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Article by Michael Dane for WBOC, December 10 2025 Photo by WBOC DORCHESTER COUNTY, Md – Last week, Dorchester County leaders made clear during a county council meeting that they remain concerned about the new Conowingo Dam agreement, a $340 million deal aimed at improving water quality and managing sediment behind the century-old dam. Now,…

Coalition says settlement sidestepped public input, went easy on dam operator Article by Timothy B Wheeler for The Bay Journal, December 8, 2025 Photo by Dave Harp Just when it seemed settled, the marathon legal wrangling continues over how to address the impacts of Conowingo Dam on the Chesapeake Bay. The Clean Chesapeake Coalition, representing…

Appeal to Maryland could be a stumbling block for $340 million deal Article and photo written by Christine Condon, December 8, 2025 for Maryland Matters A coalition representing at least two Eastern Shore counties has appealed the water quality certification Maryland issued to the Conowingo Dam in September, potentially threatening a $340 million settlement with…

 Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) shakes hands Thursday with Constellation Energy CEO Joseph Dominguez. Constellation owns the Conowingo Dam behind them, and the hydroelectric power plant inside the dam. (Photo by Christine Condon/Maryland Matters) By Christine Condon, Maryland Matters, October 3rd, 2025 Maryland officials unveiled a $340 million settlement Thursday and issued a new water…

By Josh Kurtz June 2, 2023 Maryland environmental officials are restarting a controversial permitting process that would eventually enable Constellation Energy to continue operating the Conowingo Dam for another half century. The future of the dam along the Susquehanna River, considered a significant source of Chesapeake Bay pollution, has been the object of regulatory wrangling and…

Office of Senator Chris Van Hollen, April 4, 2023 Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Andy Harris, M.D., Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey (all Md.) wrote to Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain urging the Department of the…

Inside Climate News – By Aman Azhar – February 3, 2023 – Original source available here Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday he is committed to filling vacancies as quickly as possible at the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), the state’s troubled regulator of drinking water and wastewater treatment, which has been plagued by staff…

By Josh Kurtz, February 2nd 2023 – Maryland Matters You can also read article here Tracking the health of the Chesapeake Bay is a massive undertaking. It involves multiple agencies in federal, state and local governments monitoring the health of the air, land and water, of trees, vegetation and aquatic life. Measuring Bay health can…

By Timothy B Wheeler – Bay Journal, Feb 6th, 2023Article also available here Maryland state regulators have approved expansion of a controversial poultry rendering plant on the Eastern Shore that just four months ago settled lawsuits accusing it of polluting a Chesapeake Bay tributary for years. The state Department of the Environment in late December…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A U.S. appeals court invalidated a federal license for the Conowingo Dam in Maryland on Tuesday, sending it back to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for further proceedings.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia agreed with environmental groups that FERC exceeded its authority when it approved a…