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The latest from Adam Willis
Constellation CEO to Maryland: Don’t let Exelon build your power plant
Joe Dominguez took shots at the investor-owned utility company Exelon as competition to build more power plants in Maryland reaches a pivotal moment.
Catfished, literally. Scammers net nearly $100K in Chesapeake seafood.
When an order came into Tilghman Island Seafood for almost $100,000 of Chesapeake catfish, everything seemed legit — at least at first. Then the fish disappeared in the Bronx.
Overflow of raw sewage into Jones Falls upped to 1.7 million gallons
The volume of raw sewage that flowed into the Jones Falls, the stream that cuts through the heart of Baltimore before emptying into the harbor, was bigger than first reported, Maryland environmental regulators said Friday.
Decades-long Chesapeake Bay cleanup pushed off to 2040. Some worry it’s not enough.
Officials from Maryland, home to the Chesapeake’s largest and most depleted waters, had pushed for loftier goals but were outvoted by other states.
Maryland says Patapsco needs radio tower for safety. Neighbors call it a ‘Tower of Terror.’
Patapsco Valley State Park needs a radio tower for better communication. Neighbors, however, call it a 'Tower of Terror' and are against the project back by Maryland officials.
Super moon and strong winds drive low-water advisory in Baltimore Harbor
A combination of high winds and a super moon, when the moon’s orbit brought it closer to Earth, is to blame for a low-water advisory for Baltimore Inner Harbor.
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.
