http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/2009/03/epa-report-chesapeake-bay-unhealthy-restoration-effort-failing/ News and commentary about Maryland policy and politics. Written by Judd Legum -- attorney, Annapolis native and candidate for Delegate in District 30. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:36:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/2009/03/epa-report-chesapeake-bay-unhealthy-restoration-effort-failing/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Topics about Recycle » EPA Report: Chesapeake Bay Unhealthy, Restoration Effort Failing Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:47:32 +0000 http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/?p=775#comment-345 [...] Legum’s New Line put an intriguing blog post on EPA Report: Chesapeake Bay Unhealthy, Restoration Effort FailingHere’s a quick excerptThe EPA released their yearly report on the health of the Chesapeake Bay and it’s not pretty. The bottom line of the report, which some advocates still content is overly optimistic, is that the Bay is very unhealthy and not getting any better. From the report : The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are unhealthy primarily because of pollution from excessnitrogen, phosphorus and sediment entering the water. The main sources of these pollutants are agriculture, urban and suburban runoff, wa [...] [...] Legum’s New Line put an intriguing blog post on EPA Report: Chesapeake Bay Unhealthy, Restoration Effort FailingHere’s a quick excerptThe EPA released their yearly report on the health of the Chesapeake Bay and it’s not pretty. The bottom line of the report, which some advocates still content is overly optimistic, is that the Bay is very unhealthy and not getting any better. From the report : The Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are unhealthy primarily because of pollution from excessnitrogen, phosphorus and sediment entering the water. The main sources of these pollutants are agriculture, urban and suburban runoff, wa [...]

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