Facing weakened pollution targets and threats of federal inaction, Maryland and Virginia may have to become the agreement’s enforcers.

By Aman Azhar

The management board of the Chesapeake Bay Program will meet this week to hammer out the next iteration of the agreement that has governed the restoration of the watershed for more than four decades. But this year, they face dual challenges of getting states to sign off on a robust, accountability-driven pact while anticipating a hands-off approach from an Environmental Protection Agency that is already pushing for less ambitious goals.

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