Climate & Environment

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.

Winds could reach up to 60 mph with a low chance of isolated hail and a brief tornado threat Monday afternoon.

National Guard members and U.S. Park Police patrolled the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday as President Donald Trump’s administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix a botched renovation before the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.

While most candidates agree that massive data centers have no place in Prince George’s County, some are leaving the door open to building those facilities.

COLUMN | The solstice arrived at 4:24 a.m. Sunday. That’s the start of astronomical summer. It’s when you think about thunderstorms and their even more dangerous cousins, tornadoes and derechos.

Sunday is the solstice, marking the start of astronomical summer north of the equator.

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.

The National Aquarium released nine formerly cold-stunned turtles named after Baltimore neighborhoods into the sea in Ocean City on Thursday.

Two projects for public water access in Anne Arundel were quickly amended out of next year’s budget. Advocates described feeling blindsided, and some officials decried the move as potentially motivated by politics.

Tropical Storm Arthur formed off the Texas coast on Wednesday as the first tropical storm of the season in the Atlantic basin, threatening a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with potentially dangerous flooding even as it was expected to quickly weaken.

Financial assistance is on the way for Maryland farms and vineyards devastated by an unseasonably late freeze this spring.

Harford County’s Emergency Management Division said they are unaware of any damage at this time.

Maryland residents could face another round of severe weather Sunday afternoon, with forecasters warning that thunderstorms may bring damaging wind.

A barrage of powerful thunderstorms and damaging winds caused wreckage in Maryland on Thursday and Friday, leaving one state park shuttered, communities without traffic lights and at least two people dead.

The dayslong heat advisory and severe storm threat are not expected to let up Friday.

The temperatures this summer could put you at risk of heat exhaustion, heat stroke or heat cramps. Health experts want Maryland residents to know the signs ahead of time.

The Maryland Zoo is debuting a new exhibit for pair of red pandas in Baltimore.

COLUMN | How do you make a busy waterway livable, swimmable? For almost 20 years, the Spa Creek Conservancy has been working to do that.

Prince George’s County leaders responded defiantly to a lawsuit challenging their attempts to take nearly $40 million from the bi-county parks and planing commission, which sued the county over the transfer.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory as temperatures could feel as hot as 105 degrees.