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Portion of Fishing Creek in Anne Arundel County Opened For Shellfish Harvesting

MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov Jay Apperson jay.apperson@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Portion of Fishing Creek in Anne Arundel County Opened For Shellfish Harvesting Bacteria levels decrease; area “approved” for harvesting starting March 31 BALTIMORE, MD (March 28, 2014) – The Maryland Department of the Environment is reclassifying a portion of Fishing Creek in Anne Arundel  Read the Rest…

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Farm Tire Drop-off Month: “The tires are just pouring in.”

“The tires are just pouring in” at Saturday’s Farm Tire Drop-off Day in Frederick County, reported Susie Knapp from her Walkersville farm in Frederick County. Susie and James Ramsburg volunteered their farm as a collection site for agricultural tires during Free Farm Tire Drop-Off month. Her report: “There are just thousands of tires coming in.  Read the Rest…

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New York Times: Scientists Sound Alarm on Climate

Early in his career, a scientist named Mario J. Molina was pulled into seemingly obscure research about strange chemicals being spewed into the atmosphere. Within a year, he had helped discover a global environmental emergency, work that would ultimately win a Nobel Prize. Now, at 70, Dr. Molina is trying to awaken the public to  Read the Rest…

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Bay Journal: States don’t have to make big changes to prevent Vibrio in oysters yet

Current methods deemed suitable to prevent illness in humans, but the FDA is making a case for quicker refrigeration. Maryland, Virginia and the nation’s other shellfish-producing states are not going to have to make huge changes in the way seafood is stored and transported to protect customers from a rare but dangerous bacteria — at  Read the Rest…

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Department of Environment Secretary Summers marks Read Across Maryland month with students at The Siena School in Silver Spring

MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman or Adrienne Diaczok (410) 537-3003 samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov adrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Department of Environment Secretary Summers marks Read Across Maryland month with students at The Siena School in Silver Spring Climate change and its impacts discussed (SILVER SPRING, MD)  March 12, 2014 – Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Secretary Robert M. Summers visited  Read the Rest…

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**Media Advisory** Dunloggin Middle School hosts MDE for Groundwater Awareness Week celebration

MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman or Adrienne Diaczok (410) 537-3003 samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov adrienne.diaczok@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: **Media Advisory** Dunloggin Middle School hosts MDE for Groundwater Awareness Week celebration (Baltimore, MD) March 12, 2014 – In celebration of Maryland Groundwater Awareness Week (March 9-15), Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Robert M. Summers will meet with Howard County eighth-graders at  Read the Rest…

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Board of Public Works Approves Funding for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay

MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman samantha.kappalman@maryland.gov Jay Apperson jay.apperson@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Grants and loans will reduce pollution, improve drinking water and wastewater infrastructure    BALTIMORE, MD (March 5, 2014) – The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $5.8 million in funding today for projects to upgrade sewage and drinking water systems and build rain  Read the Rest…

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Aiding and Abetting Bad Behavior

The Chesapeake Bay is not only an essential natural resource for Maryland, but also for the United States. It is a recognized national treasure. Here in our great State, we’ve taken on this moral imperative by making a commitment to restore the Bay and ensure that it’s an economically and ecologically viable resource for our  Read the Rest…

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Capital Gazette: Report: Bay cleanup shows promise; more work and monitoring ahead

Data gleaned from scores of scientific studies indicate elements of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan are working. A report issued Tuesday showed efforts over the past 30 years have reduced pollution, lowered nutrients and slowed sediment in local waterways but more vigilance, hard work and monitoring lies ahead. Read the entire article.

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