Climate & environment

Parts of Maryland are facing bitterly cold temperatures and the possibility of snow this weekend.

As lawmakers prepare to hold override votes on three climate bills vetoed by Moore last session, Gov. Wes Moore said he would fund a study into the damages of climate change in Maryland.

The land is part of Charles Carroll’s once nearly 13,000-acre estate, which was established in 1702. It included a plantation and grand residence called Doughoregan Manor, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971.

Maryland's Attorney General announced guilty pleas and a $100,000 fine against Skyline Tower Painting and its president, holding them accountable for a 2022 tower-washing project that showered Baltimore with hazardous lead paint.

Western Maryland is under a blizzard warning, but chances of snow in the Baltimore area remain slim for much of the week.

Waterfront Partnership, the nonprofit that upkeeps and represents the aquatic trash interceptor, launched a website on Sunday where fans of Mr. Trash Wheel can browse and buy outerwear, shirts, accessories, stickers and home goods.

After Maryland leaders and Constellation Energy announced a $340 million deal to relicense the Conowingo Dam in October, a coalition representing Eastern Shore counties argues the agreement violated state law.

Temperatures will be in the upper 20s and lower 30s by sunrise on Monday morning.

Despite Trump administration funding cuts, Maryland sturgeon surveyors had a big year.

Forecasters for the National Weather Service expect Saturday to be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of freezing rain and drizzle, then partly sunny in the afternoon.

Light snow could cause dangerous travel conditions for commuters, especially for drivers south of Interstate 66, according to the National Weather Service.

A handful of Maryland school districts are announcing delays as light snow is expected across parts of the state Friday morning.

Hemlock woolly adelgids can slowly bleed a grove of the flat-needled evergreens dry, wiping out the mini ecosystem that relies on the tree.

While Baltimore officials argue that meeting the 2030 deadline puts too much financial burden on its ratepayers, the delay won’t make fixing the problem any cheaper, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Blue Water Baltimore argued in comments on the city plan this week.

Snow is likely in the early hours of Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

The tribes originally hoped to be signatories on the new Chesapeake watershed pact, approved by governors from across the watershed in a landmark meeting Tuesday at Baltimore’s National Aquarium.

Lumina Solar, based in Baltimore County, will design and install the system.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore passed a wooden gavel to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, marking the start of more prominent role for the Keystone State in the campaign to restore the bay.

The low-pressure system moving onto the East Coast hit parts of Western Maryland with snow and sleet.

Maryland school districts are announcing delays and closures as a wintry mix moves across the state Tuesday morning.