Whitney Pipkin
Staff Writer at The Bay Journal
Journalist covering environmental issues for @chesbayjournal. Freelanced about food for a decade. Doing a new thing @whitneykpipkin.
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1 week ago |
bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin
A researcher has found contaminants associated with coal ash present in another Virginia waterway, this time the James River, near a site where the waste product has long been stored in the ground. Tyler Frankel, an assistant professor of environmental science at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, began testing waters near coal ash storage sites a few years ago to help fill gaps in the data, he said.
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1 month ago |
bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin |Jeremy Cox
As the Trump administration continues slashing the federal budget, many conservation groups in the Chesapeake Bay region are finding themselves in the dark about whether funding they were promised is still available. “There's a lot of uncertainty,” said Alison Pearce, executive director of Nature Forward.
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1 month ago |
bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin
The director of the Choose Clean Water Coalition began the group’s lobbying day luncheon last week in Washington, DC, by asking how many members had been affected by federal funding freezes and cuts so far this year. Almost half of the people in the room raised a hand. The coalition, representing more than 300 organizations that work on clean water in the Chesapeake Bay region, goes to Capitol Hill annually to urge lawmakers to keep funding the Bay’s cleanup.
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1 month ago |
bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin
When Dean Naujoks first heard that a commercial passenger plane had crashed into the waters he frequents as the Potomac Riverkeeper, he wasn’t sure what to do. If he rushed to the scene of the crash, would he get in the way of first responders? Or could he actually help, given his familiarity with the contours of the river? On the evening of Jan.
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2 months ago |
bayjournal.com | Whitney Pipkin
The District of Columbia’s environmental health agency has issued its first fish consumption advisory based on the presence of PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in fish caught in the rivers running through the nation’s capital. The advisory warns people who eat fish caught from portions of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers within the district to consider eating less or none of certain fish.
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Legislators planning to introduce #datacenter legislation are holding Town Halls this week: - Sen. Roem & Del. Thomas will hold one Wednesday (12/18) at 5 PM at Battlefield High School - Del. Lovejoy will hold one Thursday (12/19) at 7 PM at Patriot High School
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