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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
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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.
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Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Tuesday detailing new requirements for data center projects in Pennsylvania.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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After years-long legal battle, environmental partners urge state to step up on stormwater runoff—Maryland's fastest growing pollution source.
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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.
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Pennsylvania legislators passed a state budget over the weekend that proposed stronger requirements for applying noxious food waste to farm fields and required data centers to report water and energy use.
