"Chesapeake Bay States, DC Submit Plans To Improve Polluted Waters"

"It took a little muscle flexing, tough talk and a few threats, but the Environmental Protection Agency got what it wanted Monday: Most states in the Chesapeake Bay region submitted detailed plans to reduce the bay's pollution diet as part of a more aggressive effort to nurse its sickly waters back to good health."

Darryl Fears reports for the Washington Post November 29, 2010.