The Leak Nobody Reported: How Joint Base Andrews Lost 32,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel — and Maryland Didn’t Find Out for Months
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Sometime last December, a refueling system at Joint Base Andrews failed a pressure safety...
Tag: environmental accountability
Maryland Refused to Act When the Potomac Was Drowning in Sewage. Now It Wants to Sue.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When 240 million gallons of raw sewage began pouring into the Potomac River on January 19,...
Potomac Sewage Spill Sparks Outrage, Renewed Demands for Accountability and Infrastructure Reform
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The fallout from the massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac River is far from over. As...
Leadership, Not Labels: As Potomac Repairs Advance, DC Water’s Diversity Messaging Draws Scrutiny
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews As DC Water crews work around the clock to stabilize the damaged Potomac Interceptor, a...
Petty Politics in a Sewage Crisis: Moore’s Response Misses the Moment
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews When hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Potomac River, Marylanders...
29 Days of Silence: Political Spin Replaces Leadership After Potomac Interceptor Collapse
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews For nearly a month after the catastrophic collapse of the Potomac Interceptor dumped...
The Chesapeake Bay After the Spill: What Could Be Lost
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The January collapse of the Potomac Interceptor did not just send raw sewage into a river....
Sewage, Silence, and Spin: Maryland Demands Answers After Historic Potomac Spill
By MDBayNews Staff What began on January 19 as a collapsed sewer pipe near Clara Barton Parkway has now become one of the...
Catastrophic Sewage Spill Exposes a Familiar Failure: Neglect, Excuses, and No Accountability on the Potomac
By MDBayNews Staff A newly released sampling report from the Potomac Riverkeeper Network paints a grim picture of what...
Maryland’s Infrastructure Neglect Comes at a Cost — And the Potomac, and the District Are Paying It
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A massive sewage spill pouring into the Potomac River upstream from Washington, D.C....