The bill would reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Chesapeake Bay office for the first time since 2006.
Search Results
Chesapeake Bay Foundation x
Cardin reintroduces bipartisan bill to authorize coastal watershed habitat conservation program
The legislation is aimed at continuing conservation programs at two dozen coastal areas, including the Chesapeake Bay.
Despite cleanup efforts, Chesapeake Bay remains pollution challenge
The bay faces a long road ahead: the goal is to raise the score to at least 70 out of 100, which is a long way from the current 32.
Chesapeake Bay area lawmakers urge EPA to enforce pollution standards
Pennsylvania and New York fell short in meeting their pollution reduction goals to reduce Chesapeake Bay pollution sources by 2025. Lawmakers are pushing the Billion for the Bay Initiative to obtain more federal funding for Bay cleanup.
Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania fight clean water rollback
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency revoked two regulations last month dealing with clean water and air that present conflicting positions from the Trump Administration over the role states should play in protecting their own natural resources. The first came…
Chesapeake farmers target runoff reduction, lawmakers seek conservation funds
MIDDLETOWN, Maryland — A gaggle of excitable white turkeys gobbled and clucked in their pen at Open Book Farm on a chilly afternoon in late October. Most days, the birds roamed free in one of the farm’s pastures, scratching and…
Bills would update Maryland’s forest conservation law
Maryland’s forest conservation law has failed to protect some of the state’s best forests, scientists and environmentalists say.
Trump’s proposed Chesapeake Bay cleanup cuts face Hill battle
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s plan to slash 90 percent of Chesapeake Bay cleanup funding, which could dismantle several decades of environmental restoration, met resistance from Maryland’s Democratic congressional delegation. The cuts, which would drop the budget for Chesapeake Bay…
Annapolis marks stop number one for nationwide public hearings on offshore drilling
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — Annapolis was the first of many stops for a public hearing on Tuesday about the recent offshore drilling plan proposed by the Trump administration. Opponents and supporters took part in the hearing hosted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.…
Chesapeake Bay advocates fear Trump admin. could threaten Bay’s progress
After the Trump administration’s attempt to eliminate funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program early in 2017, advocates and lawmakers say they’re concerned about the future of efforts to clean-up the Bay and say they will continue to fight to restore funds to the federal budget.