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(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Today, the Environmental Protection Agency released its evaluation of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland’s draft "Phase 3 Watershed Implementation Plans."
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Steam rises into the clear blue sky from the Brunners Island Power Station, a coal-fired electric-generating facility on the Susquehanna River in southern Pennsylvania.
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(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—The Affordable Clean Energy Plan is designed to boost the coal industry, requires no state limits on CO2, and would permit increased nitrogen oxide pollution.
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A CBF staffer passes an oyster gardening growing kit to a new oyster gardener.
Photo: Kenny Fletcher/CBF Staff
Join CBF's ranks of oyster gardeners this summer. Workshops run through August 3. Current gardeners--check the Roundups schedule for dates and times to return your adult oysters.
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Dead zones and algal blooms, which rob our waters of oxygen, often result in devastating "fish kills" like this.
Photo: Dave Harp
Scientists are predicting one of the largest dead zones in decades in the Bay this summer. But what does...
Everyone needs to take time once in a while to sit back, take a breath, and think about the future....
Spring has officially sprung across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, check out some of our favorite photos from May!
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