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Renewable Energy

The operator of the second largest coal-fired power plant in Maryland announced that the plant will retire next year, which is five years earlier…

Composting

Maryland has substantially underestimated the amount of greenhouse gases produced from its landfills, according to a new report by an environmental watchdog organization. The…

Net Zero Expansion

An academic study released Tuesday finds that ozone and fine particulate matter from vehicle emissions in 2016 led to an estimated 7,100 premature deaths…

Conowingo Dam

Recently, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted a 50-year license to Exelon Corp. for Maryland’s Conowingo Dam with no additional protections. At first glance…

When James Jones drives up to his one-acre property in Eagle Harbor, a small historically Black waterfront community on the southern tip of Prince…

PFAS

This past year, Maryland has received three shocking revelations about the extent of toxic PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — contamination in the…

The consequential and growing offshore wind industry may well be coming to Maryland’s Atlantic shore in just a few years.

Climate change is accelerating, in Maryland and across the globe. The signs are everywhere: extreme weather, sea level rise, flooding in coastal communities, catastrophic…

Leaders of a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday extolled national parks for providing a respite during the COVID-19 pandemic, but cautioned that enthusiasm for…

Oysters

The oyster population in the Chesapeake Bay is a very contentious issue right now. Everybody is very concerned with the direction oysters are taking….