Climate & environment

Greater vigilance is needed to protect all Baltimore communities and the most vulnerable populations from poor air quality, says the co-lead of Free Baltimore Yoga.

One year after its passage, the Inflation Reduction Act has strengthened efforts to combat climate change while creating jobs and making clean energy more affordable and accessible, say Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Kim Coble, the executive director of the Maryland League of Conservation Voters.

For the first time, community members who want to address the challenges posed by airplane noise and traffic are getting seats on the Maryland Aviation Commission, an appointed body that helps govern BWI.

Language in the Pentagon spending bill working its way through Congress would require the Joint Spectrum Center to finally move from the old David Taylor Research Center, clearing the way for the largest waterfront development in Annapolis history

One of the nation’s largest foundations, though headquartered in Baltimore, has strong Hawaii ties and gave away $850,000 in grants to communities across the state affected by the wildfires.

To get a sense of what it was like around the region, we asked our staff and our readers to share photos and tell us a bit about what they experienced.

A line of powerful thunderstorms roared through the Baltimore region on Monday evening, downing trees and leaving thousands of customers without power.

Curtis Bay may be Baltimore’s most polluted community, surrounded by industrial facilities strangling the rowhouse neighborhood. The city wants to close a local recreation center to make way for even more industry, continuing what activists say have been decades of environmental racism.

As Italy struggles with too many blue crabs in its waters, we can’t help but ask: Can we have them?

Nationally and in Baltimore, low-income areas have disproportionately less leafy tree canopy than wealthier ones.

Baltimore will soon have an official network of water trails to take in the city’s sights by canoe, kayak or stand-up paddleboard.

The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item for fishing bait and medical research.

As the Chesapeake sailing community follows the search for missing Baltimore sailor Don Lawson in the Pacific Ocean, there are probably more than a few people looking at what he was trying to do — set a world record for solo circumnavigation — and wonder, why would anyone do that?

After dangerous heat and damaging storms created precarious conditions earlier this weekend, a cold front led to a bright and sunny start Sunday.

The heat index — how hot it feels — could climb to 110 degrees.

The recreation area would knit together a network of cultural and environmental landmarks that one day could stretch across the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake watershed in a single unit under the administration of the National Park Service office in Annapolis.

The temperatures in Baltimore and around Maryland are expected to reach dangerous levels Thursday and Friday.

In a charming surprise, a group of students participating in a summer leadership course with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation found a young sea turtle in the bay in Dorchester County.

Since 2017, the city has never come close to spending the $2 million it was required to budget for cleanups in a modified federal consent decree.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Cecil, Charles, Harford, Howard, Kent, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties until 8 p.m.