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Daily Digest

David Lewis explains the false choice of building on the Bay. Watch the clip below. Meanwhile, congressional leaders debate the future of Hetch Hetchy. Plus, an update on UC Berkeley oil spill. Climate One 12/9/2011 Build on the Bay? David Lewis of Save the Bay, Peter Calthorpe of Calthorpe Associates, and Jack Lewis, Mayor of [...]

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Friday’s Oil Spill Fouls Bay

By Amy Ricard, Communications and Policy Associate Nearly two years to the day after the Cosco Busan oil spill devastated shorelines and killed countless birds and wildlife, San Francisco Bay has again fallen victim to a damaging oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that on Friday, October 30, at approximately 6:50 a.m., heavy bunker [...]

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Remembering the Cosco Busan

by Amy Alton, Communications Associate Originally posted on November 7, 2008 Today marks the one year anniversary of the November 2007 Cosco Busan Oil Spill. It’s hard to believe a year has passed since the 900-foot cargo ship left the Port of Oakland in heavy fog only to run into one of the towers of [...]

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