Constellation Energy’s $340M Conowingo Deal Masks Long-Standing Accountability Failures

For over a decade, Maryland’s Conowingo Dam has been a flashpoint in the battle between corporate interests and environmental accountability. The latest agreement for Constellation Energy to invest more than $340 million into improving water quality raises an important question: Is this settlement a real victory for the Chesapeake Bay and hardworking Americans who depend on its health, or just another costly band-aid masking deeper failures? When Corporate Deals Replace True Accountability, Who Suffers? Maryland’s largest hydroelectric facility sits atop the Susquehanna River, channeling America’s renewable energy aspirations. Yet beneath this green veneer lies decades of sediment pollution trapped behind...