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If we are so concerning about sparing the air, why don’t we hold Chevron and the Port of Oakland to a higher standard?

Last night the ceremony announcing this year’s winners of the Goldman prize for environmental activism was held in San Francisco’s Opera House. The award is the brainchild of Richard and Rhoda Goldman. Rhoda passed away in 1996. This year it appeared Richard’s health had taken a turn for the worse, although he still spoke cogently.

It’s all too easy sometimes to get down on the Bay Area. But then you come upon information like this.
San Francisco recycles 69 percent of its total waste. Okay, for comparison, what percentage does Houston recycle?
a. 2.6 percent
b. 18.6 percent
c. 26.6 percent
d. 44.6 percent
And a bonus question:
25,000 Houston residents have been waiting as long as [...]

How can we prevent another catastrophic spill in the San Francisco Bay? Oil is bad enough but there are also vessels carrying chemical cargo that could potentially require the evacuation of most of the Bay Area if released in a spill.
One suggestion has been to require double hulls on cargo ships. This is a fine [...]

This photo is from a set posted to Flickr entitled “San Francisco Bay Debris – KQED QUEST.” The photos document voluntary Bay cleanup by a group of San Francisco sailors, who were moved to action when a seaplane crashed into a telephone poll that was floating in the bay — sixty-five years ago. According to [...]