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With Economic Study of Phosphorous Rule, Advocates Say No More Delay
Advocates Say New Rule to Limit Manure Represents Biggest Opportunity for Clean Water in 30 Years (Annapolis, MD) – A ...
Permit needs to protect public health, keep excess manure from polluting waterways
The state must make an important decision about how to regulate manure generated by large poultry and dairy farms that ...
Coalition Launches New Website on Conowingo Dam Facts
Lots of people are talking about the Conowingo Dam lately. Political rhetoric and misinformation is flowing faster than the Susquehanna ...
Waterkeepers Chesapeake Denounces Federal Ruling On Cove Point Gas Export Facility
Federal regulator approves massive $3.8 billion construction of liquefied natural gas export facility on the Chesapeake Bay without considering all environmental ...
Clean Water Advocates Petition for Better Controls on Virginia Factory Farm Pollution
Virginia has more than 100 large chicken and hog factory farm operations, but not one has a required federal Clean ...
Water Advocates Challenge Maryland Stormwater Permits
Baltimore City hearing is second of three challenges to Maryland’s Department of the Environment permitting of stormwater runoff — the ...
Time is Now to Get Facts Right & Act on Conowingo Dam
October 10, 2014 Update: New website launched to get the facts: www.ConowingoDam.org Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Michael Helfrich at the Conowingo ...
Federal Regulators Set to Impose LNG Export Facility on Chesapeake Bay, Ignoring Public Outcry & Science
Monday, June 16 marked the end of a contested 30-day public comment period on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) ...
New Bay Agreement Not Strong Enough to Clean the Bay
Waterkeepers Chesapeake, a coalition of 19 independent local organizations, expressed serious concerns today that the new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement ...
Local Waterkeeper Response to Train Derailment & Toxic Oil Spill on James River
Aerial view of train derailment, Lynchburg, VA, on the James River, May 1, 2014 Betsy Nicholas, Executive Director of Waterkeepers ...
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