EPA Evaluates Revised Plan By New York State To Meet Bay Pollutant Reduction Targets
New York State has submitted an amended Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan that if fully implemented would meet its share of the pollutant reduction targets agreed to by a multi-state partnership, an analysis by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shows.
In an evaluation of New York’s Amended Draft Phase III Watershed Implementation Plan, EPA identified sector-by-sector strengths in the revised commitments as well as areas that could be enhanced to provide greater confidence the projected reductions will be achieved by 2025.
In a joint statement, EPA Region 2 Administrator Peter Lopez and Region 3 Administrator Cosmo Servidio said, “We appreciate New York’s commitment to an improved Phase III plan to benefit the Chesapeake Bay and local streams and rivers. We will work closely with New York to help ensure that the proposed actions are realized and that they generate the necessary pollutant red
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CBF s 2020 State of the Bay Score Down Slightly
After Four Years of Assault on Environmental Regulations, There Is Hope
This year, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation s (CBF) assessment of the
State of the Bay remained at a D+, but declined by one point from 2018. While concerning, the decline is largely due to ineffective management of the Bay s striped bass population, as opposed to water quality concerns.
Of the 13 indicators CBF assesses, four showed declines. Despite several years of assaults to environmental protections and flagging political will, most water quality measures are showing improvements.
But much more needs to be done.
Efforts must be accelerated to achieve the Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Blueprint goal of implementing practices by 2025 that will reduce pollution sufficiently to restore water quality in local rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay. While efforts to save the Bay have been underway for decades, the Blueprint established in 2010 lays out a path to s
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Advocates look to Biden to help advance Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort
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Bald eagles find a perch in a Chesapeake Bay marsh. (Bay Journal photo by Dave Harp)
After having made progress on a number of fronts during a Trump administration that was generally hostile to environmental spending and regulations, Chesapeake Bay advocates say they’re hoping for much more once President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20.