Chesapeake Bay Foundation
$5,000 / 2012 / Environment
For support of the 2013 Environmental Legislative Summit, which focuses on priority issues.
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
$60,000 / 2012 / Environment
For continued staffing support and expansion of the Maryland Healthy Communities campaign in collaboration with the Environmental Integrity Project. The goals are to ensure that Maryland’s environmental laws are enforced, Maryland Department of Environment programs are meeting federal standards, and the decision-making process is transparent.
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
$5,000 / 2012 / Environment
Toward a study to detail improvements to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act.
The Chesapeake Rivers Association
$5,000 / 2012 / Environment
Toward the cost of upgrades to a Hydrolab for the SevernStat Water Quality Monitoring Project. The upgrades of a new monitoring meter with chlorophyll sensors to obtain relative phytoplankton densities are expected to lead to better identification of sources of sediment and nutrient pollution that affect water quality of the Severn River.
Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center, Inc.
$50,000 / 2012 / Environment
Toward continued support of the Restore the Chesapeake Bay campaign. The focus of the campaign is to provide research-based reports that call attention to relevant problems of urban and farm runoff pollution, organize press conferences, and mobilize grassroots support for effective policies to reduce pollution.