Climate & environment

A 2.3 magnitude earthquake registered in Montgomery County early Tuesday morning.

Here’s the open secret about the plastic bag ban that took effect New Year’s Day in Anne Arundel County. It’s not a ban.

Maryland officials on Thursday released a plan for reducing greenhouse emissions. Recommendations include promoting cleaner ways to produce electricity, putting more electric vehicles on the road and making buildings more efficient.

After several days of foggy, rainy weather, forecasters are predicting partly sunny skies and mild temperatures for Baltimore over New Year’s weekend.

Maryland officials have bet big on using offshore wind to meet renewable energy goals, but industry trends are making that difficult.

Conditions look favorable for Santa and his reindeer

Baltimore's zoo has started sending waste from giraffes, elephants and a few other animals to a biodigester that converts it to natural gas.

Before dropping a tree on the curb or at a recycling facility, you’ll need to make sure it’s free of ornaments, lights or any other nonorganic decorations.

In winter, which arrived with the solstice at 10:37 p.m. Thursday, it can be harder to spot the signs of climate change because, well, it’s cold. But they are there if you know where to look.

Maryland is on the path to gain control of almost 300 acres on the Chesapeake Bay just outside Annapolis, a potentially huge victory for increasing public access to the Chesapeake Bay.

The Biden administration’s latest lease offering for offshore wind projects doesn’t allocate adequate acreage for Maryland and other mid-Atlantic states to achieve their legally binding emissions reduction and clean energy targets, industry groups and environmental advocates say.

Thursday, three members of Congress declared victory with passage of a defense policy bill that protects public access to the Navy-owned, 240-acre environmental preserve at Greenbury Point.

Officials say a wild male turkey enticed a group of five female turkeys to leave the park and they don't know if they'll ever recapture them.

City officials hope the effort will guide implementation of Baltimore’s climate action plan, which calls for the city to be carbon-neutral by 2045.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources said Wednesday it has submitted emergency regulations in an effort to protect the spawning population of striped bass, also known as rockfish. The proposal would extend existing prohibitions on recreational fishing for rockfish and push them into May.

Freezing temperatures and isolated snow showers around Maryland has Baltimore-area officials issuing the first Code Blue Extreme Cold alerts of the season.

Locust Point Community Garden has until Dec. 15 to vacate the plot of land owned by Under Armour. Baltimore City officials and the Locust Point Civic Association are clearing a portion of Latrobe Park so the program can continue.

Someone who found an extra bag in his garbage can has a message for whoever left that bag of pooch poo: Find a better place to get rid of those.

A faint brown haze enveloped Baltimore and much of Maryland Thursday from wildfires in western Virginia that have been burning for weeks, fueled by drought and steady wind.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore announced two new positions to help address the causes and effects of climate change.