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Legislators and environmentalists say they're frustrated by the impending failure of another Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement — and by an Environmental Protection Agency that appears more likely to move the goal posts than to drop the hammer.

Legislators and environmentalists say they're frustrated by the impending failure of another Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement — and by an Environmental Protection Agency that appears more likely to move the goal posts than to drop the hammer.

Lifelong Cleveland resident Steve Gove recalls when the Cuyahoga River symbolized shame — fetid, lifeless, notorious for catching fire when sparks from overhead rail cars ignited the oil-slicked surface.

The Clean Water Act has reached its 50th anniversary. Still befuddling federal regulators is nonpoint-source pollution — a technocratic term describing

For years, environmentalists have pointed to the impact agriculture in both Maryland and Pennsylvania has had on the Chesapeake Bay. On the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, they lament awareness hasn’t resulted in action.

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like the oily industrial pollution that caused Ohios Cuyahoga River to catch on fire in

Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet | 2022-10-18 01:49:05

Environmental gains, challenges unmet.

50 years ago, Congress passed the landmark Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like oily industrial pollution. But challenges remain.

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Clean Water Act to protect U.S. waterways from abuses like the oily industrial pollution that caused Ohio's Cuyahoga River to catch on fire in 1969.