David Fahrenthold

Articles by David Fahrenthold

Tropical Storm Ida's wallop leaves Assateague a mess (November 17, 2009)

Potomac Conservancy blames chemical runoff for intersex fish (November 12, 2009)

EPA lawyers told to edit YouTube video critical of climate legislation (November 10, 2009)

EPA proposes penalties in Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort (November 10, 2009)

Senate trio to pursue still more climate policy talks (November 5, 2009)

U.S. sees shortage of ammunition (November 3, 2009)

Rise in sea level threatens Atlantic coastline (October 28, 2009)

Ailing planet seen as bad for human health (October 27, 2009)

Maryland's Sen. Cardin says his bill would prod states to clean Chesapeake Bay (October 20, 2009)

Athletic cases show line between male and female can be hazy (October 20, 2009)

Pranksters stage Chamber of Commerce climate change event (October 19, 2009)

U.S. Chamber Fires Back at Critics After Departures (October 16, 2009)

Researcher Cites Role of Ancient Farming in Climate Change (September 28, 2009)

Thomas Stone Site Doesn't Make Cut for Burns's Park Film (September 26, 2009)

Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper (September 24, 2009)

When It Comes to Pollution, Less (Kids) May Be More (September 15, 2009)

EPA Vows to Become Chesapeake Bay's Protector (September 11, 2009)

Environmental Groups Wait to See Definitive Action From Obama (September 9, 2009)

EPA Asked to Toughen Pollution-Prevention Laws for the Chesapeake Bay (September 2, 2009)

Industry Groups Take the Initiative With Senate Climate Bill Near (August 31, 2009)

Maryland Abandons Auction to Buy Crabbers' Licenses as Watermen Refuse to Sell (August 24, 2009)

Trade Group Asks Oil Companies to Recruit Employees for Citizen' Rallies (August 16, 2009)

Kleenex Maker to Reduce Use of Old-Growth Timber (August 5, 2009)

Coal Group Reveals 6 More Forged Lobbying Letters (August 5, 2009)

For Senate, a Climate of Competing Interests (August 4, 2009)

Lobbying Frm Says Ex-Staffer Forged Letter to Lawmaker (August 1, 2009)

River Project Offers New Hope for Oysters, Researchers Say (July 31, 2009)

Unpopular, Unfamiliar Fish Species Suffer From Become Seafood (July 31, 2009)

Road Could Chase Off Eagle Pair, Officials Say (July 21, 2009)

Mining Claims on Federal Land in Ariz. Halted Pending Review (July 20, 2009)

CFC Replacements Intensify Climate Concerns (July 20, 2009)

Survivors of Attacks Sink Teeth Into Fight to Save Sharks (July 15, 2009)

It's a Very Good Summer for Lightning Bugs in the Washington Area (July 11, 2009)

In Bid to Protect Stock, Maryland Seeks to Buy Back Small-Scale Crab Licenses (July 10, 2009)

Nations Agree To Curb Emissions (July 10, 2009)

Greenpeace Activists Arrested After Draping Banner on Mount Rushmore (July 8, 2009)

World Powers Are Likely to Complain That U.S. Climate Bill Is Not Enough (July 8, 2009)

EPA to Let California Set Own Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Autos (July 1, 2009)

Saving Species No Longer About the Prettiest (June 29, 2009)

In Close Vote, House Passes Climate Bill (June 27, 2009)

House Democrats Predict Narrow Win for Cap-and-Trade Bill (June 26, 2009)

Metro Crash: Riders Offer One Another Tourniquets, Tenderness (June 23, 2009)

EPA to Pay Health Bills for People Sickened by Asbestos From Montana Mine (June 18, 2009)

New Report Predicts Effects of Warming in Different U.S. Regions (June 17, 2009)

Scientists Wonder Whether Painting the World's Roofs White May Be One Way to Slow Global Warming (June 14, 2009)

U.S. Emissions Bill Is Criticized Abroad (June 13, 2009)

House Picks Itself to Create Energy-Saving Project (June 12, 2009)

Mountaintop Mining to Get More Environmental Scrutiny, Obama Officials Say (June 11, 2009)

East Coast May Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most (June 8, 2009)

Vilsack Takes Temporary Charge of Ruling on Projects in Roadless' Forest Areas (May 29, 2009)

Caps, Trades and Offsets: Can Climate Plan Work? (May 26, 2009)

House Panel Passes Limit on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions (May 22, 2009)

Cap-and-Trade Debate Drags On in House Energy Committee (May 20, 2009)

Skeptics of Global Warming Have Their Say on Capitol Hill (May 19, 2009)

House Democrats to Relax Climate Bill to Win Over Industrial-State Lawmakers (May 13, 2009)

Obama Administration Maintains Bush-Era Policy on Polar Bears (May 8, 2009)

EPA Adviser and Others Squashed Review of How Realistic Chesapeake Cleanup Expectations Are (May 4, 2009)

3 Md. Schools Will Remain Shut Indefinitely Because of Flu (May 2, 2009)

Potomac Fish Study Turns Up No Exact Cause of Abnormalities (April 22, 2009)

TV Reviews of 'Frontline: Poisoned Waters' and 'Watermen' (April 21, 2009)

Washington Area Residents Take Green Living to the Extreme, Perturbing Families (April 20, 2009)

New Harvesting Rules Might Be Increasing Number of Blue Crabs in Chesapeake Bay (April 18, 2009)

EPA's Series of Messages Cloud Future of Mountaintop Mining in W.Va. (April 11, 2009)

Virginia, Maryland, U.S. Decide Not to Allow Asian Oyster Farms in Chesapeake (April 7, 2009)

Va., Md Disagree on Bay Oysters (March 21, 2009)

Md. Emissions Bill, Considered Flawed but Ambitious, Heads to House (March 20, 2009)

Eco-Bills Come Due at Bay's Beaches (March 19, 2009)

House Is Abandoning Carbon Neutral Plan (March 1, 2009)

The Pancake-Ready Paradise (February 23, 2009)

Oyster Decision Could Alter Bay (February 15, 2009)

Watermen Inflated 2008 Crab Harvest Figures, Md. Alleges (February 14, 2009)

Interior Dept. to Revamp New Plan for Oil, Gas Exploration on Outer Continental Shelf (February 11, 2009)

Swimming in Intrigue in Backwoods of Md. (February 7, 2009)

Maryland, River Group Settle Fight Over Creek (February 5, 2009)

Nine People Charged With Illegally Catching and Selling Rockfish (February 3, 2009)

Utility Envisions Old Quarries as Storage Sites for Water (January 27, 2009)

Environmental Protections Take Hit in Fiscal Crunch (January 26, 2009)

Visitors Pour Into D.C., Loaded With Luggage But Lightened by Hope (January 18, 2009)

Study: Electricity Usage Is Down (January 18, 2009)

New Rules to Be Enforced On Poultry Farms' Manure (January 7, 2009)

Bay Advocates Sue EPA (January 6, 2009)

On the Wings of Love (December 29, 2008)

Way of Life Slipping Away Along Chesapeake's Edge (December 28, 2008)

Broken Promises on the Bay (December 27, 2008)

Scenes of an Effort Impeded Unfold Across Chesapeake Watershed (December 27, 2008)

EPA Eases Emissions Regulations for New Power Plants (December 19, 2008)

Regulators Target Recreational Crabbers (December 16, 2008)

Ginkgo-Lined D.C., Capital of the U.S., and Now P.U. (December 13, 2008)

Seasoned Regulators to Lead Obama Environment Program (December 12, 2008)

EPA Abruptly Backs Away From Proposals to Alter Air-Pollution Rules (December 11, 2008)

Scientists Urge More Aggressive Cleanup (December 9, 2008)

Potomac River Tap Water Has Small Levels of Contaminants (December 6, 2008)

Bay Cleanup Officials Back Off Long-Term Deadlines; Goals Unset (November 21, 2008)

Coalition Warns of Lawsuit On Bay (October 29, 2008)

Reel Crazy: The Scene at the White Marlin Open Fishing Tournament (October 26, 2008)

Study Leaves Decision On Asian Oyster to States (October 15, 2008)

There's a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt (October 6, 2008)

Up in Arms Over the Right to Shoot Varmints (October 1, 2008)

State Uses New Legal Option Against House on Arundel Island (September 26, 2008)

Manatee Pair Make Trip North To Frolick in Md. Tributary (September 26, 2008)

Emission Rights for Sale in Auction (September 25, 2008)

Blue Crab 'Fishery Failure' Declared (September 24, 2008)

Md. Runs Short of Pollution Inspectors (September 23, 2008)

Far From Ike's Trail, but Still Ready to Help Pick Up Pieces From Storm (September 13, 2008)

Md. Gets Tough on Chicken Farmers (September 12, 2008)

Fogging Up Those Old-Time Forecasts (September 10, 2008)

Heavy Rain Forces Evacuations, Causes Floods Across Area (September 7, 2008)

Region Girds for Hanna's Heavy Rain (September 6, 2008)

Md., Va. Set Action Plans for Changes in Climate (August 28, 2008)

Whale-Protection Cuts Sought (August 26, 2008)

Regardless of Size, Location, Species Share a Threat: Man (August 17, 2008)

Aquatic Bloodhounds Unleashed In Anacostia Pollution Research (August 4, 2008)

Existence Of Water On Mars Confirmed (August 1, 2008)

Cosmic Markdown: EPA Says Life Is Worth Less (July 19, 2008)

Whale Advocates Gain Victory (July 19, 2008)

Warming Is Major Threat To Humans, EPA Warns (July 18, 2008)

Climate Report Sets Goals for the Region (July 17, 2008)

Prospect of Drilling Roils Political Waters (July 15, 2008)

A Rarity for Those in D.C. Area: Taking Time to Enjoy Potomac's View (July 14, 2008)

EPA to Propose Fort Detrick as Superfund Cleanup Site (June 29, 2008)

Dominion's Coal-Fired Electric Plant to Advance (June 26, 2008)

Debating Coal's Cost in Rural Va. (June 25, 2008)

Turning Up the Heat on Climate Issue (June 23, 2008)

Google, Not Ghosts, Behind Creepy View of Chesapeake (June 21, 2008)

Waste-Deep in the Big Muddy (June 17, 2008)

Only a Billion Years Left to See The Sea, Tourism Campaign Quips (June 10, 2008)

Case Against Sect May Not Be Over (June 4, 2008)

Polygamous Sect's Children Begin to Return to Parents (June 3, 2008)

Oyster-Saving Efforts a Wash In Chesapeake (June 2, 2008)

High Court in Texas Backs Sect's Parents (May 30, 2008)

Believing In God's Harvest (May 28, 2008)

Rising Seas Called Threat To Shore and Bay by 2100 (May 23, 2008)

Court Rejects Seizure Of Tex. Sect's Children (May 23, 2008)

Ducklings Die in Pool Drain At American Indian Museum (May 23, 2008)

More Tornadoes, or Just Better Tracking? (May 21, 2008)

House Passes Bill That Would Add Money for Bay Cleanup (May 15, 2008)

Deluge Washes Away Area's Drought (May 13, 2008)

More Than 20 Killed as Storms Race Across U.S. (May 12, 2008)

Dominion Pursues 18 Percent Rate Hike (May 7, 2008)

Crab-Catch Limits Prompt States to Seek Disaster Aid (May 3, 2008)

Region's Air Still a Problem, Study Finds (May 1, 2008)

An Unusual Prosecution of a Way of Life (April 27, 2008)

Green for a Day, but Then Comes Tomorrow (April 22, 2008)

Stripping Mountains to Power D.C. (April 20, 2008)

On Real Estate, New Eagle Pair Not Too Picky (April 17, 2008)

Alarm Over Blue Crab Decline (April 16, 2008)

Maryland Proposes Restrictions on Blue Crab Catch (April 10, 2008)

EPA Told to Set Timeline for Cutting Nitrogen Pollution (March 26, 2008)

Book Aids Campaign To Protect Ospreys (March 20, 2008)

In Polluted Tributary, A Struggle To Survive (March 20, 2008)

Deadline to Clean Chesapeake By 2010 Probably Won't Be Met (March 19, 2008)

Man-Made Chemicals May Put Strain on Fish (March 18, 2008)

Owner of Power Plants to Pay Fine, Reduce Soot (March 13, 2008)

Bacterium Gets Wheels Turning on Ethanol Fuel (March 10, 2008)

Treeless Towns Leave Residents Exposed (March 9, 2008)

Fur Flies at Beauty Pageant (But It's Not What You Think) (March 1, 2008)

Waterfront Homeowners Living on the Edge (February 22, 2008)

For Fragile Md. Isle, Help From Holiday Past (February 19, 2008)

Development Cited in River Damage (February 14, 2008)

Court Rejects Emission 'Trades' (February 9, 2008)

'Human Activity' Blamed for Fish Ills (February 8, 2008)

Md. Crab Harvest Dropped in 2007 (February 5, 2008)

D.C. Region Finds Much To Bemoan or Cheer in Plan (February 5, 2008)

Threat of Power Shortages Generating New Urgency (February 3, 2008)

Value of U.S. House's Carbon Offsets Is Murky (January 28, 2008)

O'Malley Attacks EPA Greenhouse Gas Decision (January 25, 2008)

Attorney General Finds Ability To Clean Up Bay Is Limited (January 20, 2008)

Mining Giant to Pay $20 Million EPA Fine (January 18, 2008)

To Save Oysters, a Culture May Have to Die (January 16, 2008)

Crab Restoration Project Loses Funding (January 8, 2008)

Couple Walk Away From the Fright of Their Lives (January 6, 2008)

Watermen Behind Razor Wire (December 30, 2007)

Cleanup Estimate For Bay Lacking (December 24, 2007)

State Will Challenge The EPA's Rejection Of Calif. Standards (December 21, 2007)

Report Details River Damage From Suburban Runoff (December 20, 2007)

Governments Are Urged to Build Greener (December 13, 2007)

In Twilight of His Career, Warner Now an Environmental Maverick (December 7, 2007)

Draft Report Suggests Cutting Emissions by 90% by 2050 (December 5, 2007)

Pollution Rising In Tributaries of Bay, Data Show (December 5, 2007)

Wide-Open, Um, Plastic Spaces in Md. (November 23, 2007)

Despite Rescue Effort, Bay Crabs at an Ebb (November 17, 2007)

Potomac Recovery Deemed At Risk (November 13, 2007)

What's Lurking in The Dark? (November 13, 2007)

Local Pollution Counters Region's Reputation as Eco-Leader (October 31, 2007)

Across a Great Divide (October 26, 2007)

Bush Pushes for Protection of Fish, Habitat of Migratory Birds (October 21, 2007)

Va. Tech, Investor Aim To Cut Area Energy Use (October 16, 2007)

Harbor Sludge Might Hold Means to Clean The Anacostia River (October 15, 2007)

Honoring Those Who Died to Save Others (October 8, 2007)

Rousing the Ghosts Of Appalachia (October 3, 2007)

D.C. Area Outpaces Nations in Pollution (September 30, 2007)

Kaine, O'Malley Urge U.S. Action on Global Warming (September 27, 2007)

Tip o' the Cap to RFK (September 24, 2007)

Environmental Report Identifies Danger in Biofuels (September 20, 2007)

Climate Change Brings Risk of More Extinctions (September 17, 2007)

Report: Growth Hurting Restoration Efforts (September 13, 2007)

For the Chesapeake, Inconvenient Truths (September 13, 2007)

Power Plant Still Battling to Stay Open (September 13, 2007)

For the Chesapeake, Inconvenient Truths (September 9, 2007)

Studies Detail Likely Risk to Polar Bears (September 8, 2007)

For Chesapeake, a Few Inconvenient Truths (September 6, 2007)

Cultivating a Crop of Hope (September 6, 2007)

Md. Gasoline That Leaked Into D.C. Set For Cleanup (August 31, 2007)

Salt in the Wounds (August 27, 2007)

A House Made of What? (August 20, 2007)

Cost of Saving the Climate Meets Real-World Hurdles (August 16, 2007)

2 Md. Beaches Rated Among Most Polluted in U.S. (August 8, 2007)

Anacostia's Geese May Face Death Sentence (July 26, 2007)

Stolen Device Contains Radioactive Material (July 25, 2007)

House May Double Funds for Cleanup (July 21, 2007)

Warming Poses Threats To Chesapeake, Group Says (July 20, 2007)

Asian Crab Discovery Is Called Worrisome (July 19, 2007)

'Green' Fuel May Damage The Bay (July 17, 2007)

On the Potomac, Swimming in Risk (July 14, 2007)

Between the Grains (July 10, 2007)

Where Silence, And Backswing, Is Golden (July 8, 2007)

Potomac Fever (July 8, 2007)

Fans Come Early To See Tiger Putt Or Just Walk By (July 6, 2007)

GETTING THERE (July 5, 2007)

U.S. Declares Bald Eagles No Longer Threatened (June 29, 2007)

Eagles' Comeback on Brink of Being Official (June 28, 2007)

Polishing the Pearl of the Chesapeake (June 21, 2007)

A Mystery of Fish Mortality (June 20, 2007)

As Sea Level Rises, Disaster Predicted for Va. Wetlands (June 7, 2007)

'Disturb' Is Given Broader Definition (June 2, 2007)

Despite Efforts, Clean Air Elusive (June 2, 2007)

Constellation to Pay $100,000, Install Soot-Reducing Pollution Controls (May 26, 2007)

Preliminary Approval for Wind Farm (May 23, 2007)

Bill to Honor Rachel Carson on Hold (May 23, 2007)

Ash Infestation Leads to Warning About Firewood (May 22, 2007)

Finding All Creatures Great and (Very) Small (May 19, 2007)

An Environmental Icon's Unseen Fortitude (May 18, 2007)

Wal-Mart And Target Plans Get Boxed Out (May 10, 2007)

Del. Delays Decision On Windmills (May 9, 2007)

Delaware Energy Debate Could Turn on the Wind (May 7, 2007)

U.S. Reveals Its Plan for Drilling Off State's Shores (May 1, 2007)

Conservationists Detail Initiative To Restore a Pair of Urban Oases (April 29, 2007)

U.S. Proposal Would Allow Oil Drilling Off Virginia (April 28, 2007)

Unexpected Urbanites: Cacophonous Coyotes (April 16, 2007)

Increased Greenhouse Emissions Decried (April 13, 2007)

Opening Day at RFK Brings Smiles, Gripes (April 3, 2007)

Rock Creek Fish Head Home Again (March 31, 2007)

Legislation Would Boost Federal Cleanup Funds (March 30, 2007)

Report Says South River Is in Bad Shape (March 29, 2007)

Eco-Friendly Era Has Arrived in Md. (March 28, 2007)

Dropping the Puck -- Slowly (March 25, 2007)

Gore Challenges Congress on Climate (March 22, 2007)

Activists Feel Warming on Climate Change (March 21, 2007)

Warming Imperils Md. Species (March 19, 2007)

Global Warming Rally Set for Capitol (March 19, 2007)

Neighbors Reject Plan For Sligo Golf Course (March 15, 2007)

Montgomery Ride On Bus Hits Metrobus (March 13, 2007)

Burglars Get Six Months In Theft of VA Laptop (March 10, 2007)

Area Gets a Coating But Dodges Trouble (March 8, 2007)

'Mother' of Environmentalism Celebrated (March 7, 2007)

Living Lightly on the Grid (March 6, 2007)

Eagles' Big Moment, Diverted by a Definition (February 26, 2007)

Far From the Prairie, Professor Makes Waves (February 24, 2007)

Natural Causes Blamed for Fish Kill in Lower Potomac (February 23, 2007)

5 Levees Deemed 'Unacceptable' (February 22, 2007)

The Lasting Clash Over Two Island Homes (February 22, 2007)

Five Area Levees Need Repairs, Corps Says (February 22, 2007)

D.C. Region Still Solidly In Winter's Frozen Grip (February 16, 2007)

The Deadlines That Failed (February 13, 2007)

Rising Bay Puts Cemeteries at Risk (February 13, 2007)

What Would It Take to Clean Up The Bay by 2010? (January 29, 2007)

Appeal of Pollution Limits Rejected (January 17, 2007)

They Paved Paradise and Killed the Fish (January 11, 2007)

Polluted Waters Stain D.C.'s Shining Vision (January 9, 2007)

A Revitalized Chesapeake May Be Decades Away (January 5, 2007)

Washington Warming to Southern Plants (December 20, 2006)

EPA Pushes New Rules For Sewage Treatment (December 19, 2006)

A Gnawing Problem On Assateague Island (December 16, 2006)

A Dead Indian Language Is Brought Back to Life (December 12, 2006)

Capt. Smith's Bay Path, as He Saw It (December 7, 2006)

U.S. Criminal Charges Filed Against Scientist (December 5, 2006)

Inquiry Turns To Humans On Pollutant, Hormone Tie (December 4, 2006)

Va. Decides to Deny Rappahannock Harvest (November 29, 2006)

Dredging For Answers In Murky Waters (November 19, 2006)

Water Quality Better but Still in Jeopardy (November 14, 2006)

A Mine's Still-Toxic Legacy (November 3, 2006)

At Gallaudet, Peace (October 31, 2006)

Gallaudet Board Ousts Fernandes (October 30, 2006)

A Political Natural, Railing Against Politics (October 24, 2006)

2 Men Arrested On a Ledge at NOAA Building (October 24, 2006)

Mass-Producing Nemo: U-Md. Clownfish Quest (October 15, 2006)

Mass-Producing Nemo: A Peek At U-Md.'s Clownfish Technique (October 12, 2006)

Sprawl Bruises Hope for Patuxent (October 12, 2006)

Watershed Forest Said to Recede (October 12, 2006)

Sprawl Bruises Hope for the Patuxent (October 12, 2006)

Gallaudet Students Talk With Officials, Continue Protest (October 8, 2006)

House Panel Prods EPA to Speed Probe of Pollutants, Abnormal Fish (October 5, 2006)

Development Consuming Forest Land In Bay Area (October 5, 2006)

Snakeheads Appear at Home in the Potomac (October 2, 2006)

Wildlife Waste Is Major Water Polluter, Studies Say (September 29, 2006)

Number of Smoggy Days Falls, Study Says (September 28, 2006)

Bay Program Ready to Study Less, Work More (September 26, 2006)

Shopping Center Plan For Waysons Draws Fire (September 21, 2006)

Climatologist Draws Heat From Critics (September 17, 2006)

Male Bass Across Region Found to Be Bearing Eggs (September 6, 2006)

Dead Fish Found in Rock Creek (September 1, 2006)

Telling of Life Story Enlivens Mfume's Campaign (August 27, 2006)

Month's Scant Rainfall Straining Waterways, Crops, Gardens (August 26, 2006)

Environmentalists Protest Silt Buildup (August 25, 2006)

Activists to Sue if Va. Plant Does Not Cut Pollution (August 12, 2006)

An Ancient Art Meets Modern Advertising (August 10, 2006)

Discovery of Second Invasive Mitten Crab Raises Worries (August 8, 2006)

Steele Fleshes Out His Positions on the Iraq War, Immigration and Other Issues (August 8, 2006)

Sudsy Foam in the James River Not Seen as a Sign of Cleanliness (August 6, 2006)

Wife of Convicted GOP Official Hired by Chafee Campaign (August 6, 2006)

Record Demand Strains Grid (August 3, 2006)

Could It Be Any Hotter? (August 1, 2006)