Tag: Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay is cleaner but will miss 2025 pollu...
By Capital News Service | September 26, 2024 | News | 0 |
Maryland lawmakers urge Congress to spend more on ...
By Capital News Service | March 6, 2024 | News | 0 |
Maryland lawmakers push for Chesapeake Bay to beco...
By Capital News Service | September 21, 2023 | News | 0 |
Hogan’s environment agency was underfunded a...
By Capital News Service | May 5, 2023 | News | 0 |
Maryland’s Moore seeks disaster aid for Chesapeake...
By Capital News Service | March 17, 2023 | News | 0 |
Maryland’s Democratic lawmakers optimistic about state priorities under another Trump presidency
by Capital News Service | November 7, 2024 | News | 0 |
After Tuesday’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris and a flip of the majority in the United States Senate to the Republicans, Democratic lawmakers in Maryland say they are still optimistic about the prospects of several key state projects that would require congressional and presidential support to move forward.
Read MoreChesapeake Bay is cleaner but will miss 2025 pollution targets, Maryland lawmakers say
by Capital News Service | September 26, 2024 | News | 0 |
Chesapeake Bay is cleaner than it used to be but is falling short of 2025 targets for reducing pollution, federal and state officials and most of Maryland’s congressional delegation said on Wednesday.
Read MoreMaryland lawmakers urge Congress to spend more on Chesapeake Bay restoration
by Capital News Service | March 6, 2024 | News | 0 |
iting encouraging signs of improvement, five Maryland lawmakers expressed their support Wednesday for increased funding of the federally-backed Chesapeake Bay restoration program.
Read MoreMaryland lawmakers push for Chesapeake Bay to become National Park unit
by Capital News Service | September 21, 2023 | News | 0 |
Sponsored by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, and Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Maryland, the Chesapeake National Recreation Area Act would allow the National Park Service to oversee the Chesapeake Bay watershed, which covers over 60,000 square miles across six states and Washington, D.C.
Read MoreHogan’s environment agency was underfunded and underperformed, analysts say
by Capital News Service | May 5, 2023 | News | 0 |
unding cuts and staffing shortages at the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) over the past decade have coincided with a decline in the state’s ecological health.
Read MoreMaryland’s Moore seeks disaster aid for Chesapeake Bay invasive fish
by Capital News Service | March 17, 2023 | News | 0 |
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has asked the federal government to declare the increasing population of invasive fish species in the Chesapeake Bay an ongoing commercial fishery disaster.
Read MoreDespite cleanup efforts, Chesapeake Bay remains a pollution challenge
by Capital News Service | February 14, 2023 | News | 0 |
Despite decades of conservation efforts, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation gave the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay a D+ in its recently released 2022 State of the Bay report.
Read MoreMaryland’s waterways contain high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ pollution
by Capital News Service | December 1, 2022 | News | 0 |
A recent report from the Waterkeeper Alliance revealed U.S. states’ pollution levels of certain chemicals in their waterways — and Maryland’s samples revealed high levels of contamination.
Read MoreChesapeake leaders address restoration failures, path forward
by Capital News Service | October 11, 2022 | News | 0 |
The leaders of efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay by 2025, a group that includes six governors, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the mayor of the District Columbia, acknowledged Tuesday they have not been doing enough to reach their goals
Read MoreClimate takes center stage at Maryland gubernatorial forum
by Capital News Service | March 9, 2022 | News | 2 |
Ten Maryland governor candidates laid out their plans for slashing carbon emissions, building mass transit projects, protecting the Chesapeake Bay and improving air quality in the state at a climate forum Tuesday at the University of Maryland in College Park.
Read MoreProposed Chesapeake Bay funds aim to curb pollution
by Capital News Service | November 2, 2021 | News | 0 |
The reconciliation bill is a broad social spending plan that includes universal pre-K, an expansion of the child tax credit and an expansion of Medicare, among other measures.
Read More‘Sunny day’ flooding on the rise along the Chesapeake
by Bay Journal | July 18, 2020 | News | 0 |
By Timothy B. Wheeler, Bay Journal News Service Those who live near the water around the...
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