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The groups are concerned that the license missed an opportunity to address several environmental issues caused by the hydroelectric dam.
- The homestead is located in a newly acquired section of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
- During the peak of cicada season there will be insects on the ground and in the trees and some will fall into the water. “It’s like a protein bar” for fish, said Eric Hussar, a commissioner with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
- Environmental groups are asking that Valley Proteins, a Dorchester County plant that boils down chicken feathers, bones and fats to be used in animal feed and biofuels, be required to address pollution problems, and possibly pay a fine of more than $500 million for not complying with the law.
- Jane F. Barrett, a trial lawyer, state and federal prosecutor, white-collar defense counsel and legal educator, has died at 68.
- The appeal could lead to arguments in a higher court or settlement talks.
- The bills that Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law include the Walter Lomax Act, which sets guidelines for how much money the state must pay individuals who have been wrongly convicted and sent to prison.
- Some of the bills have already become law, but most now head to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan for his review.
- An environmental group says that Pennsylvania would have to spend more than $500 million a year to meet a looming deadline for reducing pollution that flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
- 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.
