I see that Maryland's new governor has wasted no time gutting regulations.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/green/blog/bs-md-hogan-regulations-20150121-story.html

Hogan moves quickly to block controversial environmental regulations

By Timothy B. Wheeler
The Baltimore Sun

In one of his first acts after taking office Wednesday, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan withdrew a handful of regulations proposed in the final weeks of the previous Democratic administration..

One hotly contested proposal would have curbed Eastern Shore farmers' use of poultry manure on their fields. Another of the blocked regulations would have clamped down on smog-forming air pollution from coal-burning power plants.

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The farm regulation was aimed at helping clean up the Chesapeake Bay by restricting how much phosphorus-rich fertilizer farmers can apply to their fields. The rule mainly affects the Eastern Shore, preventing farmers there from spreading chicken manure on fields already saturated with the plant nutrient. Farm runoff is a leading source of bay pollution, feeding algae blooms and contributing to fish-suffocating "dead zones" in the water every summer.

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The air pollution rule also has been controversial. Environmentalists strongly backed the O'Malley administration's move to reduce coal plants' nitrogen oxide emissions, saying it would make Baltimore's and Washington's air healthier to breathe. But power companies have warned it could raise electricity costs and possibly even force the shutdown of some plants.

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Seriously, what was Maryland thinking when they elected this guy? Pave the Bay?