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San Diego Coastkeeper Releases 2025 Mission Bay Water Quality Report

San Diego Coastkeeper released its 2025 Mission Bay Water Quality Monitoring Report, documenting a second year of monthly data across ten Bay locations. The report finds chronic pollution at Tecolote and Rose Creek inflows and highlights a growing network of more than 260 trained community volunteers.

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San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF Settle Lawsuit with SeaWorld Over Mission Bay Fireworks Pollution

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF have reached a settlement with SeaWorld San Diego resolving a Clean Water Act lawsuit over fireworks-related pollution in Mission Bay, coinciding with SeaWorld’s transition to drone light shows beginning May 22.

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2025 Marine Debris Report Highlights the Need to Address Plastic Pollution

San Diego Coastkeeper, Surfrider Foundation San Diego County, and Ocean Connectors release their 2025 Marine Debris Report, revealing that 8,179 volunteers removed nearly 20,000 pounds of trash from San Diego’s beaches and waterways — with plastic fragments topping the list for the third year running.

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San Diego Coastkeeper Calls on LAFCO to Resume Independent Review of Regional Water Agencies

On May 4, 2026, LAFCO voted 5-3 to shelve its own review of San Diego’s regional water agencies for four years. San Diego Coastkeeper and a coalition of organizations are calling on the Commission to reverse course.

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San Diego Coastkeeper joins International Plastic Pellet Count in Carlsbad

San Diego Coastkeeper joined volunteers nationwide for the second-annual International Plastic Pellet Count, documenting plastic pellet pollution along Carlsbad rail tracks.

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San Diego Coastkeeper & CERF reach resolution with BNSF Railway over transportation of plastic pellets

A joint resolution was reached regarding leaks and spills of plastic nurdle pellets from BNSF trains transiting through San Diego.

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San Diego Coastkeeper Files Complaint Against Mexico to Address Binational Tijuana Sewage Crisis

San Diego Coastkeeper’s formal petition under U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement alleges violations of numerous environmental laws by the Mexican federal government.

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San Diego Coastkeeper Publishes 2024 Annual Report‬ ‭

San Diego Coastkeeper has published its 2024 Annual Report, detailing highlights from a truly momentous year for San Diego water quality and access.

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A Coastkeeper and Surfrider volunteer kneels on the beach during a cleanup.

2024 Marine Debris Report Finds Plastic is the Biggest Culprit

In celebration of Earth Month, Surfrider Foundation San Diego County and San Diego Coastkeeper unveil their 2024 Marine Debris Report, available in English and Spanish.

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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) [email protected] 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 Releases 2025 Mission Bay Water Quality Report

San Diego Coastkeeper released its 2025 Mission Bay Water Quality Monitoring Report, documenting a second year of monthly data across ten Bay locations. The report finds chronic pollution at Tecolote and Rose Creek inflows and highlights a growing network of more than 260 trained community volunteers.

Read More
IMG_2707

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF Settle Lawsuit with SeaWorld Over Mission Bay Fireworks Pollution

San Diego Coastkeeper and CERF have reached a settlement with SeaWorld San Diego resolving a Clean Water Act lawsuit over fireworks-related pollution in Mission Bay, coinciding with SeaWorld’s transition to drone light shows beginning May 22.

Read More
IMG_0436 211

2025 Marine Debris Report Highlights the Need to Address Plastic Pollution

San Diego Coastkeeper, Surfrider Foundation San Diego County, and Ocean Connectors release their 2025 Marine Debris Report, revealing that 8,179 volunteers removed nearly 20,000 pounds of trash from San Diego’s beaches and waterways — with plastic fragments topping the list for the third year running.

Read More
Screenshot 2026-05-14 at 1.16.40 PM

San Diego Coastkeeper Calls on LAFCO to Resume Independent Review of Regional Water Agencies

On May 4, 2026, LAFCO voted 5-3 to shelve its own review of San Diego’s regional water agencies for four years. San Diego Coastkeeper and a coalition of organizations are calling on the Commission to reverse course.

Read More
SJGC6663

San Diego Coastkeeper joins International Plastic Pellet Count in Carlsbad

San Diego Coastkeeper joined volunteers nationwide for the second-annual International Plastic Pellet Count, documenting plastic pellet pollution along Carlsbad rail tracks.

Read More
Nurdles

San Diego Coastkeeper & CERF reach resolution with BNSF Railway over transportation of plastic pellets

A joint resolution was reached regarding leaks and spills of plastic nurdle pellets from BNSF trains transiting through San Diego.

Read More
Tijuana River Sewage Crisis-0441 (3)

San Diego Coastkeeper Files Complaint Against Mexico to Address Binational Tijuana Sewage Crisis

San Diego Coastkeeper’s formal petition under U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement alleges violations of numerous environmental laws by the Mexican federal government.

Read More
A peeling wave breaks along the closed shoreline of Imperial Beach.

San Diego Coastkeeper Publishes 2024 Annual Report‬ ‭

San Diego Coastkeeper has published its 2024 Annual Report, detailing highlights from a truly momentous year for San Diego water quality and access.

Read More
A Coastkeeper and Surfrider volunteer kneels on the beach during a cleanup.

2024 Marine Debris Report Finds Plastic is the Biggest Culprit

In celebration of Earth Month, Surfrider Foundation San Diego County and San Diego Coastkeeper unveil their 2024 Marine Debris Report, available in English and Spanish.

Read More
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) [email protected] 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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