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Adam Willis reports on climate and the environment across Maryland for The Baltimore Banner. He previously covered Baltimore City Hall for The Banner. He has also worked as a historical researcher in Washington, D.C., as a freelance reporter for national magazines and reported on state government, energy and the environment for the Fargo Forum in North Dakota.

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Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Maryland has a ‘dire’ energy problem. Or does it?
Legislation backed by top Democrats aims to address rising energy prices and ballooning demand by building power plants.
The new steel and cement replacement pipe can be seen next to a group of representatives from DPW, Garney Construction and The Baltimore Banner at the bottom of a six-story deep excavation at Lake Montebello on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 in Baltimore, MD.
The long-closed Lake Montebello loop is reopening — for now
Crews have finished filling in a massive sink hole at Lake Montebello, a reservoir in Northeast Baltimore. Another project is planned for fall.
CORTE MADERA, CALIFORNIA - JULY 28: A Polestar electric car prepares to park at an EV charging station on July 28, 2023 in Corte Madera, California. Seven major automakers announced plans earlier this week to increase the number of high-powered electric vehicle chargers in the country with 30,000 new charging stations along highways and in urban areas. According to the Energy Department, there are currently an estimated  32,000 chargers across the country.
As electric vehicle sales lag, Maryland might punt fines for car companies
Under the Maryland program, part of the California-led Clean Cars II emissions standards, nearly half of new cars that roll off dealership lots need to be electric by the fall of 2026 or auto manufacturers could face fines.
The 53-acre Aviation Station site includes the large building seen to the left of Martin State Airport above.
Developers’ project at WWII aircraft plant in Middle River is polluting the bay, suit says
Environmentalists and Middle River residents are suing the developers behind a sprawling project at a World War II-era manufacturing plant near Martin State Airport.
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 18: From left, U.S. Rep. Riley Moore (R., W.V.), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.V.), EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum celebrate after signing a Water Policy Announcement at the Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on February 18, 2025 in Washington, D.C. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin made a water policy announcement and held a signing ceremony with members of the West Virginia Congressional Delegation.
Chaos and fear: Inside Trump’s attack on environmental justice in the mid-Atlantic
As the administration of President Donald Trump pursues a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the agency’s environmental justice division already has faced cuts — and things could get worse.
The 21-story, mixed-use Constellation Building serves as the headquarters of Constellation Energy and a regional office for the Exelon Corporation.
Baltimore’s only Fortune 500 company has what every major AI company wants
Constellation Energy owns Calvert Cliffs in Southern Maryland and has a huge portfolio outside the state.
The WIN Waste Baltimore trash incinerator is seen along I-95 in Baltimore. While bills to remove the practice from the state’s renewable energy portfolio did not “crossover” Monday, the idea still could move forward in this General Assembly session.
Trash incinerators may still lose subsidies, but advocates worry about ‘stealthy’ tactics
Environmentalists have pushed for years to no avail to end the state’s subsidy for trash incinerators, which burn garbage to produce electricity and steam.
Amitav Ghosh is a globally renowned novelist and essayist who writes about colonialism and climate change. He is the keynote speaker for an event on March 13, 2025, at Loyola that focuses on climate refugees and climate migration.
Novelist Amitav Ghosh, speaking in Baltimore, on climate change and ‘accelerating towards the abyss’
Novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change ahead of his address at Loyola University Maryland 2025 Humanities Symposium.
Jake Shaner, a recently terminated NOAA environmental scientist, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
Trump’s DOGE came for NOAA. Fired staff fear the worst is still to come.
More than 800 NOAA staffers fired last month as the Trump administration pushes aggressive tactics to winnow the federal workforce.
PROVO, UT - APRIL 29: A nurse gives Michaella a measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019 in Provo, Utah. These were Michaella's first ever vaccinations. She asked that only her first name be used.
Measles case reported in Howard County, unrelated to outbreak in Southwest U.S.
A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.
Ronald Silver’s family has demanded answers and accountability for his death.
State cites Baltimore for ‘serious’ violation in heat death of DPW worker
Months after a 36-year-old trash collector died on the job, state inspectors found that Baltimore's Department of Public Works routinely exposed employees to dangerous heat and humidity.
From left, Baltimore residents Jeffrey Barnes, Sarah Broadwater, and Kelly Cross.
Black Baltimoreans feel more climate anxiety, new survey finds
Johns Hopkins researchers believe their findings represent the first assessment of how Baltimore-area residents think about climate change.
Christopher Dipnarine runs the nonprofit 4MyCiTy, which recycles food waste that otherwise might have fed Baltimore's trash incinerator.
Meet the environmentalist defending Baltimore’s polluting trash incinerator
Christopher Dipnarine says that without the incinerator Baltimore would have to resort to more environmentally harmful options.
A boater heads out toward the Chesapeake Bay at the Susquehanna Flats.
Trump threat to EPA ‘spells disaster’ for Chesapeake Bay, advocates warn
The recently circumspect Chesapeake Bay Foundation warned in a statement that Trump’s moves could “spell disaster” and create “an existential crisis” for the decades-old cleanup effort.
Farm manager Sophia Fast cuts spinach at One Acre Farm in Dickerson.
Trump funding freeze shakes Maryland farmers’ trust in government
Farmers don’t know if promised USDA funding will materialize for projects ranging from solar panels to windbreaks to online marketing.
The WIN Waste Baltimore trash incinerator is seen along I-95 in Baltimore.
Maryland wants to stop subsidizing its trash incinerators. Would they close?
After a years-long campaign by environmental advocates, top Maryland lawmakers want to cut off a program that has paid tens of millions of dollars in green energy subsidies to incinerators.
The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant occupies a 466-acre site on the Back River in Dundalk.
Pricey contractors helped rescue a Baltimore wastewater plant. You’re paying the tab.
A Baltimore Banner review found the city has spent tens of millions of dollars since 2022 on three different firms hired to bolster the city’s workforce, and millions more have been committed.
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson talks about energy legislation during a news conference on Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.
To stem rising energy costs, Maryland leaders want to build new power plants
The Maryland Democratic plan, announced Monday, drew pushback from climate advocates who warned about courting polluting fuels like natural gas.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore at the Port of Baltimore following an announcement of funding for carbon reduction at U.S. ports by President Joe Biden. Some fear how such funding will be treated by President Donald Trump's administration.
How Trump could hobble Maryland’s plans to curb climate change
A transmission tower that is part of PJM Interconnection’s multistate system supports power lines that run high above farmland in Parkton.
Power grid operator reaches deal with Pennsylvania governor in utility bill dispute
The settlement, announced by Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office Tuesday, comes less than a month after he filed a complaint before federal utility regulators calling on PJM Interconnection to impose a lower price cap on its next energy auction.
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