In an April 29 DelmarvaNow op-ed, Chesapeake Bay advocate Tom Horton questioned why it has taken decades to address phosphorus pollution generated by agriculture on Maryland's Eastern Shore through the recent…

As previously reported on Conduit Street, legislation that would have codified phosphorus management tool (PMT) regulations proposed by former Governor Martin O'Malley to change when phosphorus can be applied to agricultural…

A February 4 Baltimore Sun article reported that Maryland Senator Paul Pinsky has introduced legislation (SB 257) that would codify proposed phosphorus management tool (PMT) regulations that would limit the spreading…

The Clean Chesapeake Coalition, a coalition of 10 Maryland county governments, sent letters on December 16 to both the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive…

A December 14 Washington Post article highlighted the ongoing controversy of proposed Phosphorus Management Tool (PMT) regulations that will govern how much poultry and animal manure and sewage sludge can be applied on…

A December 8 Baltimore Sun article reported that Governor-Elect Larry Hogan has promised farmers that he will make the repeal of recently adopted phosphorus management tool (PMT) regulations his "first fight"…

In a November 21 WYPR 88.1 FM "Inside Maryland Politics" interview, WYPR host Fraser Smith talks with the Baltimore Sun reporter Tim Wheeler about Governor Martin O'Malley's last-minute introduction of controversial…

A March 12 DelmarvaNow.com article reported that Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Buddy Hance predicted that an economic impact analysis for proposed phosphorus regulations to create a new Phosphorus Management Tool (PMT) for agricultural…