To understand just how devastating such a rollback to core environmental law would be, we need only consider what the world was like before NEPA existed.
The Conowingo Dam stores enormous amounts of sediment, phosphorus and other pollutants. When too much sediment reaches the Chesapeake Bay it clouds the bay’s waters, harming the underwater vegetation there and the animals that rely on it. While the dam has been trapping sediment since it began operation in 1928, scientists estimate that its retention…
The Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna and Waterkeepers Chesapeake today asked to be included in the relicensing proceedings for the Conowingo Dam, about 50 miles northeast of Baltimore. The dam affects water quality up and down the Susquehanna River and throughout Chesapeake Bay, and the groups plan to push the Federal Energy…
We’re FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF CLEAN WATER
The U.S. Supreme Court just stripped protections from millions of acres of wetlands. Help us fight back.