Posts about Chesapeake Bay
And...in environmental news: Fairfax County is using treated wastewater to maintain greens at a county golf course (Examiner) ... Arlington County fair is encouraging environmental responsibility (Ballston Patch) ... Maryland owes residents back payments for a renewable energy program. (Examiner) (Comment)
Parking lot to become green space: Students and volunteers are turning a high school parking lot in Baltimore into a rain garden. The school hopes the garden will prevent pollution from washing into the Chesapeake Bay. (Baltimore Sun) (Comment)
MD cities, DC will tackle street runoff: Thanks to a $235,000 grant from EPA and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, 10 Maryland cities in the Anacostia watershed will get money to improve streetscapes to better handle storm runoff. (DCist) (Comment)
Sea level rise worst in Chesapeake: The Chesapeake Bay has the fastest rate of sea level rise on the East Coast, compounded by a combination of sinking land masses and rising water levels due to global warming. (WAMU) (Comment)
And...: Despite relative pedestrian friendliness, pedestrian traffic in Friendship Heights and downtown Silver Spring never comes close to vehicle volume, even at midday. (PhilaTransport, Bossi) ... Beset with months of delays already, the Norfolk Tide Light Rail project is being delayed further. (The Virginian-Pilot, Matt') ... The American Farm Bureau Federation will sue EPA over the agency's Chesapeake Bay clean-up plan, saying it will put area farmers out of business. (WAMU) (Comment)
Bay cleanup could prevent smart growth: Planners and developers in Maryland are expressing concerns about unintended consequences of an EPA Chesapeake Bay protection plan, saying it could actually make infill more difficult. (New Urban Network) (Comment)
Chesapeake Bay states wrestle with clean-up: The EPA is continuing to push Maryland, DC and Virginia to produce specific Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction plans. DC is still wrangling with federal agencies over stormwater treatment fees. (WAMU) (Comment)
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Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Successful speed cameras require fair speed limits
- Amid scandal, don't lose sight of Gray's policy achievements
- Montgomery plans 160-mile, "gold standard" BRT system
- VDOT ignores own data, pushes widening I-66
- DC's parks are 5th best in the nation, says "Park Score"
- Bethesda gets new but terrible bike racks
- DC's divide need not be black and white
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6:30 pm WMATA Riders' Advisory Council
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