ANNAPOLIS, MD - The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled earlier this week that a coalition of local and national river advocacy groups have standing to challenge a major stormwater pollution permit in court.

At issue is a state-issued pollution discharge permit for Montgomery County’s 499-square mile stormwater system. Clean water groups contend the permit allows ongoing harm to water quality and human health due to excessive discharges of pollutants and trash into the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers watersheds.

New Riverkeeper, New Pollution Reporting App, & a Farewell Letter from Ed Merrifield

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Environmental groups call for key permit to be strengthened  to uphold state commitment to reduce pollution

BALTIMORE (June 21, 2012) – A proposed new water pollution permit for Baltimore City issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment would fail to adequately reduce the severe pollution that continues to degrade Baltimore Harbor, according to two leading environmental groups, the Baltimore Harbor WATERKEEPER and the public interest law firm Earthjustice.

12:00 p.m. EDT, June 18, 2012

Bill Satterfield, in his June 11 letter to the editor ("Urban waste, not chicken manure, is the bay's biggest threat") was right when he said "everyone has a role in protecting the Chesapeake Bay." What he forgot is that "everyone" includes both the agricultural and urban sectors.

Ed was featured in the Washington Examiner's 3-Minute Interview section. You can read an excerpt below, or read the full interview at the Washington Examiner website.

Continuing the fight to stop pollution at Hagerstown waste water treatment plant, calling for more action to stop combined sewer overlfows in DC,  fighting for a stronger consent decree at Broadway's waste water treatment plant, funding to stop polluted runoff from farms, 2007 highlights, testing Four Mile Run, Get the Dirt Out and cleanups. Read the newsletter =>