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2012 News

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  • Jan 12   New Website Launched About the Lawsuit - In March 2010, Assateague Coastal Trust and Assateague Coastkeeper joined Waterkeeper Alliance to bring suit against Perdue Farms Inc and one of their contracted growers for polluted discharges of fecal coliform, e.coli, nitrogen and phosphorus coming off the poultry growing facility into waterways connecting to the Pocomoke River and eventually the Chesapeake Bay. ...

2011 News Archives

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  • MAR 21   Wind Energy Act Letter - As the Executive Director of Assateague Coastal Trust, in Berlin, MD, I am writing to thank Senator Mathias and Delegate Conway for your sponsorship of HB1054/SB861, the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act, and urge Delegate McDermott to support the bill. ...

  • APR 08   Operation Medicine Drop - Did you know that sewage treatment plants can not filter out all pharmaceuticals, and discharge hormones, antibiotics and other similar substances into our waterways? ...

  • MAY 02   Operation Medicine Drop is a Huge Success! - A one day medication take-back effort held Saturday, April 30 was a huge success for Berlin and Worcester County, collecting 130 lbs of unwanted medications that will not be flushed into our waterways or present a danger to our communities by accidental or intentional misuse. ...

  • MAY 19   Waterkeepers Demand Action - A flotilla of small craft landed at the City Dock in Annapolis on May 19th, bringing with them citizen groups demanding that Maryland state legislators deliver leadership, action and results on the cleanup of the state’s major rivers and coasts, and Chesapeake Bay. ...

  • JUL 07   Resource Water Element - Kathy Phillips, Coastkeeper, submitted Public Comment to the Worcester County Planning Commission regarding the Resource Water Element. See the full document ...

  • JUL 08   Environmenal Deregulation Bill Causes Concern - Watchdogs of America’s waterways are concerned about a debate in Congress on the federal government’s power to oversee pollution offenses ...

  • JUL 08   The Dirty Water Bill - 'The Dirty Water Bill", HR2018 technically known as 'Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011' is anything but clean. . . . ...

  • AUG 11   ACT becomes a proud member of EarthShare Mid-Atlantic, a workplace giving campaign ...

  • AUG 17   Coast Kids Program adds new school program offerings. The programs are available during the school year in the classroom.

  • AUG 18   A second Operation Medicine Drop has been scheduled for October 29, 2011. This is a program for the collection of unused meds ...

  • SEP 06   ACTION ALERT - NO EXPLOSIONS ON CHINCOTEAGUE BAY! This is the FIRST and ONLY chance for public comment ...

  • SEP 07   ACT Files Public Information Act Requests related to the Special Exception request by Hardwire LLC of Pocomoke, MD to allow a Military Testing Facility within the Resource Protection (RP) District zone of Worcester County ...

  • SEP 08   ARTICLE - Delmarva NOW!com Contractor Seeks EXPLOSIVES Nod ...

  • OCT 14   PRESS RELEASE - Operation Medicine Drop adds a new location in Ocean City ...

  • NOV 01   Environmental Watch Dog group FOOD AND WATER WATCH has released an information/fact sheet on the misinformation being promoted to the public at the website ‘savefarmfamilies.org’ regarding ACT/Coastkeeper and Waterkeeper Alliance’s Clean Water Act litigation against Perdue Farms Inc and one of their contracted growers for polluting the Pocomoke River watershed ...

  • NOV 02   Operation Medicine Drop nets 205 pounds of medications ...

  • NOV 17   THE CLEAN WATER ACT CITIZEN LAW SUIT against Perdue/Hudson gained another small victory in District Court this week.

2010 News Archives

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