Patuxent Riverkeeper is moving its office to a new location and the old one is being converted into a sustainable farming enterprise. Help us celebrate with an environmental film (to be shown at an indoor venue at the Fairhaven School at 6:00pm) followed by a pot luck dinner at the farm, celebratory bonfire and drum circle under stars.
November 5th, 5:30 pm – midnight
Riverkeeper office: 18600 Queen Keep Reading
Patuxent Riverkeeper Wins Major Legal Victory
Landmark Decision Sets Statewide Precedent for Maryland Citizen Groups
OCTOBER 2, 2011 (UPPER MARLBORO, MD) — In a recent 5-2 decision, Maryland’s highest court upheld judicial standing for a member of a local environmental group contesting a wetlands permit awarded to developers of a shopping mall. The case— “Patuxent Riverkeeper v. Maryland Department of the Environment” Keep Reading
Maryland Waterkeepers, Joined by Citizens from throughout the Chesapeake and Coastal Bay Watersheds, Lead Flotilla to Annapolis, Demand Leadership on Cleanup of Maryland’s Rivers and the Bay
Annapolis, MD May 19, 2011 – A flotilla of small craft landed at the City Dock in Annapolis on Thursday, bringing with them citizen groups demanding that Maryland state legislators deliver leadership, action and results on the cleanup Keep Reading
There are lots reasons why members of the environmental community either supports or rejects the Cardin Bill. Emotions have run hot and cold as some people are perplexed at why the environmental community might be split or have sharp disagreements over measures aimed at protecting Bay. We believe that informed and constructive debate and even dissent does not harm the community, it makes it stronger Keep Reading
By Eliza Steinmeier and Michael Helfrich
August 24, 2010
Over the past several months, environmentalists in the Chesapeake Bay region have been closely watching the Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009, introduced by Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland. The Cardin bill, as it is commonly known, is being offered as a way to clean up a watershed that has suffered for decades from industrial abuse and political Keep Reading
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 made clearer. The notion of compromise suggests the environment got something out Keep Reading
In response to the ever-growing national implications of the April 20th BP Gulf oil disaster, Waterkeeper Alliance has convened a new committee comprised of veteran Waterkeepers all of whom have direct experience with catastrophic oil spills. The goals of this ad-hoc committee are primarily to support the Gulf Coast Waterkeepers in their immediate response to this event, and also to provide information, guidance, and communications support to the Keep Reading
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 with crabs and oysters.
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 not because the law was vague to begin with, but because some were concerned Keep Reading
