Climate & environment

Baltimore County’s Bring Your Own Bag Act, which will ban the distribution of plastic bags at some stores beginning in November, was weakened by an amendment to remove an equity provision, leaders of Blue Water Baltimore and Maryland Hunger Solutions say. The measure will now have a disparate impact on low-income residents, they say.

They say the city was negligent because it had not inspected the storm drain in 23 years.

The office of Gov. Wes Moore, who nominated Juan Alvarado this month, says it respects the decision and that its nominees will be aligned with the administration’s ambitious climate goals.

A spike in youth gunshot victims is worsening even as nonfatal shootings and homicides are down.

While spring may be only 25 days away, Baltimoreans were out and about Thursday, enjoying unseasonably warm, record-breaking temperatures across the region.

The region has seen a gray, dreary, mostly snow-free winter, with the first measurable snowfall just a few weeks ago.

Until the new Democratic governor’s nominees are confirmed by the state Senate, appointees of former Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, will continue holding all five seats on the Public Service Commission.

Buying a waterfront house in Eastport seems like an odd choice for Jeffrey Eckel, an investor funding the generational shift from a carbon-based energy economy to one less likely to wreck the planet.

Climate change makes hitting the restoration targets for the bay significantly more challenging.

Did you know that hyenas give birth through their half-foot long clitoris, or that squirrels have a bone in their phallus? All this and more at The Maryland Zoo.

Artificial intelligence is about to have a Chesapeake Bay moment, changing environmental science in land use, wetlands preservation, oyster propagation and more. Could it save the bay?

The ban will begin on November 1.

It was a windy night in January, with temperatures in the mid-30s in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore City. But despite the cold, about a dozen people were bundled up and standing on a pier with ropes and magnets in hand.

Thinking about raising chickens to save money on eggs? These Baltimore-area backyard chicken owners say prepare yourself for feathers, heartbreak and some very expensive eggs.

Temperatures will be lowest Friday night, approaching 10 degrees.

On any given day, hundreds of birds gather at Baltimore County’s landfill in White Marsh, an unincorporated community just west of aptly named Bird River which drains into Gunpowder River and eventually the Chesapeake Bay.

The move comes after an E. Coli outbreak last year in Baltimore’s drinking water and “catastrophic failures” at its two wastewater treatment facilities.

Meteorologist says the Baltimore metro area should expect the same weather pattern during this season due to above-average temperatures.

A furry critter in a western Pennsylvania town has predicted six more weeks of winter during an annual Groundhog Day celebration.

The legislation would ban retailers from offering plastic bags beginning Nov. 1, 2023.