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LiveScience (Mon 21 May, 2012)
Seagrasses Store as Much Carbon as Forests
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
Seagrasses are a vital part of the solution to climate change and can store up to twice as much carbon as the world's temperate and tropical forests, new research indicates.
The Baltimore Sun (Thu 3 May, 2012)
Study: Pollution trading could trim bay cleanup costs - Billions of dollars in potential savings seen, critics warn of 'Pandora's box'
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
Steep projected costs for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay could be trimmed by billions of dollars, a new study suggests, by allowing polluters to buy "credits" for less-expensive reductions made by others.
Bay Journal (Tue 1 May, 2012)
Storms bring down Bay's grade on report card
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Caroline Wicks
The Chesapeake Bay brought home its worst report card ever this spring, thanks to a pair of storms that washed huge amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment into its mainstem.
Broadneck Patch (Thu 19 Apr, 2012)
Some Bay Rivers' Grades Climb Despite Low Chesapeake Score
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
The Chesapeake Bay's grade went down from a C minus to a D plus, the second-lowest it's been since 1986. But not everything is looking down.
WJZ-TV (Baltimore) (Wed 18 Apr, 2012)
Weather swings have left Chesapeake Bay in bad shape
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
Wild swings in the weather in 2011 have left the Chesapeake Bay in its worst shape in years.
WJLA TV (Wed 18 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay gets D+, Potomac a D in new report card
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Caroline Wicks
BALTIMORE (AP) - Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year, earning it the second worst grade on a yearly report card issued Tuesday by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science.
The Maryland Gazette (Wed 18 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay Report Card falls to D+ : Patapsco improved to a D-, Magothy comes up to a D
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
The Chesapeake Bay's pollution grade dipped again in 2011, going down to a D-plus after a series of unusual weather events.
WBOC (Salisbury) Television (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay Gets D+ in New Report Card
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Caroline Wicks
CAMBRIDGE, Md.- A sequence of weather-related events including a wet spring, dry summer, and two major storms harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year.
The Baltimore Sun B'More Green Blog (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Unusual weather worsened Chesapeake Bay's health - Scientists grade Chesapeake's condition D+ in 2011
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison
Heavy spring rains, a hot summer and two major storms caused the Chesapeake Bay's overall health to worsen last year, scientists said Tuesday, though there apparently was a slight improvement in the Baltimore area's Patapsco and Back rivers, long considered among the bay's most degraded tributaries.
The Wall Street Journal (Tue 17 Apr, 2012)
Chesapeake Bay gets D+ in new report card
Staff quoted: Bill Dennison, Caroline Wicks
BALTIMORE — Heavy rains and a hot summer harmed the Chesapeake Bay's health last year, earning it the second worst grade on a yearly report card issued Tuesday by the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science.