Pennsylvania man pulls 26,000 pieces of trash from Susquehanna River
“You name it – it’s in there,” said John Naylor. “The scariest things are baby dolls – they’re not pretty anymore."
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“You name it – it’s in there,” said John Naylor. “The scariest things are baby dolls – they’re not pretty anymore."
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Funding cuts and staffing shortages at the Maryland Department of the Environment over the past decade have coincided with a decline in the state’s ecological health.
MDE’s water-related enforcement actions and identification of major polluters plummeted during former Gov. Larry Hogan’s time in office. During this same period, water quality standards in the Chesapeake Bay declined significantly, falling to the same levels as those observed in the early 1990s, according to data from Chesapeake Progress.
Unding cuts and staffing shortages at the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) over the past decade have coincided with a decline in the state’s ecological health.