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71. CBF Supports Baltimore Lawsuit Seeking Climate Change Compensation

(Web Page; Thu Dec 01 22:11:00 CST 2022)

(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President Will Baker issued this statement after Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh announced her city is suing energy companies for allegedly knowingly contributing to climate change which ...

Description: (ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President Will Baker issued this statement after Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh announced her city is suing energy companies for allegedly knowingly contributing to climate change which increases costs for local governments.

72. CBF Statement on Rep. Ruppersberger’s Retirement Announcement

(Web Page; Tue Jan 30 07:22:00 CST 2024)

After 38 years of distinguished public service, including more than 20 years in Congress, U.S. Rep. C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger announced he will not seek reelection when his current term ends in January 2025. Chesapeake Bay...

Description: After 38 years of distinguished public, including more than 20 years in Congress, U.S. Rep. C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger announced he will not seek reelection when his current term ends in January 2025.

73. CBF Statement on Gov. Northam’s Proposed Clean Water Budget

(Web Page; Wed Dec 18 13:46:00 CST 2019)

(VIRGINIA BEACH)—Virginia Governor Ralph Northam today unveiled his proposed budget for key state programs that restore Virginia’s rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) President William C....

Description: Virginia Governor Ralph Northam today unveiled his proposed budget for key state programs that restore Virginia’s rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay.

74. Eastern Shore Development's Wastewater Treatment Plan Raises Environmental Concerns

(Web Page; Mon Dec 06 16:00:00 CST 2021)

The following was first published in Maryland Matters. The precedent setting Lakeside at Trappe wastewater permit deserves additional public scrutiny. Residents of Trappe, population 1,000, are staring down a behemoth described...

Description: The precedent setting Lakeside at Trappe wastewater permit deserves additional public scrutiny.

75. What You Need to Know about Virginia’s Clean Water Blueprint

(Web Page; Mon May 13 13:03:00 CDT 2019)

The last update to Virginia’s Clean Water Blueprint—the single most important roadmap to restoring Virginia’s waterways—is being finalized between now and June 7. Technically known as Virginia’s Phase III Wa...

Description: Virginia’s Clean Water Blueprint (also known as the the Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan) is the single most important road map to restoring Virginia’s waterways

76. Our History

(Web Page; Wed Jul 19 15:26:00 CDT 2023)

The video above was produced for CBF's 5oth Anniversary in 2017. In 1964, a group of Baltimore businessmen, all sailors, waterfowl hunters, and fishermen, began meeting regularly over lunch to discuss problems they saw looming on the C...

Description: From 1964 to present day, this brief history of CBF summarizes its battles for clean water and its mission to save the Bay.

77. Exelon’s Share for Mitigation on the Conowingo Dam

(Web Page; Thu Jun 27 10:59:00 CDT 2019)

The following first appeared in, The Chestertown Spy. The Conowingo Dam 20 miles north of the mouth of the Susquehanna River has been the focus of scientific scrutiny and concern since the 1990s, and public worry for the past five years...

Description: The Conowingo Dam 20 miles north of the mouth of the Susquehanna River has been the focus of scientific scrutiny and concern since the 1990s, and public worry for the past five years.

78. Project Details

(Web Page; Tue Dec 13 23:45:00 CST 2016)

Project Team Owner: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Architect: Smith Group JJRCivil Engineer: WPL Site DesignLandscape Architecture: WPL site DesignGeneral Contractor: Hourigan Construction Structural Engineer: A&F EngineersMEP Engineeri...

Description: The Brock Environmental Center team is the first Living Building Challenge project to openly share its substantial, exhaustively researched materials database, which is in compliance with the Red List and appropriate sourcing imperatives.

79. Why Work for CBF

(Web Page; Tue Nov 28 15:47:00 CST 2023)

Our Culture Since its founding in 1967, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) has been widely known by its simple and direct mission statement: Save the Bay. Among our staff are scientists, policy experts, attorneys, educators, and commu...

Description: Enthusiastic about saving the Bay? Then we want you!

80. Virginia House and Senate Release Clean Water Budgets

(Web Page; Wed Feb 23 12:03:00 CST 2022)

NOTE: Additional Virginia budget information has become available since the CBF release originally sent Sunday evening. The below statement updates budget numbers provided in that release. In separate budgets bills released this Sunday,...

Description: In separate budgets bills released this Sunday, the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates advanced proposals to fund state operations over the next two years. Both proposals provided unprecedented funding for programs to reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay in recognition of the looming 2025 deadline to meet Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint restoration goals.