River News

Patuxent Riverkeeper has received reports lately of two unrelated individuals who became sick at different times in the past week after coming into contact with some bacteriological agent that appears to be in the Patuxent river near Broome’s Island. Initial reports from individuals (who have insisted on keeping their identities from public disclosure) suggested a…

The latest edition of the Patuxent fact sheet contains handy stats, facts and figures about the State’s longest and deepest instrastate waterway. Compiled and produced by local biologist Nick Carter for the participants in the 2009 Patuxent Sojourn you can download a copy of it here: Nick Carter

Several people have contacted us to inquire about how to rank or score the track record of legislators who supported the recent weakening of the stormwater rules through a "compromise" in the MD General Assembly. Using the term "compromise" as a euphemism for weakening of the regulation is a variety of "spin" that should be…

May 6, 2010. Today, just over 10- years to the day from the April 7, 2000 oil spill from the Chalk Point plant, I visited Swanson Creek near Benedict, MD and motored over "ground zero" of the power company pipeline that leaked some 11,000 gallons of fuel oil into the waters that were once rich…

Patuxent Riverkeeper along with other coalition partners worked very hard in the General Assembly to defend the State Stormwater Regulations from an assault by the builder lobby. The business interests initially sought more explicit grandfathering for projects in the development pipeline as the May 4th deadline for implementing the new laws approached. Arguably this was…

The Patuxent 20/20 Report is an intensely researched strategic plan that reviewed publicly available documents, researched studies and consolidated the findings into a visionary implementation plan to protect the Patuxent and bring it back to health. Download it here: Patuxent 2020 Plan

Here is a complete downloadable list of Patuxent Riverkeeper newsletters: First Newsletter September 2005 Newsletter November 2005 Newsletter December 2005 Newsletter March 2006 June 2006 July/August November/December January/February 2007 Fall 2007 Summer 2007 Winter 2008 Summer 2009 February 2010

38 BAY LEADERS CALL FOR RADICAL NEW ACTIONS TO RESTORE THE BAY FOR RELEASE: 12:00 noon, December 30, 2009 A consortium of senior Chesapeake Bay scientists, policy makers, and Bay advocates meeting in Annapolis called for an end to the politics of postponement and urged the Obama Administration and the Bay states to adopt 24…

COAL ASH WASTE CONCERNS TRIGGER LEGAL ACTION IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY: 4 MAJOR GROUPS TO SUE MIRANT FOR POLLUTION VIOLATIONS Investigation Reveals Toxic Pollution from Coal Ash Dump Near Wildlife Refuge WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 19, 2009 – Due to serious concerns about toxic pollution discharged from an unlined coal ash waste dump in suburban…

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…