Elevated State Route 37 a Major Opportunity for Wetlands
March 20, 2023
By Virginia Reinhart
On February 2nd, World Wetlands Day, the Sierra Club submitted a letter to the California Department of Transportation stating our concerns about short-sighted plans for State Route 37, the 21-mile highway running along...
State Regulators Acknowledge Inadequate Sea-Level Rise Projections in Toxic Site Cleanup Plan
January 25, 2023
KQED’s recent article “State Regulators Scrutinize Climate Plan for Controversial Richmond Housing Development” explores many of the issues that environmental and community activists have been raising for years around the heavily contaminated...
We Say Once Again: EPA Must Obey the Law on Regulating Ballast Discharges
December 8, 2022
by Andrew Cohen and Chance Cutrano
This past October, the Sierra Club and 159 other organizations — environmental and fishing groups, public health organizations, Native American tribes, water agencies and others — asked President Joe...
How Wastewater Turned the Bay Brown with Toxic Algae
November 22, 2022
By Dani Zacky
If you were in the Bay Area this summer, you probably noticed that the water along the coast and in Lake Merritt had turned a reddish brown color, almost like root beer or chocolate milk, darkened by massive quantities of algae...
Marin Supervisors Pass Long-Sought Stream Conservation Ordinance
August 5, 2022
By Scott Webb
For the last 15 years, the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network has been fighting in the courts to adopt a science-based Stream Conservation Area Ordinance in the San Geronimo Valley that would protect some of the most...
Oysters: A Delicious Appetizer, and Nature’s Key to Mitigating Sea Level Rise
May 3, 2022
By Dani Zacky
With summer around the corner, what could be better than a plate full of fresh oysters on crushed ice and all the fixings? But oysters are not just a tasty delicacy — they are also one of nature’s superheroes in helping to clean...
50th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act Reminds Us Where We Started
May 3, 2022
By Dani Zacky
This year marks the 50th anniversary of our country’s Clean Water Act (CWA). In October 1972, Congress passed the Clean Water Act in order to help protect and repair America’s waterways. The U.S. Environmental Protection...
Bay Alive Campaign in the Mercury News: Expand and Restore Bay Wetlands to Fight Climate Change
May 3, 2022
Bay Alive leaders Carin High and Arthur Feinstein were published in the Mercury News highlighting the importance of restoring and expanding Bay wetlands to secure a sustainable future for our planet.
Bay wetlands are a key resource in...
Latest IPCC Report Emphasizes Baked-In Climate Impacts, Need for Adaptation Now
February 28, 2022
The latest IPCC report, released Monday, February 28th, states that even if we immediately reduce greenhouse gasses as much as possible, significant impacts will still take place, elevating the need to begin adaptation planning now. San Francisco...
The Fight for Environmental Justice and San Francisco Bay
February 22, 2022
Shoreline communities in the Bay Area are suffering the worst impacts from climate change-induced sea level rise. Decades of government-led exclusionary housing and redlining, coupled with disinvestment and inaction, left these communities...