Chesapeake Bay – Page 14 – Chesapeake Bay Action Plan

Return of the Chesapeake Bay Pop Quiz

By Senator Gerald Winegrad | May 31, 2011 |

Question: What are just some of the consequences of unchecked agricultural runoff in the Chesapeake Bay?

Answer: Skin-devouring diseases, destroyed oyster bars, and severely degraded water quality.

Some Inconvenient Truths About the Chesapeake Bay

By Senator Gerald Winegrad | May 26, 2011

(Posted by Jeanne McCann.)
Settle in, grab some popcorn, put your feet up and prepare to be outraged when you hear what former Maryland State Sen. Gerald Winegrad, architect of the 25-step Chesapeake Bay Action Plan, has to say in this excellent public presentation at Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, Maryland, on May 19, 2011.

The Pollution Diet and Environmental Arbitrage

By Bob Gallagher | May 25, 2011

(Posted by Bob Gallagher.)

After decades of dissembling and broken promises, the President’s Executive Order 13508 and the implementing “pollution diet” proposed by the EPA represent the best chance we have had in a generation to actually start cleaning up the bay. It shouldn’t come as a surprise then that corporate polluters have ramped up their opposition to the pollution diet to unprecedented levels to include massive spending on media advertising, lobbying, campaign contributions, litigation and scientific dirty tricks.

Healthy Bay = Healthy Economy

By Fred Tutman | May 24, 2011 |

(Posted by Fred Tutman.)

On May 20, 2011, Waterkeepers Chesapeake, along with other Maryland-based Waterkeepers staged an historic event in Annapolis at the City Dock. Firing up their patrol boats, the Riverkeepers, accompanied by a crowd of supporters, motored into Annapolis in a Flotilla of Boats in order to make a point. On the day the Governor was signing (or vetoing) new legislation in the Maryland statehouse, this group of water advocates wanted to make sure that both the public and the legislature understood that time is running out to save our waterways. It’s time for deeds–not just promise–in order to bring about necessary change.

The High Cost of a Dirty Bay

By W. Tayloe Murphy Jr. | May 13, 2011 |

(Posted by W. Tayloe Murphy Jr.)

Twenty-five years ago, in a speech to the Virginia Seafood Council, I reminded the audience that when it comes to pollution, there truly is no free lunch. Last year, when states were submitting their cleanup plans to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, amidst a deluge of complaints about the fed’s heavy-handedness, I found myself repeating my warning in an op-ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

But it seems like some folks have yet to get the message. So here I am again.

National Research Council Report Echoes Bay Action Plan Recommendations

By Senator Gerald Winegrad | May 9, 2011 |

(Posted by Gerald Winegrad.)

The National Research Council has just released its evaluation of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s pollution reduction program this week. The report, Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay: An Evaluation of Program Strategies and Implementation, the culmination of a study begun in 2009 and sponsored by the U.S. EPA, fully supports the measures outlined in the Bay Action Plan.