The latest from Adam Willis
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Judge throws out Annapolis and Anne Arundel lawsuits against Big Oil
Annapolis and Anne Arundel argued that fossil fuel giants knew their businesses were driving the damaging consequences of climate change.
Moore sides with Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro in dispute over utility bill surge
Moore joined the governors of Illinois, New Jersey and Delaware in sending a letter to federal utility regulators pointing the finger at PJM Interconnect, the regional grid operator, for a looming jump in electricity rates.
Trump executive order signals rough seas ahead for Maryland offshore wind
A Day One order from Trump halts new leases and permits for offshore wind development, but one industry analyst said the step signals the president could take even more aggressive steps to roll back recent progress.
What Trump’s executive orders could mean for Maryland
President Donald Trump’s plans to sign a raft of executive orders Monday will set a dramatically different tone for the next four years in Washington.
Trump executive order could put Maryland’s offshore wind industry in crosshairs
The president-elect has reportedly tasked a New Jersey congressman with drafting an executive order to halt offshore wind development. Just how damaging it could be for plans off the Maryland coast remains to be seen.
Maryland needs more power lines. So why does everybody hate this one?
The electricity interests behind a proposed power line that would cut through 70 miles of mostly rural Maryland are finding that many residents don’t care much for the idea.
Big building owners sue Maryland over efforts to make them go green
Maryland is trying to force its big buildings to go green, but the owners of these properties are fighting back.
Nearly 100 Baltimore-area homes deemed ‘lead-free’ might contain lead
Maryland environmental regulators are suing a Baltimore-based home inspector for illegally certifying dozens of homes as “lead-free.”
The new factory coming to South Baltimore that (almost) no one is talking about
With virtually no fanfare, a Greek-based company called Hellenic Cables has started work on a factory that will employ 120 people in an industrial corner of the city known as Wagner’s Point.
Contested power line seeks permit from Maryland regulators
Though the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project remains in its early stages, the 70-mile power line has been a lightning rod for months.