New Study Claims Bay Area Power Plant Is 2nd Most Polluting In State
A California environmental group claims that a Bay Area power plant is the second most polluting in the state according to a new study.
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A California environmental group claims that a Bay Area power plant is the second most polluting in the state according to a new study.
Chevron has agreed to pay the Bay Area Air Quality Management District $190,000 to settle air quality violations at its Richmond refinery prior to the fire there last August.
A bike-sharing pilot program is set to launch in the Bay Area starting in August with 700 bikes at docking stations in five cities.
A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday.
Wildfires, high temperatures and light winds have caused air quality in Northern California to deteriorate and prompted Bay Area officials to declare Friday the first Spare the Air Day of the 2013 season.
Despite a statewide report that says Californians are breathing cleaner air, some East Bay communities are still suffering from industry-related pollution levels.
One of Silicon Valley's dirty secrets is coming back to haunt Google with toxic vapors.
The sale of California's first pollution permits will generate less money than expected for the state budget.
State regulators say California's first auction of greenhouse gas emissions permits went smoothly, and all of the pollution permits available for 2013 were sold.
California's new system for limiting industrial greenhouse gas emissions by putting a price on carbon is not likely to spur a similar federal program anytime soon, but it might influence other states to follow suit.
California has begun auctioning permits for greenhouse gas emissions, launching what is expected to be the world's second-largest carbon market.
A Spare the Air alert has been issued for Saturday by Bay Area air quality officials. The alert, issued by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, means that air quality is expected to be poor and residents are advised to reduce driving and avoid outdoor activities during the hottest parts of the day.
California Coastal Cleanup Day is expected to draw thousands of volunteers to Bay Area beaches, shorelines, and inland waterways Saturday morning.
The California Air Resources Board and the California Highway Patrol were both inspecting trucks at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday, as part of a month-long campaign to ensure compliance with California's air pollution laws.
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling for a federal investigation into gasoline price spikes that followed the fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond earlier this month. The call comes as investigations focus on the type of crude oil used at the site.
Members of several investigative agencies provided an update on the Chevron Refinery fire for residents of the West County community on Monday.
Smog-producing hydrocarbons are still leaking at unlawful levels at the Chevron oil refinery in the wake of the Aug. 6 fire, but pollution control officials said they expect to stop it by Tuesday.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has announced that Thursday will be another "Spare the Air" day.
The California Supreme Court said regulators may require pollution controls on future technologies that don't exist.
Saturday has been declared the first Spare the Air day of the summer season, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Bacteria levels at beaches all over the Bay Area have improved dramatically since last year, so beach goers can enjoy the shore without worry this summer, environmentalists said Thursday.
It stems from an incident on January 12, when a small amount of hydraulic oil leaked into a South Bay reservoir.
The Winter Spare the Air season has ended, and there's good news to report, as pollution levels from wood burning are down in the Bay Area.
Apple has agreed to allow independent environmental audits of two of its Chinese plants after recent reports of toxic leaks into rivers and lakes in the country's mainland.
The equivalent of 100,000 kitchen trash bags full of garbage flows into the San Francisco Bay from storm drains every year, according to a study released Thursday.
