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A coalition of Indigenous tribes announced Monday they are suspending talks with the Chesapeake Bay Program on a longstanding effort to become signatories to the revised Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
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Reports of widespread fish kills are surfacing on the Eastern Shore of Virginia this week as officials continue to track harmful algal blooms, or “red tide,” in area waterways.
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Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger released a framework that would impose significant new guardrails on energy-guzzling data centers by boosting transparency and promoting requirements for clean energy and public water usage.
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The Trump Administration today issued an executive order on the Chesapeake Bay that repeals Executive Order 13508.
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Walter Boynton, whose work has been a key force behind the four-decade state-federal partnership to restore the Bay, passed away on Sept. 14.
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The Trump Administration today announced that the Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back most limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, and stated that it plans to repeal the finding that these emissions are a threat to the public.
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The 2026 season was the worst year ever recorded for breeding ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay, according to research released Monday by the Center for Conservation Biology at William & Mary.
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Underwater grasses across the Chesapeake Bay reached their highest point since 2018, though some rivers continue to see troubling declines, according to 2025 survey results released today by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
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Virginia’s popular agricultural cost-share program has contributed significantly to improving local water quality in the Commonwealth and cutting pollution that ultimately flows into the Chesapeake Bay, state analysts said in a report released on Tuesday.
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A new program announced by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources will help farmers who lease property from the state to prioritize and scale regenerative agriculture practices
