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Lawsuit Challenges Regulation of Industrial Pollution to Los Angeles, State Waters

Liz Crosson (Los Angeles Waterkeeper) 541-944-5589; Sara Aminzadeh (California Coastkeeper Alliance) 415-794-8422 Los Angeles Waterkeeper and California Coastkeeper Alliance 05/12/2014 California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA), a coalition of 12 Waterkeeper organizations… Read More…


Lawsuit Challenges Regulation of Industrial Pollution to SF Bay, State Waters

Press Release Jason Flanders (San Francisco Baykeeper) 916-202-3018; Sara Aminzadeh (California Coastkeeper Alliance) 415-794-8422 San Francisco Baykeeper and California Coastkeeper Alliance 05/13/2014 California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA), a coalition of 12… Read More…


Northern California Rivers and Fish Doomed Without Immediate Agency Action

Tribes, fishing groups and conservation groups call for “flow listings” Sara Aminzadeh, 415-794-8422 California Coastkeeper Alliance 04/02/2014 (San Francisco, CA) Initial projections of the April 1 snowpack assessment, a key… Read More…


Wishtoyo Foundation and its Ventura Coastkeeper Program Issue Waste Management and its G.I. Industries Subsidiary a 60 Day Clean Water Act Notice of Intent to Sue

Press Release Jason Weiner, 805-823-3301 Mati Waiya, 805-794-1248 Ventura Coastkeeper and Wishtoyo Foundation 01/13/2014 The Wishtoyo Foundation and its Ventura Coastkeeper Program have issued G.I. Industries and Waste Management a… Read More…


“King Tides” Illustrate Vulnerability of California Shoreline to Sea-Level Rise

Media Advisory Media Contacts: Hilary Papendick (415.686.8061); Sara Aminzadeh, California Coastkeeper Alliance (415.794.8422). California Coastkeeper Alliance 12/23/2013 Next Monday, some of the year’s highest tides will hit California shorelines, providing… Read More…


Complaint Filed to Balance Dam’s Water Removal with Needs of Communities, Wildlife Along Santa Clara River

Water Diversion Harms Endangered Species, People’s River Use Mati Waiya, Wishtoyo Foundation, (805) 794-1248 Jason Weiner, Ventura Coastkeeper, (805) 823-3301 Cameron Yee, CAUSE, (805) 658-0810 John Buse, Center for Biological… Read More…


California Celebrates First-Ever Swimmable California Day

Local Events, Artwork, and Photo Contest Commemorate July 25th Contact: Sara Aminzadeh, California Coastkeeper Alliance (415-794-8422) Press Release 07/22/2013 (Sacramento, CA) – California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA) proudly announces that the… Read More…


Regional Petitions Seek to Close Loophole that Exempts Existing Commercial, Industrial and Institutional Facilities from Controlling Polluted Runoff

Contact: Karen Wood, CLF, (617) 850-1722, ; Jon Devine, NRDC, (202) 289-6868, ; Jeff Odefey, American Rivers, (914) 584-8972, Press Release 07/10/2013 WASHINGTON, DC (July 10, 2013) —  Conservation… Read More…


Tips to Tackle Memorial Day Trash Influx

California Waterkeepers available to talk trash, solutions to keep California swimmable Contact: Sara Aminzadeh, California Coastkeeper Alliance (cell: 415-794-8422) Media Alert 05/23/2013 WHAT: Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer travel—and… Read More…


Memorial Day Trash Influx Highlights Need for Pending California Trash Policy

California Coastkeeper Alliance works with State Water Board to develop policy with goal of no litter in our waters Contact: Sara Aminzadeh, California Coastkeeper Alliance (cell: 415-794-8422) California Coastkeeper Alliance… Read More…


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