Kaine, O’Malley, EPA chief pledge new effort to clean up bay

Published May 12, 2009 at 6:54 p.m.
A group of state and federal leaders pledged today to more to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The leaders, including Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and federal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, met today at Mount Vernon in Fairfax County. The group agreed to clean up the bay no later than 2025. They also announced interim, two-year goals for reducing levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, key pollutants harming the bay.


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