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| Jun. 19 |
SF City Hall |
ExxonMobil sued over F. wharf pollution The city is suing the oil corporation over the alleged failure to clean up hazardous pollutants from a fueling depot at Fisherman's Wharf
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| Mar.29 |
San Francisco |
City to go dark for Earth Hour The Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge and office towers will go dark for an hour in a global campaign to raise awareness about climate change
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| Jan.28 |
San Francisco |
 Crew member may have misled on spill size The chief engineer aboard a container ship that struck a bridge support misjudged, miscommunicated or intentionally misled Coast Guard
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Crews working to contain spill  A crane operator is recovering after being hospitalized when the crane he was working on collapsed into the San Francisco Ba
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| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Test in S.F. finds lead in lots of toys Department of the Environment and the Center for Environmental Health tested toys that people brought with them
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill John Tarantino and Steven Fitz filed the suit on behalf of fishermen who claim they have suffered economic injury as a result of the spill
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Lawmakers not satisfied with spill response| Members of Congress, including House Speaker Pelosi, demanded answers on the U.S. Coast Guard's response to an oil spill | |
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Beaches reopen as spill cleanup continues
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| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
Oil spill cleanup moves from water to land| There are still 60 boats working to scoop up the spilled shipping fuel both inside and outside the Golden Gate | |
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
Feinstein: Spill should not have happened Sen. Dianne Feinstein said at a news conference that everything she has heard about the oil spill 'indicates that this should not have happe...
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San Francisco |
Feds To Inspect Impact Of Bay Spill Federal officials will take an aerial tour of the bay to assay environmental damage caused by the area's worst oil spill in nearly 2 decades
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| Nov.10 |
San Francisco |
Bay fisherman want to delay crab season Fishermen voted to request a delay of local Dungeness season from Schwarzenegger due to concerns regarding the oil spilled
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San Francisco |
Coast Guard Doubles Clean Up Effort Rescue teams raced to save hundreds of seabirds tarred with black shipping fuel. 60 birds have died since 58,000 gallons leaked into the bay
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| Nov.9 |
San Francisco |
Pilot of SF Bay oil ship spill investigated Captain John Cota has been a 25-year veteran bar pilot, but one who has a record of several mishaps in the past
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San Francisco |
 Multipart cleanup effort continued| Officials aboard the ship estimated 500 gallons had spilled, but further investigation determined a much greater amount of oil was in the water. The pilot of the ship is under investigation. A report says tha... | |
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| Nov.8 |
San Francisco |
 Growing Oil Spill Closes Bay Beaches Coast Guard crews spent the night working on cleaning up 58,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the bay after a container ship bumped the Bay Bridge
| The oil spill has prompted the closures of at least 7 beaches, including Fort Point, Baker Beach, China Beach, Crissy Field, Rodeo Beach, Black Sand and Kirby Cove. The Coast Guard characterized the spill as a 'medium sized' and 'not too difficult to clean up'
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| Nov.7 |
Bay Bridge |
Fuel spilled into Bay after ship crash| The collision, blamed on low visibility due to dense fog, knocked a 100-foot section of the fender that protects the tower | | |
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| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
Groups sue over 'mothball fleet' pollution Several environmental groups sued the feds over toxic pollution caused by a fleet of mothballed warships floating near SF Bay
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500,000 flee wildfires
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| Aug.30 |
San Francisco |
Rising Temps Spark 2nd 'Spare The Air' Parking in BART lots is also free. The buses and light rail will be free all day
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| Jun.5 |
SF Downtown |
Officials Investigating BART Smoke Cause
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| May.11 |
San Francisco |
People Sickened After Odor Released
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| Mar.8 |
San Francisco |
Court Rules For Cargill In Bay Salt Dispute
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Warming 'very likely' human-made
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Sewage Spews Onto Streets Along Beach A break in a sewage line sent untreated waste oozing through storm drains and onto the Great Highway
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Big rig crash made fuel spill
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| Aug.9 |
San Francisco |
Drill Replicate Boat Crash, Oil Spill More than a dozen agencies, including the Coast Guard, the Air Force, the National Park practiced
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| Jul.19 |
San Francisco |
Temps Trigger Spare The Air Day Thursday will be the 5th Spare the Air day of the season to cut down smog-causing pollution during hot weather
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| May.15 |
SF Bayview |
PG&E Shuts Down Old Power Plant The natural gas-fired plant was shut down more than 25 years after neighbors began campaigning against
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Dead Baby Found In Dumpster
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| Jun.5 |
SF Downtown |
Al Gore: Global Warming a Real Threat At the United Nation's environmental conference former Vice President gave an impassioned speech
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| Oct.30 |
SF Sunset |
Reservoir work clouds water
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| Sep.30 |
San Francisco |
Oil recovered from sunken ship
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| May.31 |
Bay Bridge |
Messy spill of fish parts
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