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Can you eat a softshell crab, shell and all? It turns out there's a special reason why these crabs are such softies.

As 175 countries prepare to gather in May to move ahead on a global plastics treaty, the world’s plastic-producing and plastic-polluted countries remain divided on whether the agreement should be mandatory or voluntary, among many other issues.

Maryland and other plaintiffs have reached a proposed settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in their 2020 lawsuits arguing the agency did not adequately enforce the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan in Pennsylvania.

It comes after other jurisdictions in the bay’s watershed, including Maryland, filed a lawsuit in 2020 arguing Pennsylvania wasn’t doing enough in their collective effort to reach a 2025 pollution reduction goal.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will pressure Pennsylvania to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay, according to a proposed settlement to a 2020 lawsuit filed by Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The states claimed Pennsylvania had not done enough to meet goals to reduce nutrient and sediment runoff, and that the federal agency had failed to intervene.