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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…

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…

A $430 million project that aims to curtail 80% of Baltimore City’s sewage overflows into the Harbor and the Chesapeake Bay was formally completed…

A week after introducing a slew of amendments to a wide-ranging climate bill, two committees in the House of Delegates voted Thursday to advance…

A House subcommittee has drastically scaled back ambitious climate legislation. By proposing a spate of amendments Wednesday, the panel essentially ensured that two substantially…

The Maryland Senate advanced a sweeping climate action bill on Wednesday after 10 Republican attempts to amend the legislation failed. The Climate Solutions Now…

Maryland Senate Republicans tried Tuesday to change how a sweeping climate action bill would be paid for by offering two amendments with alternative funding…

The Maryland Senate began preliminary discussions Friday on a sweeping climate action plan that calls for net-zero statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. The…