Topic: San Francisco Bay

Feds agree to remove toxic, decaying 'ghost fleet' from San Francisco Bay estuary by 2017After years of dispute and delay, the federal government on Wednesday said it would remove a decaying armada from the San Francisco Bay estuary that has shed toxic ...
EPA seeks fine against San Francisco transit agency for spilling diesel fuel into bayFederal environmental regulators want to fine the Municipal Transit Authority for spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into the San Francisco Bay.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is asking ...
Sewage spills foul San Francisco Bay over and over; decrepit pipes are blamedLast weekend, 890,000 gallons of raw sewage and stormwater spilled into San Francisco Bay from an overloaded World War II-era treatment plant. Avery said he once he became sick from ...
Environmentalists Sue for Removal of Mothballed Warships Kept in Calif. Waters Past DeadlineSeveral environmental groups sued the federal government Monday over toxic pollution caused by a fleet of mothballed warships floating near San Francisco Bay.The groups accuse the U.S. Maritime Administration of ...