‘A collapsing house of cards’: Officials decry impending failure of another Chesapeake Bay agreement

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Former Maryland state Sen. Gerald Winegrad is frustrated by another impending failure of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement and by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Former Maryland state Sen. Gerald Winegrad is frustrated by another impending failure of the Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement and by the Environmental Protection Agency.

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By Christine Condon | chcondon@baltsun.com | Baltimore Sun

UPDATED: October 19, 2022 at 10:52 p.m.

Observing the signing of the very first Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement in 1983, Maryland state Sen. Gerald Winegrad would never have imagined the string of failures ahead, he said.Bay agreements prescribing pollution cuts for 2000 and 2010 would both fall short. And now, it seems targets for 2025 won’t be met either.Winegrad, a longtime bay […]