Maryland’s top court will consider if state agency validly rejected a request to impose ammonia emissions standards for feeding operations to protect the bay.

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The Chesapeake Bay watershed received an overall grade of C+ on its latest report card.

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Maryland may impose upon counties stormwater pollution-prevention standards more stringent than those under the Clean Water Act, the state’s top court ruled.

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Perdue Farms associates joined Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) representatives to build oyster cages to support the Marylanders Grow Oysters program to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The partnership also aligns with the company’s Delivering Hope To Our ...

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The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is estimated to be at the lowest level observed since an annual survey tracking the population began in 1990, officials announced.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $40 million on Monday to help restore the Chesapeake Bay.

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Ever Forward, the enormous container ship stuck in the Chesapeake Bay, has become a concern for some of the state's top officials.

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The U.S. Coast Guard said containers will be removed to lighten the load before another attempt to free the grounded Ever Forward in the Chesapeake Bay.

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The U.S. Coast Guard prepared a second attempt to free a stranded container ship Wednesday.

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Dredging has begun to free a cargo ship stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week.

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