New Algae Blooms Suffocating Chesapeake Crabs
Dramatic blooms of algae are choking the Chesapeake Bay and killing crabs and fish.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 08/09/2008
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV)
"A Town Of 7,000 Planned So Many Data Centers, It’s Like Adding 51 Walmarts"
"Developers plan to build six sprawling data center campuses in Archbald, Pennsylvania, covering about 14 percent of the town’s land. Residents are fighting back."
Source: Washington Post, 04/28/2026
Md. Bill Gives Relief on Power Bills, Locks Ratepayers into Nuclear Subsidy
"Maryland lawmakers’ new solution for rising utility bills reduces a surcharge funding an effective energy-efficiency program, offers rebates by raiding the state’s clean energy fund and includes subsidies for nuclear power that advocates say may prove costly over time."
Source: Inside Climate News, 04/22/2026
Green Group Warns Potomac Is Nation's Most Endangered River
"The Potomac River, otherwise known as “the nation’s river,” has been named the most endangered river in the country, following a massive sewage spill earlier this year and the ongoing buildout of thirsty data centers across the watershed."
Source: Virginia Mercury, 04/21/2026
DOJ Files Complaint Against DC And Its Sewage Authority For Massive Spill
"The Justice Department filed a complaint Monday in federal court against the city of Washington, D.C., and its water and sewer authority, seeking financial penalties for their role in a leak that led to millions of gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Potomac River."
Source: AP, 04/21/2026
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