Climate & environment

The Baltimore region saw its second-hottest June temperature ever on Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

As Baltimore swelters under extreme heat this week, the city is making adjustments to trash and recycling collection to keep workers safe, but said pickups will continue as scheduled.

The region’s grid saw its highest peak demand since 2011. Paying big Maryland users to power down is one way to relieve that strain.

Electric vehicle sales already lagged far below Maryland’s benchmarks, and so far the state isn’t fighting to preserve the policy, targeted by Republicans.

The proposed Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would cross some 400 different properties across the three counties.

A strong ridge of high pressure is creating “very warm” air mass over the region, a phenomenon known as a heat dome.

The Maryland Department of the Environment has approved an air quality permit for W.R. Grace to build a pilot plastics recycling plant at its Columbia headquarters.

The National Aquarium released two rehabilitated sea turtles back into the ocean on Thursday, just a few days after World Sea Turtle Day.

The event, meant to showcase the harbor’s safety for swimming and recreation, will instead take place July 19.

President Donald Trump plans to phase out FEMA after this year’s hurricane season. In the future, if you want help after a disaster, you’ll have to call him. How do you think that’s going to go?

Environmentalists discuss the question in decidedly different ways.

The National Weather Service said there’s a threat of severe weather Thursday, including the possibility of damaging winds, large hail and an isolated tornado.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for several counties across Central Maryland.

Dr. Ben Carson’s neighbors are opposed to his proposed solar farm in northern Baltimore County. They’re running out of options to stop it, thanks to a new Maryland law.

A Baltimore nonprofit is among three that the judge says should be able to use the funds to distribute grants.

Baltimore County is under a Code Orange air quality alert through midnight as smoke from wildfires burning in New Jersey drifts into the region on Saturday.

Severe thunderstorms could dump up to 4 inches of rain per hour this evening in the nation’s capital and parts of Howard and Anne Arundel counties, the National Weather Service warned Saturday.

Johns Hopkins Hospital initially estimated the spill was around 200 gallons before revising that figure to 2,000 gallons and, finally, reporting Friday that it totaled 5,000 gallons.

Thursday is expected to be the first day of the year when temperatures top 90 across the entire Baltimore region, according to the National Weather Service.

Scientists say the Chesapeake Bay is still improving, even if this year’s grade marks a step back.