Environmental Protection

Joe DiMaggio's Home City Honored by EPA -- and It's Not San Francisco

...Oozing with leadTo say that San Francisco is a city that treasures being in the vanguard of environmentally responsible behavior (or, skeptics might say, whatever will get people talking about how environmentally responsible we are) is an understatement.So it's interesting that today -- with an e ... More >>

Local Schools' Fortunes Plummeting in Tournament -- The Recycling Tournament. What Tournament Were You Thinking Of?

Not everything that goes in the trash can is trash. Ask someone who knows...Pulling into the home stretch of Recyclemania, the nationwide recycling competition for colleges and universities, our local institutions appear to be flagging a bit. Ranked 12th and 13th earlier this month, San Francisco St ... More >>

Neighborhood Group Sues City over Bayview Hunters Point Biodiesel Plant

If a neighborhood group has its way, it may be a while before you see a scene such as this in San FranciscoA Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood group last week filed suit against the city planning department alleging San Francisco trampled environmental laws when it exempted a proposed biodiesel pla ... More >>

State Enviro Cops, Recycling Industry in Toxic Showdown

Headed to a landfill near you?It has taken millions of people's jobs and houses. Could the global recession now threaten our health? This theoretical question is at the heart of a regulatory standoff between California toxics police and the automobile recycling industry. State regulators want auto ... More >>

Environmental reports waste tons of paper

Car Alarm

After saying for decades that treated "shredder waste" from junked cars and old appliances was safe, state regulators now admit it isn't.

Junk in the Trunk

Donating your old car to charity may make you feel good, but it doesn't necessarily create a net benefit for the environment.

Prelude to the Plastiki

Prop. R: YES YES YES!!!

Because Bush deserves his own sewage plant.

SF Weekly Birdwatching: Today on Mission Creek

Little GoCars are big polluters

November ballot measures promise eco-confusion

Give me Liberty or give me Compost!

Subway Daze

BART fears city subway project poses danger to busy downtown S.F. station.

Examiner VP of Circ Takes Recycling Theft into His Own Hands

Mount Flushmore

Jokesters want to 'honor' President Bush.

Last Night: Carnival Mécanique

Groups Suing EPA Over Chemicals Used Widely in CA

Supes Spread Manure

Their anti-Newsom campaigning is preventing more affordable housing

Marin Sewer Pipes Serve SF Bay a Shit Sunday with Dead Birds on Top

Welcome to the Greenest Hotels in SF, Tree Hugger

Four Steps to Success for Gavin Newsom

The Year of Living Practically Green

How to save the environment without being extreme

Blogger Staves Off Pissed Bike Riders: BetterKnowanSFBlog - District 5 Diary

Unhealthy Union

Could there be a secret deal with Arnold on health care that will inflate union rolls?

Who You Tryin' To Get Crazy With Ese? Don't You Know I'm Locavore?

Who You Tryin' To Get Crazy With Ese? Don't You Know I'm Locavore?

Global Warming Bites Bender's Shiny Metal Ass With Unreleased Futurama Movie

Gavin Newsom Can Help Cure Global Warming's Effects ... with High-Rises