22 Sep 2023
Adaiah Bauer/CBF
A Day in the Education Field
What exactly happens on a CBF field experience? CBF Pennsylvania educator Adaiah Bauer walks us through a typical day in the field.
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11 Sep 2023
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Gas Compressor Expansion Threatens Public Health and Water Quality in Petersburg, Virginia
TC Energy, the company that operates a gas compressor in Petersburg—a small city outside of Richmond, Virginia—is planning to expand its operations. The proposal would increase pollution and possibly endanger the health of a mostly Black community already besieged with pollution from other industries.
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21 Sep 2023
Craig Caldwell
CBF Appeals Talbot Court Decision Upholding MDE’s Trappe Wastewater Discharge Permit
Following the Talbot County Circuit Court’s dismissal of CBF's challenge to MDE's wastewater treatment permit for the Lakeside at Trappe development, CBF today filed an appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.
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20 Sep 2023
Krista Schlyer
MDE to Take Comments On Industrial Stormwater Permit
Between now and Nov. 14, Maryland residents have an opportunity to provide comments to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) concerning a permit that governs how more than 1,400 industrial facilities manage pollution from stormwater runoff.
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20 Sep 2023
Edward Episcopo
CBF Taps Restoration Expertise to Advise White House on Valuing Nature’s Benefits
CBF urged the White House not to limit the guidance it is drafting on valuing the benefits of healthy ecosystems just to regulatory decisions in comments CBF recently submitted to the Office of Management and Budget.
Read MoreUpcoming Events
Tuesday,
October
3
Bay Discovery Cruise
4:30-6:30 p.m.Registration Deadline: October 1
CBF's Brock Environmental Center
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Tuesday,
October
3
Wednesday,
October
4
VoiCeS Baltimore
Registration Deadline: October 3This online adult education course runs for six weeks, on Wednesday evenings from October 4 to November 8, 2023.
Wednesday,
October
4
VoiCeS Southern Maryland
Registration Deadline: October 3This adult education course runs for multiple weeks from October 4 to November 18, 2023.
Ongoing: Volunteers are invited to join us at Clagett Farm in Maryland on Tuesdays and Fridays to plant, weed, and harvest food for our CSA and the surrounding community. See our calendar to register.
Where We Work
The Chesapeake Bay's 64,000-square-mile watershed covers parts of six states and is home to more than 18 million people.
CBF has programs in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
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