Chesapeake Bay TMDL Workgroup Grapples With Climate Change Markers

A scientific workgroup is grappling with how to develop policy recommendations for EPA and states on how to include climate change considerations when implementing the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan due to both delays in modeling data and changeover in EPA representation. During an Oct. 16 meeting of the Climate Resiliency Workgroup (CRWG), which seeks to advise EPA and states on the issue, Zoe Johnson of NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office said the “overriding” reason for not yet having final policy recommendations...