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Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam

PA Environment Daily

And over time, it may involve seeding streams with mussels, dredging sediment from behind the 94-foot-high dam and cleaning up waterways hundreds of miles upstream damaged by acid mine drainage. But the price tag was more than $53 million a year, and there was no money. It’s all on the table,” she said.

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Bay Journal: Legacy Sediment Behind Old Mill Dams Could Help Heal Abandoned Mine Land

PA Environment Daily

With an estimated price tag of about $10 million, the project is being assembled by the U.S. If the project secures enough funding, as much as 283,000 cubic yards of legacy sediment stranded on streamside terraces would be dug up at 10 sites. The legislation authorized $6.4

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The Fad of Ecotourism in India: Discovering Paradise to Creating Purgatory?

Vermont Law

Hogwashing and Greenwashing While the surge of eco-consciousness post- 1992 Earth Summit led to businesses embracing the “green” tag, it also gave rise to “greenwashing,” which distort s environmental objectives for profit using the right buzzwords.

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