Richmond Superfund Site Remains Contaminated Despite EPA Cleanup
Fish at 2 waterways in Richmond's Inner Harbor have shown steadily higher levels of pesticide contamination despite the clean-up of an adjacent Superfund site more than 16 years ago.
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Fish at 2 waterways in Richmond's Inner Harbor have shown steadily higher levels of pesticide contamination despite the clean-up of an adjacent Superfund site more than 16 years ago.
Air quality officials are considering banning wood-burning this coming weekend after soot from holiday fires and stagnant air caused an unhealthy mix in San Francisco Bay area skies.
A Spare the Air Alert has not been issued, but officials are recommending that residents refrain from wood burning.
Wood burning, both indoors and outdoors, will be illegal throughout the Bay Area.
The program's ultimate goal is to reduce the cancer risk for people who work and live in the port area, which is as much as 3 times greater than the rest of the Bay Area.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is asking Bay Area residents to refrain from burning wood Monday night and Tuesday.
Winter is approaching, which means it's time for us all to think about air quality, as Winter Spare the Air season officially begins Tuesday.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air alert for Wednesday -- the third consecutive day this week.
With more hot weather to come, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Day for Tuesday—the second this week.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced Thursday that Friday would be the third Spare the Air day issued this year.
Chevron has agreed to pay a $170,000 fine to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for air quality violations over a five-year period, according to a spokesman for the air district.
Cyclists may be facing an unseen health risk when they are pedaling on busy streets.
A heat advisory has also been issued as temperatures are expected to reach triple digits in some inland spots.
The first Spare the Air day of the season has been called for Tuesday throughout the Bay Area.
A new study indicates trace amounts of NDMA, a potentially dangerous chemical that is believed to cause cancer, in San Jose groundwater.
A new program meant to help clean San Jose's polluted Coyote Creek by eliminating trash from homeless encampments and other sources would employ some homeless people and help them find housing.
Vessel operators of a Singapore-based container shipping line are taking the maritime industry in a new direction.
The report cards are in and while most beaches in the Bay Area passed with flying colors, there are a few that need to improve in terms of water quality.
A national report card says that overall the Bay Area's air quality is steadily improving, but the inland counties still get a failing grade for having too much ozone in the air.
A judge temporarily halted California's ambitious program to provide financial incentives for the state's largest polluters to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
Air quality regulators on Wednesday approved another $3.9 million to expand the number of in-home and roadside electric vehicle charging stations in the Bay Area.
An appeals court has revived a class-action lawsuit for 160 residents of a Mendocino County town who claim an industrial plant's pollution severely sickened them.
Chinese environmental groups accused Apple Inc. on Thursday of ignoring their concerns about health and safety problems at factories that supply it with components.
Three of four beaches in San Mateo County will remain closed this week due to unsafe levels of bacteria that continue to be detected in near-shore waters, a health official said Thursday.
Unsafe levels of bacteria detected at four beaches in San Mateo County this week have prompted health officials to order temporary closures.
