Posts by Ftutman
Lothian Residents Celebrate County Ordering Shutdown of Westport Reclamation Site
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, December 9, 2022 Contacts Fred Tutman Patuxent Riverkeeper fred@paxriverkeeper.org (240) 393-1547 Rosie Stone Senior Legal Officer, Namati rosiestone@namati.org (843) 609-2166 On Tuesday, the Anne Arundel County Office of Administrative Hearings issued an order agreeing with local residents and environmental justice advocates that the Westport Reclamation site (also known as the Belle…
Read MoreEPA and Chesapeake Bay Foundation are Failing To Save the Bay !
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to sanction states for again failing to meet minimum Clean Water Act requirements for the Chesapeake Bay is an act of ethical cowardice. Since the signing of the first Bay Agreement in 1983, with pledges by the EPA and bay states to restore the bay, repeated agreements to reduce…
Read MoreAPPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED NOW, FOR OUR–2024 PATUXENT SUMMER DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH
APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED NOW, FOR OUR FREE–PATUXENT DAY CAMP FOR YOUTH… SPACE IS LIMITED, SO APPLY NOW–OR NOMINATE A YOUNG PERSON! Patuxent Riverkeeper is offering a really exciting “Free” summer program designed for summer youth. We will host three intensive outdoor classes running for a week at a time in June, July and August. Enrollment…
Read MoreMaryland Legislature Passes Bills Strengthening Clean Water Protections and Ensuring Equity
Three bills improve the state’s regulation, enforcement, and public notice under the Clean Water Act (Takoma Park, MD) – In a victory for protecting clean water and addressing environmental injustices, the Maryland legislature passed three bills that significantly improve the monitoring and enforcement of pollution permits, require an evaluation of environmental injustices for new permits, and…
Read MoreCOVID Status Update!
The Patuxent Riverkeeper Center is closed to public and group activities as a response to the COVID epidemic and the need for public safety. • Bathrooms are locked • Interior offices are closed to the public • We are not offering any public services on site. • We are not renting canoe or kayaks at…
Read MoreCode Red: for the Chesapeake Bay
By: Gerald Winegrad, Fred Tutman, Kathy Phillips Recent alarming news about the Chesapeake Bay signals a code red for immediate action. Efforts must be ramped up to greatly reduce agricultural and urban runoff pollution. These are the inconvenient truths compelling such action: The legal-sized Maryland bay oyster population declined by half since 1999. Oysters are below…
Read MoreCourt Rules for Patuxent Riverkeeper in Coal Waste Appeal!
Patuxent Riverkeeper, as a co-respondent with Prince George’ s County, MD has prevailed in an attempt by NRG to overturn the August closure order for the Brandywine/North Keyes Coal waste site issued by the County in August 2018. Patuxent Riverkeeper had been a party to the original zoning case in this matter as well. Legal…
Read MoreEnvironmental Groups Win Victory in Reducing Coal Plant Water Pollution in MD
In Response to Arguments from Advocates and Concerned Citizens, Hogan Administration Limits Toxic Metals from Three Coal-fired Power Plants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, August 14, 2017 Media contact: Tom Pelton, Environmental Integrity Project, tpelton@environmentalintegrity.org or (443) 510-2574 Baltimore – Responding to legal and technical arguments from environmental groups and concerned citizens, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s…
Read MoreThe Only State River Commission in Maryland Just Blinked!
Sign a petition to take a stand for a strong river Commission! The year (2018) marks my twentieth year of service on the State created Patuxent River Commission (PRC). It is in fact the only such Commission created by the General Assembly in order to help silence lawsuits from Southern Maryland demanding that the…
Read MoreRural Prince George’s threatened by zoning changes
RURAL AREAS OF OUR COUNTY – UNDER THREAT FROM ZONING REWRITE Warning: The Prince George’s County Council will soon vote on three bills that could have a devastating impact on the county’s protected rural areas. Current rural and agricultural zones are shown on the map (p. 2). • CB-013-2018 Proposed Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Rewrite •…
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