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San Diego Coastkeeper water quality monitoring volunteer paddling a kayak toward SeaWorld to collect water samples.

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF File Lawsuit‬ ‭Over SeaWorld’s Fireworks Pollution in Mission‬ ‭Bay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDATE: 03/10/2025 Media Contact:  Spencer Higgs Communications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper(561) 379-5430spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org A much-anticipated lawsuit seeks to hold SeaWorld accountable for numerous permit violations resulting in “shocking amounts” of toxic pollutants discharging into Mission …

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San Diego Coastkeeper Publishes 2024 Mission‬ ‭ Bay Water Quality Monitoring Report‬ ‭

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 02/14/2025 Media Contact:  Spencer Higgs Communications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper (561) 379-5430 spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org Data Shows Spikes of Bacteria, Metals and Nutrients at Many Locations SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14, 2025—San Diego Coastkeeper …

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Crew Of Scuba Instructors Rowing 2800 Miles Non-Stop For Marine Conservation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDATE: 02/03/2025 Media contacts: Tim LinsellCrew Member, Team Rising Tidetim@teamrisingtide.org Spencer HiggsCommunications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper(561) 379-5430Spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org   SAN DIEGO, CA – Team Rising Tide, composed of four friends, will compete in the World’s …

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Night photo of SeaWorld launch barge. Courtesy of CERF

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF Intend to Sue SeaWorld Over “Shocking Amounts” of Fireworks Pollution in Mission Bay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 12/05/2024 Media Contact: Spencer Higgs Communications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper (561) 379-5430 spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF Intend to Sue SeaWorld Over “Shocking Amounts” of Fireworks Pollution in Mission Bay …

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Photo: San Diego River Days 2024

Independent Study Finds Leaking Wastewater Infrastructure is the Largest Source of Human Fecal Pollution in the San Diego River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 11/12/2024 Media Contact:  Spencer Higgs  Communications Manager (561) 379-5430 spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org Sanitary Sewer Overflows Far Outweigh Unhoused Encampments’ Contribution SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A five-year study conducted by the Southern California Coastal …

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San Diego Coastkeeper Settles Lawsuit with San Diego Gas & Electric Over Toxic Runoff from Power Poles

SAN DIEGO, California – San Diego Coastkeeper (“Coastkeeper”) and Ecological Rights Foundation (“ERF”) reached an agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric (“SDGE”), resolving a lawsuit concerning polluted stormwater runoff from SDGE maintenance yards where …

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Environmental Groups Sue Federal Government to Spur Action in Tijuana Sewage Crisis

South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, in San Diego at the border with Mexico, routinely discharges extremely high levels of sewage and toxic chemicals into the Tijuana River and Pacific Ocean in violation of its …

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San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation Initiate Legal Action Against BNSF Railway for Plastic Pollution of Coastal Lagoons

Illegal Discharges of Tiny Plastic Nurdles from BNSF Trains Violates Clean Water Act. SAN DIEGO –– On Tuesday, April 2, San Diego Coastkeeper (Coastkeeper) and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation (CERF) sent a Clean Water Act …

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San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation Put Feds on Legal Notice for Polluted Discharges from Border Wastewater Treatment Plant

South Bay International Treatment Plant discharges extremely high levels of sewage and toxic chemicals into the Tijuana River and Pacific Ocean in violation of its Clean Water Act permit, leading to years of public health …

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Sea Turtle Ecologist Dr. Jeff Seminoff to Give Keynote at San Diego Coastkeeper Seaside Soirée Celebration

Coastkeeper’s annual celebration of clean water returns on October 4   SAN DIEGO –– Clean water advocates, regional elected officials, and Coastkeeper supporters from throughout the county are coming together at San Diego Coastkeeper’s Seaside …

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San Diego Coastkeeper water quality monitoring volunteer paddling a kayak toward SeaWorld to collect water samples.

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF File Lawsuit‬ ‭Over SeaWorld’s Fireworks Pollution in Mission‬ ‭Bay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDATE: 03/10/2025 Media Contact:  Spencer Higgs Communications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper(561) 379-5430spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org A much-anticipated lawsuit seeks to hold SeaWorld accountable for numerous permit violations resulting in “shocking amounts” of toxic pollutants discharging into Mission …

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San Diego Coastkeeeper Water Quality Monitoring-2440

San Diego Coastkeeper Publishes 2024 Mission‬ ‭ Bay Water Quality Monitoring Report‬ ‭

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 02/14/2025 Media Contact:  Spencer Higgs Communications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper (561) 379-5430 spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org Data Shows Spikes of Bacteria, Metals and Nutrients at Many Locations SAN DIEGO, Feb. 14, 2025—San Diego Coastkeeper …

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Team Rising Tide crew photo

Crew Of Scuba Instructors Rowing 2800 Miles Non-Stop For Marine Conservation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDATE: 02/03/2025 Media contacts: Tim LinsellCrew Member, Team Rising Tidetim@teamrisingtide.org Spencer HiggsCommunications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper(561) 379-5430Spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org   SAN DIEGO, CA – Team Rising Tide, composed of four friends, will compete in the World’s …

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Night photo of SeaWorld launch barge. Courtesy of CERF

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF Intend to Sue SeaWorld Over “Shocking Amounts” of Fireworks Pollution in Mission Bay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 12/05/2024 Media Contact: Spencer Higgs Communications Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper (561) 379-5430 spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF Intend to Sue SeaWorld Over “Shocking Amounts” of Fireworks Pollution in Mission Bay …

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Photo: San Diego River Days 2024

Independent Study Finds Leaking Wastewater Infrastructure is the Largest Source of Human Fecal Pollution in the San Diego River

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: 11/12/2024 Media Contact:  Spencer Higgs  Communications Manager (561) 379-5430 spencer@sdcoastkeeper.org Sanitary Sewer Overflows Far Outweigh Unhoused Encampments’ Contribution SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A five-year study conducted by the Southern California Coastal …

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San Diego Coastkeeper Settles Lawsuit with San Diego Gas & Electric Over Toxic Runoff from Power Poles

SAN DIEGO, California – San Diego Coastkeeper (“Coastkeeper”) and Ecological Rights Foundation (“ERF”) reached an agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric (“SDGE”), resolving a lawsuit concerning polluted stormwater runoff from SDGE maintenance yards where …

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Tijuana River-IB website featured image

Environmental Groups Sue Federal Government to Spur Action in Tijuana Sewage Crisis

South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, in San Diego at the border with Mexico, routinely discharges extremely high levels of sewage and toxic chemicals into the Tijuana River and Pacific Ocean in violation of its …

Read More
Nurdles- Website featured image - (700 × 350 px)

San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation Initiate Legal Action Against BNSF Railway for Plastic Pollution of Coastal Lagoons

Illegal Discharges of Tiny Plastic Nurdles from BNSF Trains Violates Clean Water Act. SAN DIEGO –– On Tuesday, April 2, San Diego Coastkeeper (Coastkeeper) and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation (CERF) sent a Clean Water Act …

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San Diego Coastkeeper and Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation Put Feds on Legal Notice for Polluted Discharges from Border Wastewater Treatment Plant

South Bay International Treatment Plant discharges extremely high levels of sewage and toxic chemicals into the Tijuana River and Pacific Ocean in violation of its Clean Water Act permit, leading to years of public health …

Read More

Sea Turtle Ecologist Dr. Jeff Seminoff to Give Keynote at San Diego Coastkeeper Seaside Soirée Celebration

Coastkeeper’s annual celebration of clean water returns on October 4   SAN DIEGO –– Clean water advocates, regional elected officials, and Coastkeeper supporters from throughout the county are coming together at San Diego Coastkeeper’s Seaside …

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