Maryland regulators in recent years have begun to acknowledge the prevalence of coal dust in Curtis Bay’s air, but a new report suggests the fossil fuel has contaminated nearby waters, too.

The Maryland Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits brought by Baltimore City, Annapolis and Anne Arundel County against more than two dozen oil and gas giants.

A Baltimore developer was at the center of a charged conflict over the future of a dump in the Remington neighborhood, a controversy that has gotten him thinking bigger about the future of the beloved and beleaguered Jones Falls stream.

A prominent Eastern Shore developer has reached a deal to take over a retired coal-fired power plant on the Potomac River --Morgantown Generating Station -- and reboot it to run data centers. Does Gov. Wes Moore support the plan?

The announcement comes after other health and environmental agencies lifted advisories in recent weeks as impacts have dissipated from the mid-January pipe rupture, which created one of the largest sewage spills in the country’s history.

Gov. Wes Moore and legislative leaders are backing a bill aimed at lowering Maryland energy bills, offering rebates and imposing new rules on utilities and data centers.

In recent years, a state fund meant to finance clean energy has ballooned, making it a tempting reserve to Maryland leaders in lean budget times.

A problem with processing sewage sludge at Baltimore’s largest wastewater treatment plant has driven one of its operators to ship local sewage out of state at a cost of millions of dollars a month to the city.

Nearing the end of Maryland's worst oyster harvests in years, Gov. Wes Moore appealed to President Donald Trump for disaster aid. But whether the Chesapeake Bay's oystermen will get help from the federal government isn't clear.

A Anne Arundel Public Works spokesperson said officials learned last month from Baltimore City that they could not purchase additional capacity in the sewage system, prompting the suspension that the county described in its news release as an “emergency.”

According to Baltimore Department of Finance projections, the loss of all that garbage will yield about $4 million less than what budget writers had anticipated.

After President Donald Trump’s administration slashed the budget last year for a major Eastern Shore oyster hatchery, a bill recently passed by Congress — and signed into law by the president — could help.

Red Maple Place, one of the Baltimore region’s most contested housing developments, faces yet another obstacle after Maryland’s environmental agency ordered a moratorium on some construction work.

A month after over 200 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River, the ecological disaster in the capital region inflamed tensions between President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. Their beef raises a bigger question: When America’s outdated water infrastructure gives way, who bears the blame?

BGE and its parent company, Exelon, have emphasized their interest in building climate-friendly solar and battery projects in Maryland. But a bill backed by the utility would also lay a pathway for building fossil fuel plants, including natural gas.

Deer in Baltimore are out of control. Starting this spring, the city plans to deploy sharpshooters in three parks to begin culling the population.

A Maryland lawmaker submitted BGE’s controversial proposal in the final hours before a procedural deadline.

Baltimore Gas and Electric has called on Maryland leaders to pass legislation allowing the utility to build and own power plants — an ask it’s underscoring with ads during NBC’s Olympics and Super Bowl coverage.

While much of the Chesapeake Bay is frozen over, watermen, cargo ships and emergency responders have places to be, and islanders on Smith and Tangier need food and supplies. That’s where Maryland’s two icebreakers — the A.V. Sandusky and the Eddie Somers — come in, clearing channels up and down the bay like giant snowplows.

A Baltimore judge has opted not to sentence a local man to prison for illegally certifying that hundreds of homes in Maryland were free of lead paint.