Climate & environment

Blue Water Baltimore, a water quality watchdog in the city, explained the colorful change and rotten-egg smell were part of a “turnover event” in the harbor.

Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay area could see some minor coastal flooding with the possibility of some moderate flooding in the bay area caused by the hurricanes.

In July, Trinity Sterile got a waiver from the EPA to keep releasing the same amount of toxic chemical ethylene oxide until at least 2028.

The 2024 state law, named the WARMTH Act, calls on Baltimore Gas and Electric Company and Washington Gas Light Company to develop pilot programs that would incorporate geothermal energy — collected underground from the Earth’s natural heat — in low-and-moderate income communities.

The city entered its sewage consent decree in 2002 and now wants to punt its completion to 2046.

Rain showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue today and into the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Though regulators say the incident isn’t the result of any single pollution event, the aquatic annihilation is another reminder of the challenges facing the harbor and the broader Chesapeake Bay.

Despite extending the contract for the Dickerson incinerator through 2031, the county executive is pushing for alternatives before his term ends.

Scattered thunderstorms Tuesday evening are bringing the threat of flash flooding and damaging winds across the region, with the warning that parts of Anne Arundel County could see up to half a foot of water during high tide.

The Trump administration plans to close the Maryland's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, or BARC, just outside Washington. The USDA wants to move the farm research “closer to the people,” but proponents of the lab worry about disruption to ongoing research and development of the rural land.

State officials are reminding Marylanders that eastern copperheads, one of two venomous snakes in the state, will become more active as the weather gets cooler.

Montgomery County has been battling invasive running bamboo for decades, from backyards and public parks to the County Council.

The money at risk — federal grants for climate change initiatives awarded to Montgomery County under the Biden administration — is potentially on the chopping block.

Days Cove Rubble Landfill in White Marsh is seeking a permit to discharge 25,000 gallons of leachate a day into the Gunpowder River.

The Baltimore-based US Wind project off Ocean City is Maryland’s only offshore wind farm close to construction, but federal tax breaks and courtroom battles may decide its fate.

A White Marsh landfill has applied for a permit to dump a toxic liquid called leachate into the Bird River, a tributary of the Upper Gunpowder River.

This marks a significant delay to the timeline requested by PSEG, which had proposed a final decision by the end of March 2026.

Colorful leaves will be coming to Maryland, soon.

The future for Dr. Ben Carson’s proposed solar farm in Baltimore County doesn’t look bright.

New requirements to protect South Baltimore residents from an export terminal’s coal dust have left both environmentalists and the facility operator unhappy.