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The EPA and Hershey Co. pledged $2 million to support Pennsylvania dairy farmers as part of a larger effort to protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
Solar farm developers with an eye on the open spaces of Fauquier County are finding an increasingly difficult road to win approval even as demand for energy grows. The Fauquier County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Thursday night to uphold an earlier planning commission ruling which blocked construction of a proposed 80-megawatt solar farm in Bristersburg. The decision presents a serious hurdle for the growth of solar energy in Fauquier County. Only one solar project has made it past the county planning commission since 2017 despite rising energy demand.
Environmentalists are worried that with less tree canopy and more impervious surfaces, some parts of the D.C. area may experience severe flooding as a result of climate change.
Tree canopy, the layer of leaves, branches and stems of trees that cover the ground, has decreased in Hampton Roads. Meanwhile, impervious surfaces, where filtration is inhibited, has increased, according to a new analysis of data from the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Through EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program, $14.3 million in grants directed to Pennsylvania, with 60% of the funds going directly to Pennsylvania farmers.