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EPA fines San Francisco Muni for 2005 fuel dump

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

From Green Right Now Reports

The US Environmental Protection Agency said today it is hitting the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency with a $250,000 civil penalty for federal violations of the Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

The Department of Justice, working on behalf of the EPA, lodged a proposed consent decree with the US District Court for the Northern District of California against the city and county of San Francisco for releasing at least 940 barrels of diesel fuel — some of which entered into Islais Creek, a tributary of the San Francisco Bay.


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Dutch may help SF with rising tides

September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

By Wayne Freedman
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Concern over global warming has a lot of people concerned with how they deal the very real possibility of rising sea levels. Who better to give advice than those living right now below sea level? The Dutch have discovered that their experience with bad geography might create healthy profits. >> Read the full story

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John Frawley will lead The Bay Institute

September 8th, 2009 · No Comments

From Green Right Now Reports

The Bay Institute today announced that John Frawley has been named to the newly-created position of President and Chief Executive Officer.

The appointment follows TBI’s June 11th acquisition of Aquarium of the Bay. TBI officials said the new position resulted from a strategic decision to provide coordinated administration for the two organizations and their complementary conservation and education programs.

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