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  • Join the #MyPotomac Social Media Campaign to Stop the Potomac Pipeline!

    on February 14, 2018

      We need your help to send a strong message to Governor Larry Hogan telling him that he needs…


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    VA Legislature Acts on Coal Ash – A Little

    on February 8, 2018

    Yesterday, the Virginia Commerce & Labor Committee dealt with the six coal ash bills referred to it. Here…


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  • Join Us at Our Rally in Annapolis to Oppose Potomac Fracked Gas Pipeline Threatening the Drinking Water for Millions

    on February 7, 2018

    Join us the evening of February 15 with concerned citizens of Maryland, Washington, DC, West Virginia and Virginia…


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  • Important Coal Ash Legislation Pending in Virginia Senate This Week– We Need Your Help!

    on February 2, 2018

    First, thank you for your help this past week — your calls and personal emails really made…


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  • FERC Files its Environmental Assessment on Potomac Pipeline – Comments Due Feb. 26

    on January 30, 2018

    I wanted to be sure that everyone had a chance to look at the


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    Potomac Riverkeeper Network Calls for Changes to Maryland’s New Pollution Trading Regulations

    on January 12, 2018

    On December 8, 2017 the Maryland Department of Environment’s (MDE) published its proposed Water Quality Trading Program regulations which would establish rules for creating…


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  • Statement to State Water Control Board: Reject Atlantic Coast Pipeline

    on December 11, 2017

    On Monday, December 11, 2017, Shenandoah Riverkeeper Mark Frondorf and VP of Litigation & Programs Phillip Musegaas testified at the Virginia State Water…


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  • EPA Permit for DC Sewage Treatment Plant Fails to Protect the Potomac and Public Health

    on December 6, 2017

    On November 1, 2017, Potomac Riverkeeper Network sent comments to EPA calling for major changes to the Clean Water Act discharge permit…


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  • Firefighting Chemicals Threaten Martinsburg Water Supply and Opequon Creek

    on December 4, 2017

    Nearly six million people rely on public water supplies within the Potomac River Watershed to provide them with clean drinking water. Forty years after…


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  • Fighting to Stop Toxic Wastewater Pollution from Coal Power Plants

    on December 2, 2017

    In the latest example of federal environmental rollbacks affecting the Potomac River, the Maryland Department…


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For nearly 50 years, the Clean Water Act has been successfully protecting America's waterways -- why is the Trump Administration rolling it back?
Read what Nancy Stoner has to say about the impact of the proposed rule and why it's so important to fight it!
http://ow.ly/kMMG50y5OQB

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The Trump Administration signed the largest rollback of the #CWA since the modern law was passed in 1972. Help us fight this rule so that half of the country's wetlands don't lose protection! #WOTUS
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