A new report found some vital improvements in the Chesapeake Bay over the last few years. The Chesapeake Bay Program reported 76,000 acres of underwater grasses were mapped in the bay in 2022, representing a 12% increase over 2021, and 9% higher than the average since 1984. Seagrasses were observed to be in decline prior to Hurricane Agnes in 1972, which nearly wiped them out. .
A new study sheds light on the urgent need for policies to reduce emissions from U.S. oil and gas production, showing the public health effects are costing billions of dollars. The research estimated in 2016, in the U.S. .