But no one left.
They fanned themselves and stood in open doorways to keep cool, and for 90 minutes they talked about how leaders of the bay cleanup effort need to change course to restore the nation's largest estuary.
"It was a tremendous forum - a lot of very intelligent questions, a lot of good info and a lot of enthusiasm," said Chuck Fox of Epping Forest, the focus of many of the crowd's comments, as he is the federal government's new...
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Thanks, and Next Steps - 2009-08-12 16:39:11
Thanks to everyone who came out!
I'm Tommy Landers of Environment Maryland. We organized this event along with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and others.
The tremendous showing makes it obvious how badly we want a healthy Bay. We want to see much more enforcement, and now is the best time to raise our voices.
With President Obama in office, Lisa Jackson and Chuck Fox at the EPA, and momentum building from the Executive Order, now is our best chance yet for dramatic change.
Visit our website to email EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and learn more about how you can get involved:
http://www.environmentmaryland.org/action/clean-water/email-epa-administrator-jackson2
Tommy Landers
Environment Maryland
410-467-0439
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