Two Maryland counties on either side of the Chesapeake Bay are calling for a new, bigger bridge between them.
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Read More »October 6, 2021 Comments Off on Counties call for new, bigger bridge across Chesapeake Bay
Two Maryland counties on either side of the Chesapeake Bay are calling for a new, bigger bridge between them.
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Read More »August 11, 2021 Comments Off on Military sites near Chesapeake Bay contaminated by ‘forever chemicals,’ report finds
The groundwater of at least nine military installations near the Chesapeake Bay is contaminated with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals,” a report found.
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Read More »June 22, 2021 Comments Off on Chesapeake Bay health edges up to C grade in report card
The health of the Chesapeake Bay improved to a grade of C in 2020 — up from a C-minus in 2019, according to an annual report card by scientists.
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Read More »May 20, 2021 Comments Off on Montgomery County owes stormwater tax credits, judge rules
Montgomery County unlawfully denied stormwater management tax credits to property owners in a Gaithersburg business park because the development’s ponds for handling runoff were not located on their individual properties, the Maryland Tax Court’s chief judge ruled Wednesday. Walter C. ...
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Read More »July 15, 2020 Comments Off on Report: Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses declined last year
ANNAPOLIS — A new report says that underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay have declined by nearly 40 percent. The Chesapeake Bay Program released a report last week that said a factor in the decline could be attributed to more ...
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Read More »April 13, 2020 Comments Off on Online service held for Kennedy family members who drowned
A family member said thousands of people attended a virtual memorial service over the weekend for Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean and her son, Gideon, extended members of the powerful Kennedy family who died after their canoe overturned in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Read More »January 24, 2020 Comments Off on Maryland urges justices to reject Carroll Co.’s stormwater appeal
States may impose upon their counties stormwater pollution-prevention standards more stringent than those called for under the federal Clean Water Act, the Maryland Department of the Environment stated Thursday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to turn aside Carroll County’s ...
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Read More »January 8, 2020 Comments Off on Hogan asks Frosh to sue Pa., EPA over bay cleanup efforts
Gov. Larry Hogan has directed Attorney General Brian Frosh to pursue litigation against Pennsylvania and the Environmental Protection Agency over Pennsylvania’s plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Hogan believes the EPA will not force Pennsylvania to meet its ...
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Read More »January 6, 2020 Comments Off on EPA official: Chesapeake Bay pollution goals ‘an aspiration’
Recent comments from the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program about pollution limits designed to improve the health of the bay have sparked concern among environmental groups and some Maryland officials.
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Read More »December 24, 2019 Comments Off on Chesapeake Bay oysters get more attention at pivotal time
Robert T. Brown pulled an oyster shell from a pile freshly harvested by a dredger from the Chesapeake Bay and talked enthusiastically about the larvae attached — a sign of a future generation critical to the health of the nation's largest estuary.
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