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Press Release
Delegate Betsy Carr (D-Richmond) received a Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Virginia Legislator of the Year award this week for her work securing critical funding aimed at helping the Chesapeake Bay’s menhaden population and her longtime environmental stewardship and advocacy for policies to improve the health of the Bay.
Press Statement
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) this week officially opened the comment period on proposed changes to the Chesapeake Bay’s industrial menhaden fishery—a move that now gives the public the opportunity to weigh in on how best to protect the critical forage fish.
Press Statement
Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Tuesday detailing new requirements for data center projects in Pennsylvania.
Press Statement
The Chesapeake Bay Program this week released its latest modeling on clean-up efforts, which showed significant declines in pollutants entering the Bay between 2009 and 2025.
Press Statement
Facing persistent warning signs for menhaden in the Chesapeake Bay, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) today advanced a proposal that could cut the Bay’s industrial menhaden harvest by up to half.
Press Statement
CBF urged the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to set meaningful targets to reduce harmful chemical discharges under a stormwater permit for Richmond International Airport.
Press Statement
After years-long legal battle, environmental partners urge state to step up on stormwater runoff—Maryland's fastest growing pollution source.
Press Release
More than three in four voters support keeping Maryland’s oyster sanctuaries protected, despite state and federal efforts that threaten to open these reefs to harvest, according to polling data released today by CBF.
Press Statement
DEQ found that the Virginia Coastal Plain (VCP) aquifer system, which roughly covers the portion of the Commonwealth that stretches from Interstate 95 to the Chesapeake Bay, is stressed to the point where groundwater resources would be unlikely to support significant future growth or economic development in much of eastern Virginia.
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New legislation introduced today by Virginia Senator Mark Warner would require large data centers to publicly report their energy and water usage, emissions, and backup power generation.
