"Can The EPA Enforce The Chesapeake Bay’s ‘Pollution Diet’?"
"Is the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load and its cleanup deadline enforceable? The answer is complicated."
Source: Bay Journal, 01/15/2020
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Future of Nuclear Power Hangs in Balance of Climate, Costs
Safety has traditionally been the key question when discussing the realities of nuclear power. But in assessing the future of the nuclear industry amid debates over its potential to help tackle the climate crisis, the latest entry in our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & the Environment” reports that there may be an equally pressing concern.
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Md. Gov. Hogan To Sue Pa., EPA Over Lagging Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
"Amid signs that the Environmental Protection Agency might not step in and force Pennsylvania to reduce the pollution it sends downstream to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan demanded Wednesday that the state attorney general file lawsuits against the agency and the commonwealth."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/10/2020
"Oil And Gas: Environmental Justice Concerns Halt Major Pipeline Permit"
"Federal judges have vacated a permit for constructing an Atlantic Coast pipeline compressor station, dealing another setback to the embattled natural gas project. The move is an environmental justice win for local opponents of the project."
Source: Greenwire, 01/08/2020
2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment
From Australia to the Arctic to your neighborhood, environment and energy news is already heating up as 2020 kicks off — and the election promises to add fuel to the fire. On January 24, attendees got a head start on the year's top stories at SEJ's 8th annual "Journalists' Guide to Energy & Environment" at the National Geographic Society's auditorium in Washington, DC. Watch the video recording here.
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EPA Official Stirs Fear Over Future Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts
"Environmentalists and politicians worry Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts could be weakened, if not doomed, days after the federal official overseeing that work called an agreement to reduce water pollution an “aspirational” goal and not rules to be enforced."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 01/07/2020
"Fish Oil Firm May Be Barred From Fishing In Chesapeake Bay"
"The Trump Administration is threatening to effectively ban a company that makes fish oil pills from fishing in the Chesapeake Bay over mounting concerns from regulators, governors and environmental groups about overfishing."
Source: AP, 12/23/2019
"Trump Lawyers Defend Pipeline’s Route Across Appalachian Trail"
"The U.S. Forest Service has full authority to allow natural gas pipelines to cross the Appalachian Trail, industry lawyers and the Trump administration told the Supreme Court in a pair of Dec. 2 legal filings."
Source: Bloomberg Environment, 12/03/2019
"Paper: Old Turf Fields Raise Environmental, Health Concerns"
"The hulking wall of rubber was first discovered by a borough maintenance crew. About 6,000 rolled pieces were neatly stacked about 10 feet high, covering more than an acre of private land, according to the mayor of Cleona, Pennsylvania."
Source: York Daily Record, 12/02/2019
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