Climate & environment

No one seems to want a proposed 70-mile power transmission line that would run through Carroll, Frederick and Baltimore Counties. And no one seems to know exactly how to stop it.

Chemical company W.R. Grace & Co. wants to recycle plastics in Columbia, but neighbors worry about the impact on air quality.

Perdue has agreed to pay the Maryland Department of the Environment close to $12 million to settle air pollution violations at the company’s soybean facility on the Eastern Shore.

The project that could become Maryland’s first offshore wind farm would have few major environmental impacts, according to a review by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

He shared details of the vandalism with his 1.7 million TikTok followers and has seen an outpouring of support.

A 15-year study estimated the financial burden placed on first responders and emergency resources due to gas leaks incidents. When Baltimore firefighters respond, it’s costly.

David S. Lapp, the people’s counsel, wrote a letter voicing his worries about a proposed 70-mile power line to the managers of PJM Interconnection LLC, the utility that manages the power grid infrastructure in Maryland and 12 other states.

The Western Maryland drought watch is based on lower-than-normal stream flows and groundwater levels for this time of year, state officials said.

Biologists with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center found evidence that sanctuaries in tributaries of the bay have higher populations of oysters and other marine life, including two common parasites.

As the climate warms and the oceans rise, the story of Annapolis is the story of many coastal places with proximity to the sea becoming more and more of a liability.

Elected officials and advocates in Maryland fear a grid operator, PJM Interconnection, is in no hurry to comply with a federal order that aims to expedite clean energy projects.

The city says “flushing” the water onto the street helps keep clean water flowing to Baltimore homes while it works to revamp its underground water system.

All of the people who died were white men, according to data published by the Maryland Department of Health for the week of July 7-13. Two of the deaths were in Baltimore City and one was in Kent County.

The Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project would bring a 70-mile energy transmission line to central Maryland. But the plan to slice through three counties to fuel data centers is worrying residents in Baltimore, Carroll and Frederick counties.

The National Weather Service’s excessive heat warning is continuing into Tuesday for much of Maryland, with temperature indices estimated to reach 110 degrees in some places.

Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown said in a ruling the gas emissions that damaged Baltimore fall under the federal Clean Air Act.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in May awarded $1.8 million to the nonprofit group American Rivers to begin the planning and initial design phase for the removal of Daniels Dam.

As of Thursday morning, the Eastern Shore is under a drought watch, according to state officials.

The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

An environmentally-focused upgrade to Maryland’s electric grid will require more than 70 miles of overhead powerlines across several counties.