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Are San Francisco's Bar Pilots Overpaid?

AP | By PAUL ELIAS | Posted 04.30.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Since the days of Mark Twain, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have had it good. Thanks to outsized political clout and highly specializ...

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Owners Of Ship That Caused Massive Bay Oil Spill Try To Shift Blame

AP | Posted 04.25.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — The owners and operators of a container ship that slammed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007 and spilled thousand...

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Oil and Herring Don't Mix

Carl Safina | Posted 03.18.2012

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Carl Safina

When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, it unleashed a regional catastrophe whose effects continue to play out these two decades later. One such apparent effect was the subsequent collapse of the region's herring.

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Did One Oil Spill In The Bay Permanently Damage An Entire Fish Species?

AP | By MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 02.25.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The cargo ship accident that dumped tens of thousands of gallons of thick, tarry ship fuel into San Francisco Bay caused lasting dama...

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Cosco Busan Oil Spill: Companies Agree To Pay $44.4 Million For San Francisco Bay Accident

AP | By PAUL ELIAS | Posted 11.19.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Companies responsible for a 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill that occurred when a ship slammed into a bridge agreed Monday to pay $44...

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To BP: It's Personal.

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Helvarg

Nancy loved the ocean, so when she died from breast cancer at the age of 43 we had a memorial service at her favorite beach on the Marin California headlands. Five years later I returned to Rodeo Beach, where oil had come ashore.

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