Sue Pennsylvania? Maryland editorial on Pa.'s efforts to clean up Chesapeake Bay draws governor's

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Sue Pennsylvania? Maryland editorial on Pa.'s efforts to clean up Chesapeake Bay draws governor’s fire


Pennsylvania has been criticized by a variety of parties for not pulling its weight in the long-term effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay, but a new Baltimore Sun editorial seems to have stepped on a nerve.

In an opinion piece published Monday, the newspaper from the land of fine crabcakes said it may be time for other Chesapeake stakeholders to sic the lawyers on Pennsylvania’s state government to bring more urgency to efforts to control damaging runoff from farms and city streets.

Bad idea, said Wolf’s Press Secretary, J.J. Abbott.

"Unlike Maryland, Pennsylvania doesn’t benefit from the millions generated by tourism on the Chesapeake Bay. If any entity in Maryland is interested in diverting funds to Pennsylvania to bolster the governor’s efforts, he would gladly accept them.

Read more: https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/07/sue-pennsylvania-maryland-editorial-that-duns-pas-efforts-on-chesapeake-bay-draws-fire.html

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1. "Unlike Maryland, Pennsylvania doesn't benefit"

I guess the gov doesn't know that the Chesapeake Bay is the mouth of the Susquehanna River, which is a tourism draw for Pennsylvania. Anyway, the biggest benefit of clean water is the people and wildlife which actually live in the watersheds. PA gets a lot of $ from hunting and fishing in the Susquehanna watershed. Really short sighted statement.