The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reversed course on a decision to rescind years’ worth of future funding for a nonprofit publication that’s covered the Chesapeake Bay restoration effort for nearly three decades.
The Chesapeake Bay Journal is now set to once again receive the remainder of a six-year EPA grant awarded in January 2016. The agency suddenly decided to cut the funding last August, citing a “shift in priorities.” But according to an article in the paper published late last week, it has now decided to let the paper keep its promised funding.
“The outpouring of support we have received over the last six months from across the political spectrum speaks to the credibility of our work,” editor Karl Blankenship said in the article. “We look forward to being able to return our full attention to doing just that — covering the issues that affect the Chesapeake and its resources.”
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