Mastodawn

San Francisco Baykeeper Oct 22, 2024

There are two new beautiful parks along the Bay in #SF: Bayfront Park, opposite the Chase Center, and India Basin Waterfront Park.

Have you checked them out yet?

https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/22/san-francisco-opens-two-new-waterfront-parks/

#sfbay #sanfrancisco #sfparks #bayfrontpark #indiabasin #BayviewHuntersPoint

SF opened two new waterfront parks in the last three days

Bayfront and India Basin Waterfront parks bring new life to industrial zones.

The San Francisco Standard

San Francisco Baykeeper Apr 18, 2024

“There’s a staggering number of contaminated sites around the Bay,” says Baykeeper scientist Ian Wren. And many of these sites, including the highly contaminated #BayviewHuntersPoint neighborhood in San Francisco, are susceptible to sea level & ground water rise, as Knee Deep Times reports:
https://www.kneedeeptimes.org/rising-waters-bring-new-toxics-threat-to-hunters-point/ #sealevelrise #sanfrancisco #sfbay #sanfranciscobay

Rising Waters Bring New Toxics Threat to Hunters Point – KneeDeep Times

S.F.’s Hunters Point is already toxic for residents and the Bay. Rising water and bigger storms threaten to make the problem worse.

KneeDeep Times

San Francisco Baykeeper Mar 11, 2024

The Navy has finally acknowledged what scientists and residents have suspected for years: that toxic groundwater could surface at the Hunters Point Superfund site in SF.

The soil at Hunters Point is contaminated with radioactive material and other toxic substances. That the site could flood from the ground up is terrifying, to say the least!
https://www.kqed.org/science/1991758/u-s-navy-acknowledges-rising-toxic-groundwater-threat-at-sf-superfund-site #sanfrancisco #sf #hunterspoint #BayviewHuntersPoint #bayviewSF #waterpollution #sfbay #sanfranciscobay

US Navy Acknowledges Rising Toxic Groundwater Threat at SF Superfund Site | KQED

Potentially toxic waste could surface at a San Francisco Superfund site in just over a decade, partly because of human-caused climate change.

Erik Ellestad Dec 15, 2022

Good evening from the Heron's Head ECO Center.

#HeronsHeadEcoCenter #SanFrancisco #California #BayviewHuntersPoint #Sunset #Dusk

San Francisco Baykeeper Dec 8, 2022

A rendering plant that we caught polluting #SFBay a few years back is releasing such a foul stench in #Bayview that people get nauseated when they try to go outside.

"A nuisance like that does cause emotional stress, which is direct and highly damaging to the body," said Dr James Dahlgren, but "the real problem with #BayviewHuntersPoint is that's just one of many adverse problems they have—it's a terribly toxic place." https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/climate_change/how-company-key-to-climate-change-fight-harms-sf-residents/article_96535584-7672-11ed-9d9f-fb89db674837.html

#environmentaljustice #sanfrancisco