The line is part of a $5 billion portfolio of projects planned by the region’s grid operator, PJM Interconnection.

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.

Maryland lawmakers passed an energy plan to get a handle on soaring utility prices and boost in-state power generation.

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.

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.

Legislation backed by top Democrats aims to address rising energy prices and ballooning demand by building power plants.

Crews have finished filling in a massive sink hole at Lake Montebello, a reservoir in Northeast Baltimore. Another project is planned for fall.

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.

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.

As the administration of President Donald Trump pursues a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the agency’s environmental justice division already has faced cuts — and things could get worse.

Constellation Energy owns Calvert Cliffs in Southern Maryland and has a huge portfolio outside the state.

Environmentalists have pushed for years to no avail to end the state’s subsidy for trash incinerators, which burn garbage to produce electricity and steam.

Novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change ahead of his address at Loyola University Maryland 2025 Humanities Symposium.

More than 800 NOAA staffers fired last month as the Trump administration pushes aggressive tactics to winnow the federal workforce.

A Howard County resident who recently traveled abroad tested positive for the highly contagious virus measles, the Maryland Department of Health said Sunday.

Months after a 36-year-old trash collector died on the job, state inspectors found that Baltimore's Department of Public Works routinely exposed employees to dangerous heat and humidity.

Johns Hopkins researchers believe their findings represent the first assessment of how Baltimore-area residents think about climate change.

Christopher Dipnarine says that without the incinerator Baltimore would have to resort to more environmentally harmful options.

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.

Farmers don’t know if promised USDA funding will materialize for projects ranging from solar panels to windbreaks to online marketing.