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Promising Start to Renewed Chesapeake Bay Clean-up 9/01/2010
Today Maryland agencies submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency drafts of new plans to restore the Chesapeake Bay. The drafts are publicly available and are part of the bay-wide "pollution budget," a collaborative effort between federal and state partners aimed at cleaning up the bay and its source waters. After an initial review of the documentation, Environment Maryland Policy Advocate Tommy Landers issued this statement.
President’s Oil Spill Commission Should Call for Permanent Protection of U.S. Coasts and Drilling Reform 8/25/2010
Today in Washington, D.C., the President’s Oil Spill Commission will hold a forum that focuses on offshore drilling reform with a variety of industry and academic experts. While the public is invited to watch the discussion and submit comments, testimony from the public will be very limited. Mike Gravitz, Oceans Advocate for Environment America released the following statement.
NJ Governor Signs Major Offshore Wind Bill 8/19/2010
Today, Governor Christie will sign legislation to support the development of wind farms off the Jersey shore. The bill calls for at least 1,100 megawatts of offshore wind - or enough to power roughly 350,000 New Jersey homes.
