News New toolkit provides resources to ensure equity in clean air and climate policies August 10, 2017 The Metropolitan Washington Air Quality Committee and the Climate, Energy, and Environment Policy Committee adopted a new Environmental Justice Toolkit...
News Q&A: Air and Climate Public Advisory Committee Chair Gretchen Goldman July 27, 2017 Gretchen Goldman is the Chair of the Air and Climate Public Advisory Committee (ACPAC), which provides input on air quality, climate, and energy issues to the...
News Unhealthy Code Orange air quality forecast for metropolitan Washington July 20, 2017 Ozone levels exceeded EPA air quality standards July 20 in metropolitan Washington, bringing the region’s number of unhealthy air days—those at “Code Orange”...
News Army Corps, COG to start study on ways to protect vulnerable assets from coastal flooding July 18, 2017 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, signed an agreement July 18 with COG to begin an approximately $3 million dollar, three-year study on...
News Thomas J. Grizzard Jr. remembered for his work on regional water quality July 10, 2017 Thomas J. Grizzard, Jr., professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech and former director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring...
News Lori Arguelles: Blueprint for the sustainable future, one green building at a time July 10, 2017 Lori Arguelles, President and CEO of The Alice Ferguson Foundation, shares how its Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Environmental Center in Maryland is at the...
News Clean Air Partners celebrates 20th anniversary June 20, 2017 Regional air quality organization Clean Air Partners is celebrating 20 years of dedication to improving the greater Baltimore-Washington region’s air. The...
News Area officials act in support of full federal funding for the Chesapeake Bay June 14, 2017 Today area officials on the COG Board of Directors passed a resolution in support of continued full funding for the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) and other...
News Get 'Back to the Bay' during Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week June 5, 2017 Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania have designated June 3-11 as Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week to recognize the efforts of the many partners working to improve...