The non-profit advocacy group American Rivers is naming the Potomac the nation’s most endangered river, saying it is threatened by nutrient and sediment pollution that lowers the quality of drinking water and kills marine life. The group’s annual report titled, “America’s Most Endangered Rivers,” notes what local friends of the Potomac have said for years: [...]

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The Washington Post has reported that local environmental activists won a fight against a development that they said would harm the wildlife of Maryland’s pristine Mattawoman Creek. The state said no to a half-built, $70 million Cross County Connector in a rare denial of a development permit after activists relentlessly picked apart the county’s arguments [...]

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