Climate & environment

The woodchuck’s weather forecast is an annual ritual that goes back more than a century in western Pennsylvania.

Temperatures will reach the mid-40s throughout the weekend, with a forecast high of 59 degrees on Monday in Baltimore.

Temperatures will linger in the 40s and 50s, with a forecast high of 55 degrees on Wednesday.

Annapolis and Anne Arundel argued that fossil fuel giants knew their businesses were driving the damaging consequences of climate change.

Weems Creek, poor little Weems, outscored all the rest on the Severn River Association’s survey of the worst tributaries. That presented an opportunity for a group hoping to make a difference on the Chesapeake Bay.

State officials have recorded 24 deaths related to the cold weather as of Jan. 18, according to the latest data available from the Maryland Department of Health.

City and state officials point to cold weather as the culprit for the stench in the Baltimore region many experienced Wednesday morning.

Most of the state is under a cold weather advisory, with the far western edges of the state under an extreme cold warning from the National Weather Service.

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.

Woolly mammoth bones on display at the Natural History Society of Maryland’s museum are leaving soon.

Dangerous winds returned to Southern California on Tuesday as new wildfires broke out and a pair of major Los Angeles-area blazes burned for a third week.

What schools are either opening late or closed on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Baltimore City is under a code blue alert through Thursday because of freezing temperatures.

Baltimore County firefighters say they continue efforts to extinguish a fire at a recycling plant in Dundalk.

Baltimore Police have advised people to drive carefully due to icy and snowy roads Sunday night. Temperatures are expected to drop and usher in 1 to 3 inches of snow Sunday and maybe more on Tuesday.

Officials canceled the parade because of the freezing temperatures expected to blast the Baltimore area.

The most important thing to understand about electricity in Maryland may be that everyone wants more of it. Or maybe the most important thing is that few people want to live near it. Not power plants. Not power lines. Not solar or wind farms. We’re about to see if that's how people feel about batteries.

There’s a chance of snow this weekend before temperatures are expected to drop to the single digits next week due to a blast of arctic air.

The first Baltimore Red Cross volunteer is headed across the country to help with relief efforts on Friday.

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.