Posted by Michael Wall in Curbing Pollution
This was a good day for the ecology of San Francisco Bay, the people of California, and the rule of law. This morning, with scores of former military support ships rusting in the background, the U.S. Maritime Administration, NRDC, Arc...
Posted by Michael Wall in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
For decades, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) and its parent agency, the Department of Transportation (DOT), have moored dozens of decrepit and non-operational former military support vessels in San Francisco Bay and abandoned them to the ravages of time and...
Posted by Michael Wall in Curbing Pollution
A few recent pictures. (See my March and October '09 posts for background on the "ghost fleet" in Suisun Bay.)...
Posted by Michael Wall in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment
Today the U.S. Department of Transportation and U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that two vessels from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet will, at long last, be removed for disposal. This is good news. The marine paint on these two inoperable...
