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CBF Statement on FERC's Denial of Tree Cutting Extension for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
March 28, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)— Today the Atlantic Coast Pipeline's request to extend tree cutting work by two months was denied by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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CBF Issues Statement on Federal Funding Legislation
March 22, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation President William C. Baker issued the following statement concerning the Congressional spending bill released last night.
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CBF Applauds Senate's Passing a Bill That Sets Fertilizer Application Rates and Restrictions
March 21, 2018
(HARRISBURG, PA)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation issued the following statement from Pennsylvania Executive Director Harry Campbell applauding the state Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 792, which sets lawn fertilizer application rates and requires certain registrations, licenses, and inspection fees.
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CBF Statement on Future of Menhaden Management in Virginia
March 7, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)–Legislation aiming to protect menhaden and keep Virginia in compliance with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) menhaden management plan has failed to advance in Virginia's General Assembly.
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Anne Arundel County Now Needs to Prevent Future Turtle Runs
March 2, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement following a decision by the Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals to dismiss a case involving a controversial development called Turtle Run at Deep Cove.
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CBF Statement on New VMRC Commissioner Steve Bowman
February 23, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)—Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Virginia Director Rebecca Tomazin issued the following statement on the appointment of Steve Bowman as commissioner of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.
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CBF Statement on Clean Water Programs in Proposed Virginia Budgets
February 19, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)—In separate proposed budgets released Sunday, the Virginia Senate Finance Committee and House Appropriations Committee released funding proposals for the Commonwealth’s clean water programs for the next two fiscal years.
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Casey, Congressmen Call for CREP Funding
February 16, 2018
(HARRISBURG, PA)—The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Pennsylvania Executive Director Harry Campbell issued the following statement commending bipartisan support by federal legislators from the Keystone State calling for federal funding to help farmers reduce water pollution in the Commonwealth.
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CBF: Thank You Governor Hogan for Publicly Opposing Bad Bay Legislation in Congress
February 16, 2018
(ANNAPOLIS, MD)—Alison Prost, Maryland Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, issued this statement today in response to a Feb. 13 letter from Governor Hogan to U.S. Senate leadership in which the Governor expressed his “strong opposition” to federal legislation weakening the Chesapeake Bay clean-up effort.
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CBF Statement on the Risk of Menhaden Regulations Being Out Of Compliance
February 12, 2018
(RICHMOND, VA)—Omega Protein opposition has placed Virginia at risk of falling out of compliance with the coastwide fishery management plan adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission this past November.
