Climate & environment

Once a polluter, C.P. Crane will become a waterfront park in Baltimore County
Neighbors entered the normally locked gates surrounding the C.P Crane plant site to hear that their efforts paid off. C.P. Crane will become a waterfront park.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. speaks at a press conference announcing the creation of a new county park at the site of the former C.P. Crane power plant, a source of pollution in the Bowley's Quarters area for decades. With him are U.S Sen Chris Van Hollen and Senaca Park Improvement Association President Tara Gebhardt
Howard County residents band together to protest chemical company
The advocacy group, Stop Grace Plastic Burning Project — made up of Columbia residents who live near the W.R. Grace headquarters — are holding a protest to stop the chemical company from building a pilot plastics recycling plant.
Protesters stand outside the W.R. Grace & Co. headquarters in Columbia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. Residents are protesting the company’s plan to build a pilot plastics recycling plant close to their homes.
This Blows: Debate over gas-powered leaf blowers in Anne Arundel County forces bill withdrawal
Anne Arundel County residents’ opposition to a bill prohibiting combustion engine-powered leaf blowers led to the bill’s withdrawal.
Anne Arundel County residents have been blown away by noisy leaf blowers, prompting the County Council to introduce a bill in July to leave combustion engine-powered blowers behind. However, the bill was withdrawn due to pushback from constituents.
Offshore wind was approved in Maryland. Here’s what it could look like.
The Maryland Offshore Wind Project can build more than 110 offshore wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast and power over 718,000 homes on the Delmarva Peninsula.
In this simulation image, a boat with a digital billboard, like the kind that regularly travels up and down the coast of Ocean City, is blocking the view of offshore wind turbines.
Why are there so many dead fish in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor?
It’s not unusual to see some dead fish around the Inner Harbor as summer ends, but a mass fish kill left several thousand floating in the water Wednesday.
Dead fish are seen between Pier Five and Pier Six Wednesday Sept. 4, 2024.
Fall-like weather continues before turning rainy this weekend
Beautiful weather with an early fall feel will last into Thursday before turning wet Friday evening into most of Saturday.
The Baltimore region could see rain on Friday and Saturday before cooler, fall-like conditions return Sunday.
A power plant used to burn coal there. Now it’s set to become a new Baltimore County park.
Baltimore County plans to spend $10 million in state open space money to turn 85 acres in the eastern part of the county into a new waterfront park. The site until recently was home to the Charles P. Crane Generating Station, a power plant that burned coal.
The C.P. Crane Power Plant in eastern Baltimore County before it was demolished.
Pawpaws: Everything you need to know about Maryland’s ‘hillbilly mango’
September means it’s peak pawpaw season in Maryland. Here’s where you can find — and celebrate — the greenish-yellow fruit with a custard-like flesh.
Pawpaws ripen on a tree in a forest.
Baltimore duo making national park trips a ‘Black people thing’
Launched by two Baltimore-natives in 2022, Our Parks Too! is a campaign that encourages Black people to visit and enjoy the country’s national parks system.
Our Parks Too! is a national effort to expose Black people to those spaces is being led by a duo of Baltimore-natives, Kristen Walker, 38, and Diamon Clark, 29.
State permit for CSX in South Baltimore would have a catch — barriers to block coal dust
The Maryland State Department of the Environment published a draft permit Thursday morning that would allow CSX Transportation to continue operating its coal terminal in South Baltimore.
Coal piles at the CSX terminal in Curtis Bay can be seen around the neighborhood, and residents often complain of a fine layer of coal dust coating their homes.
Baltimore declares code red as heat index could reach 109 degrees Wednesday
Dangerously high temperatures are forecast for the region Wednesday, and some Baltimore schools are set to close early.
A man in silhouette adjusts his hat while running away from the camera. The Mildred Belle buyboat in the foreground frames the runner.
Hey wait, where are all of Baltimore’s jellyfish?
The extra rainy start to Maryland’s summer saw makes it likely Baltimore will have a year without a jellyfish invasion, experts said.
Atlantic bay nettles, Chrysaora chesapeakei, in the Jellies Invasion exhibit at the National Aquarium. The nettles are cultured at the aquarium, meaning they can stay on exhibit year-round, despite a short life span.
Summer heat returns as Baltimore-area students head back to school
Make sure to send the kids in comfortable clothing as temperatures register in the upper 80s to low 90s during Monday afternoon.
The sun sets over Baltimore's Hanover Street Bridge. Summer heat is returning in the last week of August after several days of fall-like weather.
Sewage overflow reported at Savage wastewater treatment plant
Howard County officials said approximately 160,000 gallons of sewage overflowed onto the ground surface at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant on Thursday night. A small amount entered a storm drain before valves were shut off.
The Howard County seal inside the Banneker Room of the George Howard government building in Ellicott City on Feb. 5, 2024.
Baltimore County residents fume over 70-mile power line
More than 200 northern Baltimore County residents packed into Hereford High School’s auditorium to oppose a $424 million transmission line that would cut through pristine farmland and prized horse country to power both residential growth in Maryland and data center development in Virginia.
Maps displaying the plans for future electrical grid enhancements at an earlier public information session held by the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project in Westminster. The company planning to build the transmission line held a meeting in Baltimore County last night and is holding another in Westminster tonight.
Don’t be fooled by Maryland’s false autumn. High temperatures are returning.
The Baltimore region is in the middle of a couple of cool days, including temperatures as low as 53 degrees Wednesday morning — but warmer, more summery weather is returning soon.
The latest long-range outlook indicates Maryland is likely to experience warmer than average temperatures in September, October and November.
What it’s like to live in Curtis Bay, Baltimore’s pollution epicenter
Curtis Bay residents run higher risks of health problems like heart disease and cancer from long-term exposure to pollution, research shows. It takes a mental toll, too.
Angie Shaneyfelt stands on her porch in Curtis Bay on July 31, 2024.
Students told to avoid drinking water at two Harford County schools over PFAS levels
Two Harford County schools are experiencing contaminated water and students are encouraged to avoid drinking the water.
Water fountains in public school(Photo by Shan Wallace/The Baltimore Banner)
Letters: Power grid reforms are working, says PJM spokesperson
PJM Interconnection has planned for the region’s energy transition and renewable energy, says company spokesperson Susan Buehler.
Emissions spew from a large stack at the coal fired Brandon Shores Power Plant, on March 9, 2018, in Baltimore, Maryland. A PJM Interconnection spokesperson says the company has planned for the transition to new energy sources.
Alerts sound but no businesses damaged in Ellicott City after heavy rain, isolated flooding
Flood protection measures were activated in Old Ellicott City as storms dumped inches of rain throughout Maryland on Sunday evening.
The bridge welcoming visitors to Old Ellicott City is seen on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
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