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Water in this Western Maryland community is so expensive that residents put off bathing
In Allegany County, water rationing is driving a government takeover of a corporate-owned utility.
Shawn Fincham fills buckets with water from the creek behind his family’s apartment to water his plants and flush the toilet.
How one Maryland county defeated an Amazon data center
The company abandoned its data center plan last week after Calvert County voters ousted three members of their Republican commission.
The Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland.
Regulators green-light power line upgrades needed to close last Maryland coal plant
Maryland regulators approved a much-delayed transmission line upgrade Friday that’s needed to retire the state’s last operating coal plant.
The Brandon Shores Power Plant is seen on the Patapsco River on a cold February morning.
Trump administration admits cancellation of Maryland energy grants was political
Department of Energy attorneys admitted in recent court filings that it cancelled grants, including over $80 million for Maryland projects, based on how states voted in the 2024 presidential election.
Transmission lines travel north from Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, Constellation’s nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.
Feds approve sale of Potomac River power plant to data center developer
Approval of TeraWulf’s purchase of the Morgantown Generating Station marks an early step in the Easton-based company’s plan to overhaul the contaminated coal site and use it to power a data center complex.
The Morgantown Generating Station, built in 1970, is a 1,477 MW electric generating plant owned by GenOn on the Potomac River. The plant is expected to stop burning coal by 2027 but will continue to generate electricity burning  oil.
After federal funding snag, Ocean City will get a bigger beach
For the first time in five years, federal engineers plan to restock Ocean City’s waterfront, a $27 million project that involves dredging hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of sand to line the tourist town’s eroding coastline.
Ocean City’s beach on a chilly weekday ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
Baltimore’s smelly pistachio tide seems to be happening earlier and getting worse
The phenomenon, known locally as a “pistachio tide,” has taken over Baltimore’s central waterway this week. It seems to be happening earlier and experts say it’s getting worse.
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor shows the effects of a "pistachio tide."
Maryland digs deep to reclaim islands swallowed by Chesapeake Bay
A decades-old operation to recycle dredge spoils from the Port of Baltimore is entering a new chapter
Excavators on barges are being used to construct breakwater on the north end of Barren Island.
This Baltimore sewage building is beautiful. Now it’s getting a $63M upgrade.
The historic Eastern Avenue Pumping Station has kept Baltimore's wastewater moving since 1912. Now the city is investing $63 million to modernize it.
The Eastern Avenue Pumping Station has been a fixture of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor since 1912.
If Maryland can’t revive one Eastern Shore river, can it save the bay?
Disappointment in the progress of the Corsica raises a bigger, more troubling question. If, in two decades, officials can’t revive one relatively small tributary, can they really save the bay?
Waterfront homes line the shore of the Corsica River near the Centreville Wharf in Centreville.
Fish kills follow extreme heat in Baltimore’s harbor and across Maryland
This week’s fish kill in Baltimore is small in comparison to the events of last year, but harbor experts are watching for more shocks to the system.
Dead fish fill a cove along the promenade in Fells Point on Wednesday morning.
Why coal is getting a second wind in Maryland
As Trump backs a reboot of Warrior Run near Cumberland, Maryland’s last coal plant outside Baltimore could also stay online longer, underscoring how data centers and power demand are reviving interest in coal.
Warrior Run Generating Station near Cumberland was a coal-burning power station that began operating in 2000. It was shut down in 2024 but could become operational again.
McClain Delaney defeats Trone in Democratic primary for 6th Congressional District
U.S. Rep. April McClain Delaney stopped businessman David Trone’s attempt to win back the seat he previously held representing parts of Montgomery County and Western Maryland.
April McClain Delaney thanks her supporters at a Gaithersburg Holiday Inn on Tuesday night, less than an hour before hearing the official word that she had won the race.
An energy mogul begged Moore to back his data center complex. It worked.
Emails obtained by The Baltimore Banner offer a new window into Gov. Wes Moore’s approach to an emerging data center industry. His decision to back a controversial development in southern Maryland raises questions about how his administration can foster data centers without trodding on communities or sacrificing climate goals.
TeraWulf CEO Paul Prager shares a joke with Gov. Wes Moore as more greets attendees after delivering the keynote speech during the 6th Annual First Responder’s Celebration in downtown Easton, MD, U.S.
After Trump cut, Eastern Shore oyster hatchery survives another year
Months after Trump’s NOAA unexpectedly slashed support for the Horn Point oyster hatchery, state leaders stepped in to to help — then the agency reneged on its cut.
Cleaned oyster shells at Horn Point Lab sit in cages inside large tanks which will eventually be used as substrate for oyster larvae to attach to.
Days Cove landfill pulls permit, ending ‘trash juice’ discharges into Gunpowder River
The decision came a day after Maryland leaders approved plans to permanently shutter the landfill site and restore it as an extension of Gunpowder Falls State Park.
The Big Gunpowder Falls and Bird River are seen beyond Days Cove Rubble Landfill in White Marsh.
Trump aims to restart shuttered Western Maryland coal plant
President Trump committed millions to restart the shuttered Warrior Run coal plant in Western Maryland, part of federal funding his administration rolled out to buoy a sinking coal industry across the country.
Historic downtown Cumberland is nestled in the Allegheny Mountains in Western Maryland.
Could Baltimore unearth the Jones Falls? An art project imagines it in 2076.
Curators behind a new exhibition ask Baltimore to picture the Jones Falls in 50 years. Does it have a highway on top? How about gondolas?
Co-organizers of “Confluence: Reimagining Baltimore’s Waterways,” from left, Bruce Willen, Anand Pandian, and Lee Davis at Area 405.
A year after rainouts, Baltimore Harbor swim to return Sunday
After weather-related cancellations last year, Baltimore’s Harbor Splash returns Sunday in Fells Point as organizers launch a series of pop-up swims aimed at getting more people back into the harbor.
Harbor jumpers leap into the waters of Fells Point during the Harbor Splash 2024 event on 6/23/24 in Baltimore, MD.
Is Baltimore’s public works department too big? A ballot measure would split it.
The proposal, backed by Mayor Brandon Scott, City Council President Zeke Cohen and Comptroller Bill Henry, comes after bondholders downgraded Baltimore’s debt rating on its sewer system this year.
The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant occupies a 466-acre site on the Back River in Dundalk.
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