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Press Statement: Groups Warn Maryland’s Conowingo Dam Settlement Will Harm Chesapeake Bay

Press Statement: Groups Warn Maryland’s Conowingo Dam Settlement Will Harm Chesapeake Bay

FERC permit is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to force Exelon to deal with sediment and pollution harming the Chesapeake Bay caused ...
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Press Statement: Hogan Administration's Proposed Conowingo Dam Settlement with Exelon Flies in Face of Any Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit

Press Statement: Hogan Administration’s Proposed Conowingo Dam Settlement with Exelon Flies in Face of Any Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit

Media Contact: Betsy Nicholas, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, (202) 423-0504 Ted Evgeniadis, Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, (609) 571-5278 (Takoma Park, MD and Harrisburg, ...
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Tell Gov. Hogan to Fix the Bad Deal with Exelon on Conowingo Dam!

Tell Gov. Hogan to Fix the Bad Deal with Exelon on Conowingo Dam!

Take action to tell Governor Hogan and the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) that they need to start over ...
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Court Decision Supports Maryland’s Removal of Pollution Protections

Court Decision Supports Maryland’s Removal of Pollution Protections

Several Local Impaired Waterways Reclassified Without Any Scientific Support In 2016, Waterkeepers Chesapeake and several Riverkeepers filed a lawsuit against ...
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The Proposed Conowingo Settlement – A Dam Dud

The Proposed Conowingo Settlement – A Dam Dud

By Zack Kelleher, Sassafras Riverkeeper The recently-announced agreement between the Maryland Department of the Environment and Exelon Corporation regarding the ...
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