San Francisco Herring Association et al v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company et al

  1. July 29, 2019

    PG&E Almost Free From SF Bay Waste Suit After $4.9M Deal

    A San Francisco resident suing PG&E over decades-old dirty gas plants can continue to press claims tied to land pollution even though his water pollution claims settled last year, but in making that decision a California federal judge wondered whether doing so would be "worth it."

  2. September 28, 2018

    PG&E's $4.9M Deal To End SF Bay Toxic Waste Suit Is OK'd

    A California federal judge Thursday approved an agreement between Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and a group of commercial herring fishermen that settles their claims that the utility contaminates the San Francisco Bay and its surrounding area with residual pollutants from its former manufactured gas plants.

  3. February 27, 2015

    PG&E Can't Escape SF Fishermen's Toxic Waste Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s attempt to nix a commercial fishermen group's lawsuit accusing the utility of contaminating the San Francisco Bay and its environs with residual pollutants from former manufactured gas plants, finding that the complaint adequately pled the group's injury.

  4. September 30, 2014

    PG&E Sued Over Toxic Waste Contamination In San Francisco

    Pacific Gas and Electric Co. was hit with a lawsuit in California federal court on Tuesday by a group of commercial herring fishermen and buyers who say the utility contaminated a number of San Francisco neighborhoods through old "highly polluting, low-tech" manufactured gas plants.

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