RICHMOND, Va. — A $1.1 trillion budget bill that would keep the federal government running through September fully funds the program that has coordinated Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts for decades. The bill contains $73 million for the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...

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  Maryland officials are seeking federal help in reducing the pollution that blows in from the Midwest. The Baltimore Sun reports state environmental regulators filed a petition Wednesday asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to crack down on 19 coal ...

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department sued Volkswagen on Monday over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States, potentially exposing the company to billions in fines for clean air violations. The civil complaint against the German ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with 16 companies for cleaning up the Central Chemical Superfund site in Hagerstown. The EPA said in a news release Monday that the agency and the state of Maryland ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and taint downwind areas with air pollution from power plants. At the same time, ...

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In the midst of a Congressional debate over the Obama administration’s extension of clean water regulations, local environmental activists and business owners gathered Wednesday to celebrate the Clean Water Rule’s impact on Maryland’s harbors and waterways. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday against the Obama administration’s attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants, but it may only be a temporary setback for regulators. The justices split 5-4 along ideological ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court left intact ozone-pollution standards crafted under former President George W. Bush, rejecting a petition by a business group that said the rules were too stringent.

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A dozen states led by West Virginia and Virginia sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block a proposed rule that would limit carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

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The Supreme Court largely left intact Monday the Obama Administration’s only existing program to limit power plant and factory emissions of the gases blamed for global warming.

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