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Chesapeake Bay Foundation
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Feb 3, 2021

45 Years Later

by William C. Baker, CBF President Forty-five years ago, I was high up in a tree, pruning dead wood. I was a part time tree surgeon. …

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45 Years Later
45 Years Later
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Dec 7, 2020

Engaging in Democracy: Let Our Voices Be Heard

by William C. Baker, CBF President To save the Bay, participation in our democracy is critical. In over four decades of working to restore the Chesapeake, I have never witnessed more setbacks to our nation’s fundamental environmental protections than what we have seen in the last four years. The U.S…

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Engaging in Democracy: Let Our Voices Be Heard
Engaging in Democracy: Let Our Voices Be Heard

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Nov 5, 2020

Regardless of Who Is in the White House

by William C. Baker, CBF President Update Nov. 7, 2020: CBF congratulates President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. In 1984, President Reagan said in his State of the Union address, “Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it’s common sense.” Turning attention to our…

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Regardless of Who Is in the White House
Regardless of Who Is in the White House
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Jun 15, 2020

EPA Is Failing the Chesapeake Bay and America’s Clean Water Promise

Op-ed by William C. Baker, CBF President, for the Baltimore Sun. This may be our last shot to save the Chesapeake Bay. We have a science-based plan, and we know that it’s working. But with only five years to go until the 2025 deadline for the nation’s most ambitious water…

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EPA Is Failing the Chesapeake Bay and America’s Clean Water Promise
EPA Is Failing the Chesapeake Bay and America’s Clean Water Promise

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May 1, 2020

A Powerful Lesson

By Will Baker, CBF President The COVID-19 pandemic is the stuff of fiction writers. Sadly, it is all too real. The illness, death, and economic damage are nothing short of history in the making. And yet, out of this tragedy, we see a glimmer of hope for our little Planet…

Climate Change

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A Powerful Lesson
A Powerful Lesson
Climate Change

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Mar 11, 2020

Why Pennsylvania?

By Will Baker, CBF President “Will! Don’t you know Pennsylvania does not have land on the Bay!?” That is a question I often get when I cite the scientific consensus that the Bay will not be saved unless Pennsylvania drastically decreases the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment flowing into…

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Why Pennsylvania?
Why Pennsylvania?
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Oct 11, 2019

Time is Running Out to Meet Bay Cleanup Goals, Especially in Pennsylvania

By William C. Baker, for the Bay Journal News Service It is a critical time for the Chesapeake Bay. The historic federal-state partnership working to clean up the Bay’s pollution is entering the final phase of restoration. By 2025, the six Bay states and the District of Columbia must have…

Environment

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Time is Running Out to Meet Bay Cleanup Goals, Especially in Pennsylvania
Time is Running Out to Meet Bay Cleanup Goals, Especially in Pennsylvania
Environment

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Jun 28, 2019

Our Best and Perhaps Last Chance

Will Baker’s Testimony to the House of Representatives Chesapeake Bay Foundation President Will Baker testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment on June 25, 2019. He spoke on the history and importance of the Chesapeake Bay, our “national treasure.” The following is the case…

Environment

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Our Best and Perhaps Last Chance
Our Best and Perhaps Last Chance
Environment

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Jun 4, 2019

We Will Not Back Down

By Will Baker, CBF President It all comes down to Saving the Bay. Simple as that. The Bay supports our livelihoods and our homes. It provides our first line of defense from storms and climate change. It inspires us with amazing sights. Bottom line, the Bay demands we save it. …

Environment

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We Will Not Back Down
We Will Not Back Down
Environment

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May 8, 2019

Saving the Bay, Fighting Climate Change: Two Sides of the Same Coin

By Will Baker, CBF President In 2018, record breaking storms across the Bay watershed increased pollution loads, adding more stress to a system still dangerously out of balance. Do the storms represent a “new normal?” …

Climate Change

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Saving the Bay, Fighting Climate Change: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Saving the Bay, Fighting Climate Change: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Climate Change

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