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The latest from Adam Willis
This little fish is the center of a big debate in the Chesapeake Bay
No one — fisherman, conservationist or scientist — can say for certain how “the most important fish” is really faring in the Chesapeake Bay.
Can Baltimore’s Inner Harbor makeover prevent another stinky pistachio tide?
While thermal inversions like the one Baltimore’s harbor just experienced happen naturally, humans have made the consequences worse.
Trump’s war on offshore wind could bankrupt US Wind, Baltimore company says
The developer behind Maryland’s only permitted offshore wind farm says the Trump administration’s effort to block its project poses an “existential threat” to its business.
The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: Millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
After Baltimore harbor’s ‘heart attack,’ some remain optimistic
Hardly anyone who’s visited the Baltimore harbor in recent weeks has come away feeling that the urban waterway is well.
Baltimore home inspector pleads guilty to falsified lead-free certificates
The guilty plea comes around two months after Maryland environmental regulators voided hundreds of lead-free certificates issued by Green Environmental in Baltimore and around the state.
U.S. Energy Department cancels $88M for grid and clean energy research in Maryland
The Trump administration’s cuts would end funding for a dozen Maryland projects, including by BGE, the University of Maryland, and firms in Baltimore, Columbia and Anne Arundel County.
Maryland, Constellation reach $341M deal over pollution through Conowingo Dam
The Conowingo Dam would power Maryland homes and businesses under a new deal that requires Constellation Energy to spend millions to limit pollution.
With an email, Salisbury plant gets a pass on EPA rules for toxic gas
In July, Trinity Sterile got a waiver from the EPA to keep releasing the same amount of toxic chemical ethylene oxide until at least 2028.
Fixing Baltimore’s sewage overflows could drain $674M, 20 more years
The city entered its sewage consent decree in 2002 and now wants to punt its completion to 2046.
Thousands of dead fish flood the Baltimore harbor, again
Though regulators say the incident isn’t the result of any single pollution event, the aquatic annihilation is another reminder of the challenges facing the harbor and the broader Chesapeake Bay.
The crown jewel of American farm science is in Beltsville. Will Trump close it forever?
The Trump administration plans to close the Maryland's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, or BARC, just outside Washington. The USDA wants to move the farm research “closer to the people,” but proponents of the lab worry about disruption to ongoing research and development of the rural land.
Is offshore wind doomed in Maryland?
The Baltimore-based US Wind project off Ocean City is Maryland’s only offshore wind farm close to construction, but federal tax breaks and courtroom battles may decide its fate.
Cause of fire at wastewater treatment plant in Dundalk under investigation
Baltimore County officials are investigating the cause of a fire Monday night at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Review of contested transmission line will stretch to 2027, past grid operator deadline
This marks a significant delay to the timeline requested by PSEG, which had proposed a final decision by the end of March 2026.
A ‘windscreen’ to shield South Baltimore from coal dust? Both CSX and the community say no.
New requirements to protect South Baltimore residents from an export terminal’s coal dust have left both environmentalists and the facility operator unhappy.
As heat kills more Marylanders, air conditioning is a right for some but not for all
But as summers grow hotter and longer, landlords across much of the rest of Maryland are under no obligation to cool buildings.
Trump administration plans to revoke permit for Maryland offshore wind farm
The Trump administration has taken aggressive steps to curtail the offshore wind industry nationally.
Cool weather triggers die-off of crabs and fish in Canton area
Along the Canton waterfront Friday morning, a few hundred oxygen-starved crabs and fish bobbed to the surface.
Heat death toll climbs to 29, Maryland’s deadliest summer since 2012
High heat in Maryland has killed more people so far this year than in all of 2024.
