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.
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Updates
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 12:08pm
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 11:00am
Preston Knight writes in the Northern Virginia Daily that the state has approved a permit to spread sewage sluge on 640 acres of farmland in the Shenandoah Valley. The approval comes despite a public outcry from residents and groups like Shenandoah Riverkeeper, who argue the move would add pollution to impaired waters at at a time when Virginia is supposed to be cutting pollution:
The company will apply the substance, which is treated municipal sewage sludge used as fertilizer, on 638.3 acres of farmland. The proposal, first publicized as...
Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 10:45am
Peter Jensen writes that the US Environmental Protection Agency must dish out some tough love Bay States not making the grade on Chesapeake Bay restoration. Failing to do so, he aruges, will signal that EPA is not serious about cleaning up the nation's largest estuary. Jensen also debunks the theory that cleaning up the Bay will damage the economy:
"Much of the criticism is based on the false premise that cleaning up the environment is harmful to the economy. History shows that this isn’t so...
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 12:00am
Shenandoah Riverkeeper and Potomac Riverkeeper Fought for New Protection
Virginia will make construction site inspections a priority when the sites discharge sediment (dirt) into sediment-impaired waters.
"The move is common sense," Shenandoah Riverkeeper Jeff Kelble says. "It focuses resources and will help Virginia clean up its dirtiest stretches of rivers and streams."
Virginia woefully lacks site inspectors and, according to Kelble, the state’s top environmental priority should be protecting troubled waters from further harm....
Thursday, July 1, 2010 - 12:00am
Latest on fracking, quarries and endocrine disrupting compounds. Outfitters are helping the Shenandoah. Thank you to Potomac River Gala sponsors. Read the newsletter=>
Monday, March 1, 2010 - 1:00am
Taking action against the developers of the HOT Lanes on 495 in Northen VA for polluting Accotink Creek. Calling for the overhaul of Maryland's Department of the Environment. Decreasing pollution from Mattawoman Waste Water Treatment Plant. Read the newsletter =>
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 1:00am
Environmental Groups Ask Federal Agency to Oversee Clean Water Act in the State
Baltimore, MD -- December 7, 2009 – Waterkeepers Chesapeake of Maryland and Waterkeeper Alliance (collectively “Waterkeepers”) today filed a detailed, 58 page petition seeking major changes in the way Maryland operates and enforces the Clean Water Act in order to better protect the Chesapeake Bay.
The petition asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw Maryland’s delegated authority to administer the Clean Water Act’s pollution permitting program for...
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 1:00am
WATERKEEPERS PETITION EPA TO PROTECT MARYLAND WATERWAYS
Environmental Groups Ask Federal Agency to Oversee Clean Water Act in the State
Baltimore, MD -- December 7, 2009 – Waterkeepers Chesapeake of Maryland and Waterkeeper Alliance (collectively “Waterkeepers”) today filed a detailed, 58 page petition seeking major changes in the way Maryland operates and enforces the Clean Water Act in order to better protect the Chesapeake Bay.
The petition asks the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw Maryland’s...
Saturday, November 21, 2009 - 1:00am
Keeping an eye on possible construction on Mattawoman Creek, VA misses opportunity with new stormwater permit, another successful Shenandoah River Rodeo, more on endocrine disruptors and emerging contaminant. Read the newsletter =>
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 12:00am
Major Environmental Loophole Closed!
Shenandoah Riverkeeper Applauds Virginia’s Commitment to the River and the Chesapeake Bay
(Boyce, VA) — A major regulatory loophole closed yesterday as the Virginia State Water Control Board approved changes in the way poultry waste is regulated. Currently only poultry waste used by poultry growers themselves is regulated. Neighboring farmers and customers of the growers have never been regulated in how they use the waste on their fields.
According to Shenandoah Riverkeeper Jeff Kelble, agency records show that 80% of...
