Officials from the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the District urged U.S. senators to back stronger federal commitment in cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay Monday.
Led by Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s water and wildlife subcommittee, the hearing focused on major problems that are harming the Bay — including an excess of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment — and how the federal agencies should act to fix them the best. The nutrients are harming the Bay’s health and inhabitants such as its signature blue crabs.
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