Chesapeake Bay Journal Newscast

President Trump takes his biggest swing yet at the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, repealing an executive order that has guided the effort for 17 years and replacing it with one narrower in scope. We meet the Bay Journal's newest reporter, Maryland native Emmett Gartner. And, as always, you get to match wits with our experts in a bit of Bay trivia. 

Host Jeremy Cox leads a roundtable discussion with reporters Lauren Hines-Acosta and Carolyn Beans about growing data center opposition in the Mid-Atlantic, the possibility of Pennsylvania naming an official state migratory bird and what's doing with the old Six Flags site in Maryland. 

Host Jeremy Cox discusses August's environmental news in the Chesapeake Bay region with Bay Journal reporters Lauren Hines-Acosta and Karl Blankenship On the docket: why Atlantic sturgeon are under so much scrutiny, the story of a landfill under a belated crackdown and what the future holds from the Bay's restored oyster sanctuaries.  

Host Jeremy Cox discusses July's environmental news in the Chesapeake Bay region with Bay Journal reporters Lauren Hines-Acosta and Timothy B. Wheeler. On the docket: why Vibrio is on the rise, the latest on the political battle in Virginia over a small but mighty forage fish and how the Washington Commanders' new football stadium could impact the environment.

Get to know the Chesapeake Bay Journal Newscast, your monthly lively discussion of all things environmental in the Chesapeake Bay region.

Host Jeremy Cox discusses June's environmental news in the Chesapeake Bay region with Bay Journal reporters Lauren Hines-Acosta and Karl Blankenship. On the docket: two reports provide fresh insights into the health of blue crabs, signs that river otters are on the comeback trail and a surprising study about microplastics. Plus: behind-the-scenes tales and our quiz.

Host Jeremy Cox discusses May's environmental news in the Chesapeake Bay region with Bay Journal reporters Lauren Hines-Acosta and Karl Blankenship. On the docket: the feds start releasing long-delayed grants to farmers looking to clean up their fields, a proposed transmission line stirs up buzz in Virginia and a look at the long-term impacts from the massive sewage spill on the Potomac River.