Addressing stormwater pollution carries a significant price tag in Virginia, with cost estimates at $10.5 billion, half the total cost of estimated Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. However, if results from Richmond, Va., are...
Read MoreAccording to a report released by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the health of the river basin is improving. Less than 14% of the 79,000 km (49,000 mi) of the Susquehanna River is impaired for aquatic life. While...
Read MoreIn 2011, Tropical Storm Lee dropped 102 to 178 mm (4 to 7 in.) of rain on the Susquehanna River Basin in 4 days, creating a plume of 17 million megagrams (19 million tons) of sediment that extended 161 km (100 mi) into...
Read MoreThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withholding $1.2 million in grant money from Virginia, which was originally supposed to receive $2.4 million for Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts. EPA cited a lack of progress in...
Read MoreFood and Water Watch and Friends of the Earth have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The groups seek to invalidate the water quality trading scheme set up under the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum...
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