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Hundreds Tell Governor Hogan No Potomac Pipeline in Annapolis!

09/29/202102/16/2018

Hundreds of concerned citizens from Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, DC and as far away as Pennsylvania turned out last night to raise their voices in a rally in Annapolis … Read More

Categories Archive, Keeper's Blog, Uncategorized, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

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

09/29/202102/14/2018

  We need your help to send a strong message to Governor Larry Hogan telling him that he needs to do his job and stop the Potomac Pipeline! Maryland has … Read More

Categories Archive, Keeper's Blog, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

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

09/29/202102/07/2018

Join us the evening of February 15 with concerned citizens of Maryland, Washington, DC, West Virginia and Virginia as we raise our voices in a rally on Lawyer’s Mall (in front … Read More

Categories Archive, Keeper's Blog, Uncategorized, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

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

09/29/202101/30/2018

I wanted to be sure that everyone had a chance to look at the Potomac Pipeline Environmental Assessment from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Comments are due by February 26. You … Read More

Categories Archive, Keeper's Blog, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NO PERMIT NEEDED FOR DRILLING UNDER POTOMAC TO BUILD PIPELINE

09/29/202101/29/2018

Refuses to Consider Risk of Spill to Drinking Water for Six Million Washington, DC – January 29 – Potomac Riverkeeper Network is calling on the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) to … Read More

Categories Archive, Press Releases, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper
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Potomac Riverkeeper Network Calls for Changes to Maryland’s New Pollution Trading Regulations

09/29/202101/12/2018

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 a nutrient pollution credit trading market. … Read More

Categories Archive, Campaigns/Programs (SRK), Keeper's Blog, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

Add Your Voice to Stop Fracked Gas Pipeline Under the Potomac!

11/18/202112/12/2017

The December 19th Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) hearing in Hancock, MD, was absolutely packed with opponents of the pipeline. Over two hundred attended, and the majority spoke in opposition. … Read More

Categories Archive, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

Firefighting Chemicals Threaten Martinsburg Water Supply and Opequon Creek

09/29/202112/04/2017

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

Categories Archive, Keeper's Blog, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper
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World Rivers Day: Riverkeepers announce the Twinning of the Potomac and the Ottawa Rivers

09/29/202109/23/2017

(Ottawa, ON. September 22, 2017) – Ottawa Riverkeeper (ORK) and Potomac Riverkeeper Network (PRK) are pleased to announce the symbolic twinning of the Capital Rivers of Canada and the United States … Read More

Categories Archive, Keeper's Blog, Press Releases, Shenandoah Riverkeeper, Upper Potomac Riverkeeper

Major Environmental Groups Urge MDE to Investigate Full Risks of Pipeline

09/29/202108/11/2017

Alarmed with the Potential Detriment to the Environment, Coalition Calls for Assessment, Rejection of TransCanada’s Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project Baltimore, MD — On Tuesday August 8, a letter signed by 18 … Read More

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