish need our help. baykeeper.org/press_releas...

"The biggest threat to the White Sturgeon's survival is neglect from the very agencies that are required to protect them," said @jarosenfield.bsky.social, in response to the feds' decision to *not* protect the Bay's imperiled White Sturgeon baykeeper.org/press_releas... @restorethedelta.bsky.social

Thanks to Obsidian Wine for an incredible release party in Sonoma yesterday for the 2025 Rosé for the Bay, benefiting the outstanding work of @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social. Crisp rosé, briny Hog Island Oysters, and a wonderful community gathered in support of San Francisco Bay.

Kate Josephs & Michael Herz—the 1970s eco-warrior who founded Baykeeper—are back in the Bay, and they have some stories to tell on their wonderful podcast ONCE UPON A BAY 🐟

Today at COYOTE: We spoke to a meteorologist about why we can't just fixate on how powerful this year's El Niño's gonna be. Every climate headline tells two stories: one about rainfall, and another about how it interacts with the human world it’ll land on. www.coyotemedia.org/a-climate-ex...

The restoration effort, as Baykeeper scientist @jarosenfield.bsky.social points out, is admirable but inadequate for saving the Delta Smelt: "It's like building a very nice playground in a neighborhood you've allowed to burn down."

No California governor in living memory has been worse for San Francisco Bay than Gavin Newsom. California’s next Governor must do better. “We have a rare opportunity to tame California’s thirst; let’s not waste it.” beyondchron.org/on-californi...

How Gavin Newsom's water policies are damaging San Francisco Bay, beyondchron.org/on-californi... @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social

‘Toxic Land’: Protest Targets SF Housing Plans at Contaminated Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Radioactive material found at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is fueling fresh concerns about redevelopment and community health. @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/news/1208866...

#ICYMI: A new piece highlights Eric Buescher of @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social and Chris Shutes of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, criticizing Governor Newsom and other political figures’ efforts to push the multi-billion-dollar Sites Reservoir project. 🔗 Read: bit.ly/4f6T67V

Important read on how neutral regulators are being challenged by the Newsom Administration in California. Sadly, Newsom criticizes Trump for such actions, yet mimics the behavior.

In an overt act of political meddling, Newsom and his deputies are pressuring a judge to retract evidence-based findings on the Sites Reservoir Project. But the facts are clear: the project cannot operate as proposed without harm to rivers, fish & ecosystems: mavensnotebook.com/2026/06/23/p...

"We're going to do everything in our power to protect the community in San Francisco Bay from the pollution that this coal terminal represents," as our attorney Ben Eichenberg put it to @naveenasadasivam.bsky.social Shoutout to our partners at @earthjustice.org @sierraclub.org @woeip.bsky.social

🚨 Take action: CA legislators are deciding NOW whether to approve a bill that would weaken hazardous waste rules for metal shredders. Urge them to vote NO on SB 811: baykeeper.org/action-alert... @woeip.bsky.social @nrdc.org @earthjustice.org

Across the SF Bay shoreline, communities are living alongside a legacy of industrial activity. Sea level rise is raising new questions about what happens when contaminated sites meet a changing shore. Tune in to our new podcast to learn more. @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social

A year of Ocean Hoptimism means looking back at the people helping protect the waters we love. Last August, we welcomed Sejal Choksi-Chugh, Exec. Director of @sfbaykeeper.bsky.social, for a conversation about science, advocacy, accountability, and what it takes to stand up for San Francisco Bay. 🌊💙