New Algae Blooms Suffocating Chesapeake Crabs
Dramatic blooms of algae are choking the Chesapeake Bay and killing crabs and fish.
Source: Baltimore Sun, 08/09/2008
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Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026
Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here.
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Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup
"The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades."
Source: Inside Climate News, 12/05/2025
Orphans and Zombies — Reporting on Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Across the Country
For more than a century, oil and gas companies have been drilling — and abandoning — wells across the country, leaving hundreds of thousands to potentially leak pollutants into the air, water and soil. Climate and environment reporter Martha Pskowski looks at how funding and regulatory issues are impacting efforts to identify and plug these wells, and offers resources for drilling into their story.
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"Beekeepers, Farmers and the Fight to Save a Century-Old Research Hub"
UPDATE: As of Dec. 1, NPR reports funding for USDA's Beltsville, Md., research center has been resored. No link available.
"Industry groups and scientists have urged the Trump administration to reconsider its plan to close a renowned Agriculture Department center in Maryland and disperse its work around the country."
Source: NYTimes, 12/01/2025
"Va. Communities Resist Sewage Sludge On Farm Land As PFAS Concerns Grow
"As worry mounts about health risks from exposure to ‘forever chemicals,’ Virginia communities push for testing and limits for biosolids"
Source: Virginia Mercury, 11/26/2025
"Trump Exempts Coal Used In Steelmaking From Clean Air Act Rule"
"President Trump is exempting coal used in steelmaking from Biden-era Clean Air Act regulations for two years."
Source: The Hill, 11/26/2025
"Trump Administration Issuing $1B Loan To Bolster Three Mile Island Restart"
"The Trump administration is issuing a $1 billion loan to help finance the restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant."
Source: The Hill, 11/20/2025
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