USGS: Mapping mercury in San Francisco Bay USGS News May 16, 2025 107From the USGS: Scientists at the USGS are tracking mercury pollution in the Bay using remote sensing technology, creating detailed...
USGS: What are key conditions for marsh survival amid rising seas? USGS News April 28, 2025 70USGS scientists use 3D modeling to understand sediment dynamics in coastal marshes By the USGS Coastal and Marine Hazards and...
PRESS RELEASE: Complaint filed against SFPUC for water mismanagement Guest Contributor Press Release/Other April 23, 2025 292River advocates call for end to harmful hoarding of Tuolumne River (Hetch Hetchy) water Press release from the Tuolumne River...
THE CONVERSATION: Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits The Conversation News March 5, 2025 176By Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court deals blow to wastewater regulations, nixing generic restrictions on discharge permits Courthouse News Service News March 4, 2025 451The EPA warned the high court that narrowly tailoring permitting regulations would force the agency to delay projects. By Kelsey...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Quantum leap in collecting and unifying regional metrics on wetland health Estuary News Group Notebook News and Features January 23, 2025 316By Guananí Gómez-Van Cortright & Ariel Rubissow Okamoto In 1999, regional managers vowed to restore 100,000 acres of tidal wetlands...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: U.S. Fish and Wildlife to seek critical habitat status for Bay-Delta longfin smelt Courthouse News Service News January 15, 2025 389The proposed habitat is over 90,000 acres and includes portions of Contra Costa, Napa, Sacramento, Solano and Sonoma counties. By...
PRESS RELEASE: Critical habitat proposed to protect longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay-Delta Center for Biological Diversity News January 15, 2025 179Press release from the Center for Biological Diversity: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to designate 91,630 acres...
POLICY ANALYSIS: Assessing regional strategies to cope with drought, climate, and environmental flow policy impacts for a sustainable water supply: A case study of the Bay Area Guest Contributor News January 6, 2025 175By Bridget C. Gile, Randall T. Holmes, Allison R. Sherris, Scott Fendorf, and Richard G. Luthy California’s Bay-Delta watershed encompasses...
NOTEBOOK FEATURE: Seizing a rare chance to keep tidal marsh ahead of sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Robin Meadows Delta scienceNotebook News and Features December 17, 2024 498By Robin Meadows The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, which hugs the northern arc of the San Francisco Bay,...
COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: California Coastal Commission reluctantly approves San Francisco seawall project Courthouse News Service News November 15, 2024 186The project also includes plans for a portion of the city’s Great Highway be permanently closed to car traffic to...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Justices’ ideologies dump EPA controls on sewage down the drain Courthouse News Service News October 17, 2024 243The Environmental Protection Agency took on a case of deja vu as the justices returned to familiar contentions over regulatory...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court will hear San Francisco’s challenge to NPDES permits next week, a case with national implications Courthouse News Service News October 11, 2024 269At Supreme Court next week, agency authority returns to center stage By Kelsey Reichmann The Supreme Court’s upcoming review of...
THE CONVERSATION: San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be The Conversation News October 11, 2024 81By Robin Kundis Craig, University of Kansas The U.S. Supreme Court will test how flexible the EPA and states can...
PRESS RELEASE: Oil giant Valero, Amports settle SF Baykeeper lawsuit over Bay pollution San Francisco Baykeeper Press Release/Other October 8, 2024 31Repeated pollution violations result in $2.38 million in mitigation payments From the San Francisco Baykeeper: Valero oil refinery and Amports,...
