Climate & environment

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.

A comet with a funky green glow is visible from Earth right now, possibly for the first time in history. To spot it, start by looking for the Little Dipper.

It’s been a gray, dreary winter in Baltimore this season with plenty of rain — but no measurable snowfall.

The awarding of the BWI concessions management contract to a minority-owned company represents a victory for inclusion and local business, a reader said; readers differ over behavior at a meeting on a proposed conservation center at Quiet Waters Park in Anne Arundel County.

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources workers are joined by Virginia’s state crew on boats searching the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries for blue crabs for an annual survey.

I’ve watched the rancor flag unfurl over Annapolis since I wrote about plans by an environmental group based in Annapolis to build an office building. On Sunday night, the Chesapeake Conservancy capitulated.

The body of a 33-foot-long humpback whale washed up at Assateague National Seashore this week. It’s the 10th dead whale to be found along the coasts of the mid-Atlantic over recent weeks. The whale was likely struck by a boat, a NOAA spokeswoman said.

The pollutants include an acetic acid discharge ”seeping out of the wall itself right into the stream,” said Alice Volpitta, Baltimore Harbor waterkeeper.

When the federal government auctioned the 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse last year, a surprise bidding war broke out. The price jumped from $15,000 to $38,000. Then $189,000. Who bought the Hooper Island Light?

A new report, released on the same day that the city’s top public works official announced his resignation, lays out a roadmap to address staffing challenges, equipment shortages and inefficient truck routes.

Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan draws a grade of “incomplete” from the head of a fisheries association; additional funding and construction called crucial to bridging the digital divide in Maryland.

Efforts to restore the nation’s largest estuary are struggling to reduce agricultural pollution.

Residents on CSX coal explosion and how it impacted the Curtis Bay neighborhood.

Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s plans for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay offer the best opportunity in years for historic restoration of the watershed, Josh Kurtz, Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says.

Chelsea Anspach of Waterfront Partnership talks Mr. Trash Wheel and the Oyster Partnership in this illustrated interview.

The South Baltimore Community Land Trust will receive $100,000 to turn a vacant building into a community center for environmental education, research and training.

Baltimore City Health Commissioner Letitia Dzirasa issued a Code Blue Extreme Cold declaration for the city beginning Friday morning and lasting through Monday morning, Dec. 26.

Maryland travelers should anticipate travel delays and plan ahead amid wintry weather conditions.