Patuxent Riverkeeper participated in SAFSF’s April, 2016 webinar, “Water Pollution Trading: Clean Water at a Crossroads.” Co-hosted by SAFSF, 11th Hour Project, EGA, Grace Communications Foundation, HEFN, & McKnight Foundation. http://www.safsf.org/water-pollution-trading-webinar/
Bowie, August 27. Local residents and environmentalists have petitioned the Circuit Court to review Prince George’s County’s approval of a dense housing development in the middle of a remote office park in Bowie, next to the Patuxent River. According to the petitioners, the revised conceptual plan for “Melford Village” would create a dense auto-dependent community…
For Immediate ReleaseMay 7, 2015 Contact:Kelly Trout, 240-396-2022, kelly@chesapeakeclimate.orgKeith Rushing, 202-797-5236, krushing@earthjustice.orgFred Tutman 301-579-2073 ext 7 fred@paxriverkeeper.org Groups File Lawsuit to Challenge Flawed Federal Approval of Cove Point LNG Export Facility Lawsuit charges that regulators illegally skirted a full and fair review of the project’s impact in speeding fracking and climate change, polluting the Chesapeake…
Help us give the powers-that-be a “Reality Check!” Patuxent Riverkeeper is putting together a report card on the health of the river, which we are branding as a “Reality Check.” We know the river is in trouble. There are several forms of pollution which have negatively impacted the river over the past several decades. They include…
Every April, a team of volunteers spreads out across the Patuxent River watershed to pick up over 20,000 pounds of trash along both the banks of the river and its tributaries, and in the water itself. This trash is dangerous to wildlife. Some animals consume it, which can be fatal. Other garbage is made of…
From hosting our annual party to holding a press conference to cleaning our office, we need volunteers to make things happen! If you have time and talent, let us know and we will contact you with ways you can help.
June 7, 2014 The twenty seventh annual Patuxent Wade-In is an annual recommitment to the longest and deepest river that stays entirely in Maryland. Citizens with deep and personal ties to the Patuxent renew their hopes each year that the river will be restored to health. For this year’s sneaker index Senator Fowler waded 21…
12-06-13; Acquasco,MD–This week, NRG Energy signaled that it plans to retire the Chalk Point (Patuxent) and Dickerson (Potomac) coal plants in May 2017. Chalk Point, located along the Patuxent River in Prince George’s County, and also Dickerson, located in Montgomery County, are 2 of only 7 remaining coal plants in the state. Air pollution from…
After ten years as the Riverkeeper program serving the Patuxent watershed, we feel we can speak to Calvert County residents as friends, members, boosters and patrons who share both our love of the Patuxent, the natural environment and of Calvert County. We at Patuxent Riverkeeper are deeply concerned that the likely environmental impacts of the…
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