More cash, accountability sought for Bay

Published April 23, 2009 4:00am ET



Leaders of Chesapeake Bay organizations went to Capitol Hill on Thursday, calling for more money and accountability as tens of millions in federal stimulus dollars flood into restoring the ailing watershed.


Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., brought state representatives from Maryland and Virginia and Bay community leaders together to strategize the individual legislation, such as the Clean Air Act, which lacks penalties if states do not ensure that it is fully implemented.

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