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Maryland wanted to make poor areas greener. It boosted a rich Baltimore neighborhood instead.
Maryland wanted to make poor areas greener but instead it boosted the already rich and green neighborhood of Roland Park in Baltimore.
The Roland Park Community Foundation has raised $9 million in recent years to purchase 20 acres of the Baltimore Country Club’s former golf course to turn into a public park.
Baltimore region asked to conserve water amid drought, low reservoir levels
Liberty Reservoir, one of the region’s key water resources, has dropped to its lowest point in nearly two decades.
An aerial view of the southernmost section of Liberty Reservoir.
State case against manager of Baltimore medical waste incinerator falls short
Curtis Bay Energy and one top official pleaded guilty in 2023, but a judge cleared the former plant manager on all counts.
A former plant manager at Curtis Bay Energy was found not guilty of violating environmental laws.
An original Maryland climate hawk recounts warming’s toll on his block
Not long ago, a lush canopy blanketed Takoma Park’s old homes, but today, hundreds of trees across the city are gone.
TAKOMA PARK, MD - APRIL 4:
Mike Tidwell sits on the stump of an oak tree, in a neighbor’s backyard on Willow Avenue in Takoma Park MD on April 4, 2025. Tidwell’s new book, The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue, talks about the diminishing oak trees and impacts of climate change on his neighborhood.
Camp Small was warned of fire, environmental hazards ahead of massive blaze
The facility was faulted for blocked fire lanes and combustible mulch, but those don't appear to have contributed to the fire.
Firefighters spray water on the smoldering wood piles as fire continues to burn at the Camp Small city wood recycling facility in December.
Can Baltimore escape its toxic attachment to sludge?
Synagro, a Baltimore County-based company that contracts with wastewater treatment plants, comes under fire for high levels of toxic forever chemicals.
Synagro’s Back River facility can heat-dry 20,000 dry tons of biosolids annually. The pelletized fertilizer product is sold as a fertilizer or soil conditioner.
Norwegian company’s second try at indoor salmon farm draws more environmental blowback
Environmentalists blocked AquaCon’s plans for an Eastern Shore salmon farm, but the company is trying again on the Susquehanna River.
A boater passes under the Amtrak bridge over the Susquehanna River, downriver from where AquaCon plans to build an indoor salmon farm in Cecil County.
Groups drop suit over pollution worries at redevelopment of WWII bomber plant in Middle River
A dispute over pollution concerns from construction work at the site of a World War II-era manufacturing plant in Eastern Baltimore County has fizzled quickly.
Martin State Airport is seen with a coating of snow after a winter storm.
FEMA cancels tens of millions in Maryland sea-level rise, flooding grants
FEMA canceling a disaster mitigation program is a blow to the flood-prone town of Crisfield and a wetlands restoration effort in South Baltimore.
CRISFIELD, MD - SEPTEMBER 24: A home health aide walks to her client's home along the flooded Cove Street following two days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Ophelia on September 24, 2023 in Crisfield, Maryland. Ophelia made landfall early Saturday in North Carolina, producing high winds and heavy rain across the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. The city of Crisfield will apply for Federal Emergency Management Agency and Maryland Department of Emergency Management grants to help pay for a $63 million flood control program to mitigate flooding by raising roads, and building new tide gates, berms, and other projects.
Grid reforms could save Marylanders over $500 a year on power bills, climate group claims
Officials from Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania joined press calls earlier this week alongside the group Evergreen Action, which commissioned the report, to blast PJM’s management.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby.
A new Mr. Trash Wheel? How Baltimore’s wastewater woes led to $1.7M in green projects
A new trash wheel is one of nearly two dozen projects set to receive money through a $1.7 million settlement fund, which Baltimore officials agreed to finance as part of a consent decree with the Maryland Department of the Environment over pollution violations at its wastewater plants.
The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant occupies a 466-acre site on the Back River in Dundalk.
Facing wall of landowners, power line developer will seek court order to survey route
The line is part of a $5 billion portfolio of projects planned by the region’s grid operator, PJM Interconnection.
A white “x” marks the site of the new proposed transmission tower on Brandon and Marie Hill’s farmland in Parkton, MD on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.
Maryland lawmakers approve end of clean-energy subsidies for trash incinerators
The proposal, which received final approval Monday from the Senate as part of a sweeping energy bill, comes as Maryland looks to slash energy-sector emissions to curb climate change.
The WIN Waste Baltimore trash incinerator is seen along Interstate 95 in Baltimore. The state legislature voted Monday to end clean-energy subsidies for incinerators.
Maryland approves plan to fast-track power plants, override local solar bans
Maryland lawmakers passed an energy plan to get a handle on soaring utility prices and boost in-state power generation.
Senate President Bill Ferguson moderates floor debate at the Maryland State House on Monday as the General Assembly passed a trio of energy bills.
Gov. Moore’s executive order could delay fines for car companies as EV sales lag
Gov. Wes Moore issued an executive order that would allow his administration to punt fines on car companies that fall short of Maryland’s electric vehicle mandates.
As sales of electric vehicles have lagged state goals, car companies have pushed to delay penalties for not meeting certain thresholds.
Baltimore nonprofit sues EPA over $180M in canceled and frozen funds
A Baltimore nonprofit focused on lead remediation and childhood asthma is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, alleging the Trump administration has illegally cancelled and frozen tens of millions of dollars in grant funding.
A sign promotes the Inflation Reduction Act during an event at the headquarters of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative in Baltimore's Canton neighborhood on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022.
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.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 53-acre Aviation Station site includes the large building seen to the left of Martin State Airport above.
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