Maryland must regulate gaseous ammonia emissions that come from poultry farms and could land in state waterways, a Montgomery County court said last week.
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Fighting climate change, planting more trees and funding environmental progress in tight times will be among the challenges confronting state lawmakers in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania when they gather in January in their respective capitals.
The 2021 legislative sessions will open as last yearâs ended, under the shadow of a coronavirus pandemic that eviscerated state budgets â and even sent Maryland lawmakers home early with many bills still awaiting action.
Tree plantings and stormwater conveyance systems are part of a broad-based partnership effort to establish and connect greenways and blueways in Virginia s Appomattox River corridor. Pictured here is a tree planting at Riverside Park Greenway in Hopewell. Efforts are underway in both Maryland and Virginia to increase tree plantings, especially in underserved areas.
CBF s 2020 State of the Bay Score Down Slightly
After Four Years of Assault on Environmental Regulations, There Is Hope
This year, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation s (CBF) assessment of the
State of the Bay remained at a D+, but declined by one point from 2018. While concerning, the decline is largely due to ineffective management of the Bay s striped bass population, as opposed to water quality concerns.
Of the 13 indicators CBF assesses, four showed declines. Despite several years of assaults to environmental protections and flagging political will, most water quality measures are showing improvements.
But much more needs to be done.
Efforts must be accelerated to achieve the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint goal of implementing practices by 2025 that will reduce pollution sufficiently to restore water quality in local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay. While efforts to save the Bay have been underway for decades, the Blueprint established in 2010 lays out a path to s