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elleng

(131,240 posts)
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 09:52 PM Apr 2017

Fate Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Unclear Under Trump.

'President Obama called the Chesapeake Bay a "national treasure." In a 2009 executive order, he helped launch a massive cleanup effort orchestrated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Now that restoration, and others like it around the country, are in limbo because President Trump’s budget blueprint would eliminate funding for the Chesapeake and other regional cleanup programs.

Jacob Fenston (@JacobFenston) from Here & Now contributor WAMU takes a look at what may be ahead for the nation’s largest estuary.'>>>

http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/03/28/chesapeake-cleanup-epa-trump

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Fate Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Unclear Under Trump. (Original Post) elleng Apr 2017 OP
Okay, I guess this means GWC58 Apr 2017 #1

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
1. Okay, I guess this means
Sun Apr 2, 2017, 10:20 PM
Apr 2017

45 isn't concerned, at all, about the body of water that stretches from Norfolk, VA past Baltimore clear up to the Susquehanna River. I am looking forward to Blue Crab season. Hope they'll last a while longer!

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