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Waterkeepers Chesapeake Position on the Phosphorus Management Tool
No more delay: Protect our communities from manure pollution The Maryland Department of Agriculture and Governor O'Malley’s administration bowed to pressure from the agriculture lobby and chose delay...
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Clean Water Advocates Petition for Better Controls on Virginia Factory Farm...
Virginia has more than 100 large chicken and hog factory farm operations, but not one has a required federal Clean Water Act water pollution control permit that would reduce runoff into the...
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Permit needs to protect public health, keep excess manure from polluting...
The state must make an important decision about how to regulate manure generated by large poultry and dairy farms that pollute the Chesapeake Bay and Maryland waters. Manure waste, like sewage and...
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With Economic Study of Phosphorous Rule, Advocates Say No More Delay
Advocates Say New Rule to Limit Manure Represents Biggest Opportunity for Clean Water in 30 Years (Annapolis, MD) – A Salisbury University economic study shows a new rule to better manage manure would...
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With Publication of New Phosphorus Rules, Groups Call on Maryland General...
Latest Version of Rules to Reduce Pollution by Better Controlling Manure Provide Several Exemptions for Farmers and a Six-Year Phase In (Annapolis, MD) – With today’s publication in the Maryland...
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Farm Bureau Claim on Manure Doesn’t Pass Smell Test
Agriculture sector only halfway toward 2017 goal for phosphorus pollution (Annapolis, MD) – Claims by the farm lobby that Maryland’s agriculture industry is ahead of its Chesapeake Bay clean-up goals...
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Waterkeepers Chesapeake Joins Effort to Close Loopholes
NEW LEGISLATION WOULD IMPROVE OVERSIGHT AND CLOSE LOOPHOLES IN PUBLIC INFORMATION ACT LAW Senator Raskin, Delegate Cullison Propose First Major Update to Law in 45 Years (Annapolis, MD) - Good...
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Accountability from All Industries — No Exceptions or Exemptions
Environmental advocates have been working to update Maryland's 45-year old Public Information Act through state legislation ("Senate OKs rewrite of public information law," March 24). There is...
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Groups Call for Moratorium on Chicken Houses on Eastern Shore
NEW REPORT: DESPITE PHOSPHORUS POLLUTION OVERLOAD, MARYLAND CUT WATER QUALITY MONITORING AND ALLOWS POULTRY EXPANSION Environmental groups call on state to restore funding for monitoring and consider...
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Waterkeepers' Statements on Chicken House Moratorium
Waterkeepers Chesapeake was among several groups calling for a moratorium on new chicken houses on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in response to Environmental Integrity Project’s report released September 8,...
View ArticleAccomack poultry regs proposals draw health concerns
"If we are to follow the supervisor's line of thought it is important to note that we would be discounting VIMS reports as they often carry disclaimers that they do not speak for The College of William...
View ArticleBackyard backlash: How Delmarva turned against poultry
Virginia Eastern Shorekeeper Jay Ford said he isn't surprised that local officials' efforts have fallen short of environmentalists' expectations. The Environmental Protection Agency is better equipped...
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Video: Waterkeepers Chesapeake Rallies in Support of Maryland Poultry Act
Waterkeepers Chesapeake signed on to testimony before the Maryland General Assembly in support of the Poultry Litter Management Act, a 2016 bill that would require poultry integrators to be responsbile...
View ArticleCoordination on poultry growth lacking among Delmarva towns, states
The two-hour meeting in a school lunchroom was tense at times, its 250 attendees divided over whether the county could protect its poultry-based economy as well as the rebounding aquaculture, tourism...
View ArticleAnother large chicken farm pushed in Wicomico
Kathy Phillips, a prominent poultry critic, called the proposal "distressing." If built, the houses will expose area schools and established residential neighborhoods to "unfiltered polluted air...
View ArticleAssateague Coastkeeper: Kathy Phillips Q&A in The Dispatch
Q&A With Assateague Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips: Large-Scale Poultry Operations ‘Raising A Lot Of Concerns’ On Shore Kathy Phillips has been on the front lines of the ongoing debate between the...
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The dreaded antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' has arrived. Now what?
By Dr. Sara Via and Betsy Nicholas, July 13, 2016, The Frederick News Post The recent discovery in an American patient of a “superbug” resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort, is currently...
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EPA Guidance Falls Short of Protecting Communities
Air Releases of Hazardous Substances from Animal Waste Will Continue Sometimes our job as Waterkeepers can get very wonky. And this is one of those times. Not only do we comment on and challenge flawed...
View ArticleAssateague Coastkeeper: Kathy Phillips Q&A in The Dispatch
Q&A With Assateague Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips: Large-Scale Poultry Operations ‘Raising A Lot Of Concerns’ On Shore Kathy Phillips has been on the front lines of the ongoing debate between the...
View ArticleAssateague Coastkeeper: Kathy Phillips Q&A in The Dispatch
Q&A With Assateague Coastkeeper Kathy Phillips: Large-Scale Poultry Operations ‘Raising A Lot Of Concerns’ On Shore Kathy Phillips has been on the front lines of the ongoing debate between the...
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