Air and Water Quality

14+ hour, 19+ min ago   (313+ words) Executive Order 14428 has changed the federal framework for Chesapeake Bay restoration less than a year after watershed jurisdictions reached several major 2025 pollution-reduction benchmarks. The order, signed on September 16, 2026, did not cancel Bay restoration work. It did, however, revoke a 2009 executive…...

10+ hour, 39+ min ago   (202+ words) Populations of a small darter species found only in the lower Susquehanna River have rebounded enough not to warrant protections under the Endangered Species Act, according to a federal review released in early September. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service touted…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (221+ words) SMITHFIELD, Va. (WAVY) — The Chesapeake Bay watershed got a much-needed, $90 million shot in the arm Friday morning as EPA deputy director David Fatouhi and Rep. Jen Kiggans announced the grant money would go toward 83 new projects to support long-term water-quality…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (513+ words) EPA Deputy Administrator David Fotouhi was joined by U.S. Representative Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) and others to announce more than $90 million for the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Official websites use.gov Secure.gov websites use HTTPS EPA Deputy Administrator Fotouhi Announces Over $90 million…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (235+ words) PORTSMOUTH — The city will hold its semiannual household hazardous waste collection day on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the public works facility at 680 Peverly Hill Road. Residents of Portsmouth, New Castle and Newington are encouraged to bring household chemicals for safe disposal…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (72+ words) New Hampshire’s congressional delegation has urged the Air Force to say when it will pay for PFAS cleanup of two Portsmouth wells. Air Force pushed to pay for PFAS cleanup of two Portsmouth wells PORTSMOUTH — New Hampshire’s congressional delegation has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (153+ words) For more than 20 years, elevated bacteria levels in Nye Creek and Nye Beach water have concerned the City of Newport and residents. But now, a long-term plan is being put in place to address the levels in the Nye Creek…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (406+ words) NORFOLK — A new executive order from President Donald Trump is changing the federal government's approach to protecting the Chesapeake Bay, raising concerns from environmental advocates about what it could mean for Hampton Roads. For decades, the federal government has worked…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (170+ words) Manassas residents, does your tap water have a little funk to it? City officials say not to worry – it’s common this time of year. “If you have recently noticed a different taste and odor in your tap water, it is…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (723+ words) The City of Norfolk is notifying the public that its wastewater treatment plant experienced a substantial reduction in biological wastewater-treatment capacity beginning on Monday. An emergency city council to further discuss the issue will be held Tuesday afternoon. The biological…...