Climate & environment

Martha Shimkin, the recently named director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program Office, takes the helm at a critical time for the 41-year-old partnership. The program is on track to meet about half of 31 outcomes identified in 2014.

The EPA is considering a $45 million cleanup of 60 acres of Bear Creek.

The National Aquarium should be applauded for setting a new standard for aquariums with its dolphin sanctuary plan, a consultant for the Whale Sanctuary Project says.

Frederick County anticipates that more than 180 vehicles in its fleet can be electric by 2036.

Not all researchers agree the sanctuary model is the best scenario for dolphins in captivity.

The Waterfront Partnership credits the milestone to a second consecutive year of operating four trash wheels, as well as an increase in winter rainfall.

An eight-to-14-day temperature outlook published by the National Weather Service on Friday indicates that Maryland has a 50% to 60% chance of having higher than average temperatures.

All-electric yellow school buses will begin serving about 300 city school students.

Carroll County volunteer firefighter Allison Nicole Creutzer is facing charges after authorities say she set a series of small fires near Liberty Reservoir.

For the Ravens-Chiefs game at 3 p.m., expect scattered, wind-whipped showers with temperatures in the mid-40s.

Danish energy company Ørsted has exited an agreement with Maryland to sell electricity from an offshore wind farm it plans to build off the coast of Ocean City.

The Navy has acknowledged that the missiles and other projectiles it had been firing into the Potomac River could have an impact on water quality and aquatic life, including threatened species such as the Atlantic sturgeon.

Nonprofit tree-planting groups say the Department of Transportation is charging them permit fees that it did not used to — and that will will reduce the number of trees they're able to plant.

Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland’s lone Republican in Congress, must have hoped no one would fact check his Ocean City disinformation event about wind turbines.

Officials say they’ve developed a plan that could keep trash coming to the landfill until at least 2060.

Trouble finding affordable housing that allows pets is now the most common reason animals are surrendered at Baltimore-area shelters.

Northern and Central Maryland fell under a winter storm warning Friday morning after several inches of snow fell across the region overnight.

Baltimore’s etiquette for a snow day is built on salt boxes, lawn chairs and other best practices.

Friday will see a cold front moving through the area, bringing widespread snow.

An unexpected snow day made me, a former Baltimore City Public School kid and now a parent, rethink a lot of things.