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Frosh files lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s rollback of national clean car standards

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday joined a multistate coalition in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s final rule rolling back the national Clean Car Standards. The previous standards required appropriate and feasible improvements in fuel economy and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light trucks, saving consumers money and reducing emissions since […]

Frosh sues EPA for limiting enforcement of environmental, public health laws

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week joined a coalition of nine attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency challenging its policy of not enforcing bedrock monitoring and reporting obligations under a wide range of federal environmental laws due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The coalition argues that EPA’s policy, the “Temporary Policy on COVID-19 […]

Attorney General Frosh joins lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s changes to Clean Water Act

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh this week joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s final rule narrowing the definition of the “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. The final rule continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) effort to weaken water quality protections under the Clean Water […]

Governor Hogan urges congressional leaders to protect, increase funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, wrote to congressional leaders on Wednesday calling for a reversal of proposed cuts to federal funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration. Maryland is urging an increase in funding to $90.5 million, while the Trump administration’s proposed FY21 budget cuts funding for these programs by more than 90 percent, to $7.3 million. […]

AG Frosh joins lawsuit to protect workers, communities from chemical accidents

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Wednesday joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Philadelphia in filing suit against the Environmental Protection Agency for gutting safeguards to prevent and limit harms from chemical accidents. The coalition is challenging the EPA’s rollback of Obama-era amendments to its Risk Management Program regulations, referred to as the […]

Governor Hogan urges Congress to fully fund Chesapeake Bay restoration

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Chris Montcalmo

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the Chesapeake Executive Council, along with other watershed state leaders sent a letter on Thursday to U.S. House of Representatives and Senate leaders calling on Congress to fully fund federal Chesapeake Bay restoration programs. The Senate approved a measure today that increases funding for the Bay, but falls short of the $85 million in […]

Contaminant levels in Carney drinking water fall to normal levels

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Chris Montcalmo

Contaminant levels in Carney-area drinking water have returned to normal, according to the Baltimore City Department of Public Works, which oversees the water supply in parts of Baltimore County. Samples from July 2014 to June 2015 showed the drinking water at the Carney testing site had 61 parts per billion of haloacetic acid (HAA). The legal limit is 60 parts […]