Date: 2/7/2023 Dear Harford County Council, The Gunpowder Riverkeeper submits this letter to the Council in support of County Executive’s Cassilly’s proposed legislation that would place a moratorium on warehouse development in order to study and evaluate mega-warehouse and distribution facilities’ potential impacts on our community, economy, and natural environment. Riverkeeper supports the proposed six …
Despite two appeals pending before the Courts, clearing at Abingdon ensues on July 5th. The press release is below: Abingdon, MD – Yesterday, BTC III I-95 Logistics Center LLC began clearing trees and soil in Abingdon Woods, a forest with acres of wetlands and streams flowing to Otter Point Creek and the last stand of …
Gunpowder Riverkeeper is honored to take part in a monitoring program with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). Every day, several NASA satellites circle the globe from the North to the South Pole. As the earth turns, these satellite routes will cross over the entire planet, one swath at a time. Some of these satellites …
This just in from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). We have requested the permit application and an informational meeting to discuss the application and permitting process that would allow discharges of 2,400 gallons per day of treated domestic wastewater from the Mountain Christian Church Wastewater Treatment Plant into groundwater via absorption trenches. We …
This just in from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). We have requested the permit application and an informational meeting to discuss the application and permitting process that would allow discharges totaling up to 900,000 gallons per day from Hampstead WWTP into Piney Run, a tributary of Loch Raven Reservoir, and an unnamed tributary …