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Potomac Riverkeeper Network Calls for Changes to Maryland’s New Pollution Trading Regulations
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…
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An Unsteady Balance for Virginia’s Farms and Clean Water
Millions of livestock animals are raised in the Shenandoah Valley, a region that by most standards is the breadbasket of Virginia. Agriculture has intensified over the past 40 years,…
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Settlement on NRG’s Power Plant Pollution Leads to a $0.5 Million Oyster Restoration Project
As part of Potomac Riverkeeper’s settlement with NRG Energy and the state of Maryland on NRG’s pollution of the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers with excess nutrients, NRG was required…
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EPA Fails to Protect the Shenandoah River
Local groups challenge EPA’s approval of Virginia’s decision to not list the Shenandoah as ‘impaired,’ despite excessive algae blooms and nutrient pollution
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Shenandoah Riverkeeper Halts Nutrient Trading at the Massanutten Sewage Treatment Plant
The Shenandoah Riverkeeper scored a major victory in protecting the Shenandoah watershed by compelling the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to dramatically improve the Massanutten Sewage Treatment Plant…
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New Report on Livestock and Poultry Pollution Issues in the Shenandoah
On April 26, 2017, Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) came out with a report focusing on…
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NRG to Pay $1M Penalty for Pollution
In 2013, Potomac Riverkeeper, Patuxent Riverkeeper and Food & Water Watch filed a notice of…
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What’s Behind the Fish Kills on the Shenandoah?
Now that the summer has officially arrived, everyone wants to know how the fishing is doing on the Shenandoah River. Unfortunately, for this season, I am afraid it will…
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Dismissal of Appeal in Alt v. EPA (WV Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation)
In light of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to withdraw its appeal of the West Virginia district court decision in the case of Alt v. EPA, Environmental…
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Mixing Zones: Why we shouldn’t have them
Mixing zones present a great visual example of how discharges directly impact the look, feel, and biological integrity of rivers. Many fisherman, fishing guides, and recreational boaters in the…
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