The latest from Adam Willis
EPA says Maryland permit for Ocean City wind farm is invalid
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week told Maryland regulators that an air quality permit issued for an offshore wind project near Ocean City was not valid.
New Chesapeake cleanup plan comes with soul searching and the Trump effect
The Chesapeake Bay Program is working on its fifth plan to restore the bay by year's end.
‘He said he needs help’: Mourners honor Dontae Melton Jr. after his death in police custody
When nearly 200 family, co-workers and friends came together Saturday at DreamLife Worship Center in Randallstown to honor Dontae Melton Jr., a somber mood was often broken by celebrations of life.
With at least 9 heat deaths, summer is off to a deadly start in Maryland
At least nine people, including two children, have died from heat-related illness so far in 2025 — more than twice as many as this time last year, according to Maryland data.
If a forest closes, does it make a sound?
Patuxent Research Refuge’s North Tract in Laurel has cut visiting hours. Could the Trump administration could close it entirely?
Power line opponents appeal court order granting surveys on their land
Opponents of a contentious power line planned for rural Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties are appealing a court order that grants developers access to their land to survey the project route.
Trump pulled the plug on Maryland’s EV transition. What’s next?
Electric vehicle sales already lagged far below Maryland’s benchmarks, and so far the state isn’t fighting to preserve the policy, targeted by Republicans.
Judge allows company to survey route for contentious Maryland power line
The proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would cross some 400 different properties across the three counties.
Harbor Splash swim in Baltimore harbor postponed due to storms
The event, meant to showcase the harbor’s safety for swimming and recreation, will instead take place July 19.
Is Baltimore’s harbor really clean enough for swimming? Environmentalists disagree.
Environmentalists discuss the question in decidedly different ways.
Baltimore judge orders EPA to restore $180M in environmental justice grants
A Baltimore nonprofit is among three that the judge says should be able to use the funds to distribute grants.
Johns Hopkins Hospital’s 5,000-gallon fuel spill never should have happened
Johns Hopkins Hospital initially estimated the spill was around 200 gallons before revising that figure to 2,000 gallons and, finally, reporting Friday that it totaled 5,000 gallons.
A year after record score, Chesapeake Bay slips in new health assessment
Scientists say the Chesapeake Bay is still improving, even if this year’s grade marks a step back.
Johns Hopkins now says about 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled in Baltimore Harbor
The diesel, used to power backup generators on the Hopkins medical campus, flowed into stormwater drains.
Hundreds of gallons of diesel removed from Baltimore Harbor as spill cleanup continues
Officials said that roughly 18,000 gallons of water have been removed from the Inner Harbor, though it remains unclear how much of the 2,000 gallons of red-dyed diesel fuel that spilled a day earlier were included.
Baltimore races to clean fuel spill that turned portion of harbor red
Efforts to clean up the spill could cause traffic problems in the Harbor East area on Thursday.
Trump finally leaves Chesapeake Bay cleanup funds alone — cold comfort to advocates
Maryland environmentalists had braced for Trump to again take a sledgehammer to the Bay Program.
In rushed vote, DC suburb approves park expansion deal with $3.5M equity state grant
After years of legal battles over the property, Hyattsville convinced state leaders to earmark funding this session for the Prince George’s County city to purchase the land.
21M gallons of partially treated sewage seep into Patapsco River from Baltimore water treatment plant
The Baltimore City Department of Public Works released a statement about the water overflow confirming it was not a health hazard
Could a DC suburb bail out a developer to expand a park? Maryland would help
Owning this land would fulfill a dream for many Hyattsville leaders, who have watched the property become blighted.