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Mar 25, 2020

Potomac River nonprofit sues paper mill owners over alleged pollution

A now-closed paper mill being sued by the Maryland Department of the Environment is now also facing a citizen suit from a clean water nonprofit that is seeking to force the mill’s owners to take steps to clean up the Potomac River. Luke Paper Mill, in Allegany County, manufactured paper products until its closure in […]

Feb 9, 2017

Activists oppose proposed gas pipeline beneath Potomac River

HANCOCK — A Potomac River protection group is organizing a demonstration against plans for a pipeline beneath the river that would carry natural gas from Pennsylvania to West Virginia. Brent Walls of the Potomac Riverkeeper Network says demonstrators plan a silent protest Thursday night at an open house that TransCanada officials are holding in Hancock […]

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