News

Eight Ways the New Administration Can Save the Bay

December 30, 2020

There are only four years left to meet the goals of the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint. To help us get there, the Biden administration will have to hit the ground running.

EPA Decision to Retain Insufficient Ozone Emissions Standards Puts Bay Cleanup, Watershed Residents at Risk

December 23, 2020

EPA announced today it won’t tighten the existing insufficient limits on ozone pollution. The agency made this decision despite overwhelming evidence that the current standards fail to protect the health of the watershed’s most vulnerable residents.

CBF Praises Congress for Adding $2.5 Million to 2021 Chesapeake Bay Program Budget

December 22, 2020

Congress included a $2.5 million increase for the Chesapeake Bay Program in the $1.4 trillion fiscal year 2021 omnibus spending package it passed last night.

CBF Issues Statement Praising President-Elect Joe Biden's Pick for EPA Administrator

December 18, 2020

Before Gov. Roy Cooper tapped him to run North Carolina’s environmental agency in 2017, Regan was a senior official working on climate change and clean energy, and before that southeast regional director, at the Environmental Defense Fund.

Clean Air Cost-Benefit Rule Threatens Limits Crucial to Bay Cleanup, Health Protection

December 9, 2020

EPA announced today it has finalized an unnecessary rule that threatens to undermine air pollution limits essential to restoring the Chesapeake Bay and its waterways and puts the health of the watershed’s most vulnerable residents at the greatest risk.

CBF Applauds House Passage of Ecosystem Restoration Bill

December 8, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives today overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, which authorizes ecosystem restoration projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and around the country.

CBF Issues a Statement on the Passing of Former Senator Paul Sarbanes

December 7, 2020

The Bay lost a great champion yesterday, when Paul Sarbanes, former U.S. Senator from Maryland, died.

CBF Issues Statement on Motion to Dismiss EPA Lawsuits

November 22, 2020

The Justice Department, representing EPA, has filed motions to dismiss separate lawsuits filed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and its partners.

CBF Congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Winning Presidency/Vice Presidency

November 7, 2020

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris.

Enactment of Historic Legislation is Major Victory for Chesapeake Bay

October 30, 2020

Today, the America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Act was signed into law. Passing both chambers of Congress unanimously, this broad conservation bill contains programs that will significantly help protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams.