ImpactsVirginia Sea Grant/Flickr Chesapeake Bay cleanup stalls as blue crabs drop and pollutants remain A new report on the Chesapeake Bay gave the watershed a score of 32 out of 100, finding little overall progress in reclaiming its waters.
Good NewsTimothy Pohlhaus/Flickr Chesapeake Bay leaders resolute even as cleanup targets become more elusive Environmentalists are somewhat skeptical about offcials' commitments to meet Bay cleanup goals.
Causescommons.wikimedia.org Virginia Senate imperils Andrew Wheeler’s bid for Glenn Youngkin’s Cabinet The party-line vote is not likely to end Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s efforts to install Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who led a rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations as Environmental Protection Agency chief under President Donald Trump.
Causes stateimpact.npr.org Pennsylvania DEP stood to gain new staffers, but now faces flat funding to start next fiscal year Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed budget included $5 million to hire more staff at DEP and DCNR.
Solutions stateimpact.npr.org Gov. Wolf’s budget proposes boosting staff at Pa.’s departments of environmental protection, and conservation and natural resources In annual budget address, Wolf talked about need for pipeline reform.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities
