Save the Bay! Is UC Berkeley Building a research center to do GMO research on SF Bay?

For its part, UC Berkeley was a pioneer in the development of genetic engineering and today is the leader in synthetic biology,
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/01_ebi.shtml


"BP announced in June 2006 its plan to invest $500 million over 10 years "to fund groundbreaking research aimed at probing the emerging secrets of bioscience ..."


...the genetic manipulation of bacteria or yeast to turn them into microbial factories. It also has been a leader in applying biotechnology to the development of new drugs and the engineering of plants. The campus's top-ranked departments of plant and microbial biology, molecular and cell biology, chemistry and chemical engineering, and its College of Engineering — complemented by LBNL's state-of-the-art research tools, such as the Molecular Foundry and the Advanced Light Source — provide a unique foundation for tackling the problem of converting biomass into fuel. UC Berkeley's office of the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), a California Institute for Science and Innovation mandated by the state to partner with industry to generate new technologies, coordinated the research proposal.

LBNL and UC Berkeley also have been leaders for decades in research on energy, including battery technology, combustion, the design of energy-efficient buildings, energy policy, advanced transit, renewable energy and nuclear power. LBNL has created novel technologies that have helped decrease energy use for the entire nation.

Development Timeline to protest:

http://richmondbaycampus.lbl.gov/environmental_documents.html

BP is still involved with UC Berkeley:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/31/uc-berkeleys-bp-deal-tain_n_666355.html

Reserved land to be developed by private investors without legislative or voter input:

http://www.contracostatimes.com/west-county-times/ci_27118902/uc-berkeley-chancellor-dirks-hails-planned-richmond-campus

Maybe the Pacific Ocean isn't the best place for a GMO research facility especially in the wake of Fukushima and the BP Gulf oil spill. There has to be better alternative sites for this facility.