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"Group Files Suit Over Lack Of Saltmarsh Sparrow Action"

"The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Feb. 11 for failing to make a preliminary decision about whether to expand protection for the saltmarsh sparrow, a bird whose population is in sharp decline around the Chesapeake Bay and the marshes along the East Coast."

Source: Bay Journal, 02/23/2026

Trump Approves Federal Emergency Declaration For Potomac River Sewage Spill

"Donald Trump approved a federal emergency declaration Saturday related to a sewer main break north of Washington DC that threatens to put a stink on the US’s 250th anniversary celebrations in the US capital this summer."

Source: Guardian, 02/23/2026

"Jesse Jackson’s Vision For America Embraced Environmental Justice"

"Peggy Shepard walked into her living room on Tuesday morning when her husband told her Jesse Jackson, the civil rights titan from South Carolina, had died. “Immediately tears started coming,” said Shepard, co-founder and executive director of WE ACT for Environmental Justice, a New York City-based nonprofit."

Source: Grist/WBEZ, 02/23/2026

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