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The West Baltimore center nestled in Leakin Park offers panoramic views of the woods that surround much of the property.
- Marylanders may no longer be allowed to intentionally let balloons loose into the sky now that a bill going through the General Assembly has passed both chambers.
- In addition to paying its fine, Luke Mill will have to answer to state regulators during the cleanup process, and monitor water quality at its site for years to come.
- The discovery last week of a single silvery fish in the Patapsco River confirms the importance of removing old, useless dams and restoring the habitat needed for spawning.
- Maryland transportation officials plan to exempt cars 6 model years old or newer from emissions checks, a move that would double the amount of time new vehicles can go without testing.
- Environmental groups say the agreement is a missed opportunity to compel Exelon, which runs the dam, to do more to stop pollutants flowing down the Susquehanna River and into the Chesapeake Bay.
- Lab tests ordered by environmental groups found harmful chemicals, called PFAS, in a pesticide that Maryland uses for its mosquito control program.
- Port upgrades are complete at Baltimore County’s Tradepoint Atlantic facility, where workers will assemble wind turbines bound for the sea about 20 miles off the coast of Ocean City, officials said Wednesday.
- Maryland must regulate gaseous ammonia emissions that come from poultry farms and could land in state waterways, a Montgomery County court said last week.
- A Southwest Baltimore church is partnering with environmentalists, neighbors and students to reclaim a dying 10-acre urban forest and create a peace park that will bring physical and spiritual benefits. It will also make the community more resilient to severe weather events like flooding.
- Flathead catfish are the biggest thing to catch in the Susquehanna, and their size, and phenomenon, keep growing.
- The money going to Valley Proteins in Dorchester County comes from Maryland's Bay Restoration Fund, which gets its money from a “flush fee” paid by residents and has been used to upgrade public sewage treatment plants.
- The designation would mean support from the National Park Service, and possibly new visitor centers near the bay.
- The trash wheel, named Gwynnda the Good Wheel of the West, is the city's largest yet.
- Numerous environmental bills are working their way through Maryland’s legislature this session as legislators tout the urgency of acting to slow climate change.
- Gee Whiz, the first whooping crane hatched at the International Crane Foundation in Wisconsin, has died. The crane was conceived through artificial insemination using semen from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel. He was named after George Gee, who worked at Patuxent and collected the semen.
- Particularly at dawn and dusk this May and June, observers in much of Maryland will hear male cicadas singing from the trees to attract their mates.
- The Howard County Council passed the Plastics Reduction Act in a 4-1 vote Monday night, limiting single-use plastic such as straws, stirrers and certain condiment packets by restaurants and retailers.
- Shad, eels and smallmouth bass are the three species of fish in the Susquehanna River that have been most affected by human activity.
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Maryland releases plan to hit 50% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030, General Assembly to consider 60%
Current state law calls for a 40% reduction from 2006 levels in the next decade. - Environmental officials are investigating the death of a humpback whale that was found stranded along the Maryland coast.
