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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

While more Northern cities are experiencing the brunt of the smoke and suffering from reduced air quality due to the wildfires in Canada, Maryland is catching a far amount of smokey air.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the University of Maryland School of Public Health $100,000 to expand its environmental justice map and screening…

Chesapeake

After the Fourth of July parade in Rock Hall, friends and family headed down to the pier for steamed crabs and cold beer, just…

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…

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

Chlorpyrifos

The Senate decided Tuesday to indefinitely postpone the vote to override a bill that would ban chlorpyrifos, which means that Republican Gov. Lawrence J….

The health of the Chesapeake Bay remains poor, due in part to insufficient management of the Bay’s rockfish population, according to a recent report…

Maryland is on track toward reaching its Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction goals by 2025, but advocates say the state needs to plant more trees…

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comments from a representative with Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. Two counties on Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore,…

The Baltimore City Council voted Monday night to heavily curtail the use of three controversial pesticides — a measure that will go into effect…