Maryland legislators and environmental groups are urging Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration to adopt California’s new electric vehicle standards by year's end or risk falling behind the Golden State.

Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and Arboretum in Windsor Mill will be Maryland's first cemetery dedicated to the practice of using solely biodegradable burial materials and emphasizing a reduced impact on the land.

Academy officials held a small ceremony Wednesday to break ground on the first project to protect against future sea level rise by repairing and raising the height of the seawall, according to an academy news release.

Baltimore City and Mayor Brandon Scott announced Monday that they had filed a lawsuit against tobacco companies in an effort to recover money the city spends cleaning up discarded cigarette butts.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has rejected Pennsylvania’s latest plan for reducing its pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, finding it falls well short of the state’s commitment.

A controversy is brewing over revised plans for the Central Avenue bridge and streetscape project connecting Baltimore neighborhoods east of the Inner Harbor to Harbor Point.

Baltimore County’s law office wants to hire a legal firm to consider litigation against fossil fuels companies over climate change, which could mimic suits filed by Baltimore City, Anne Arundel County and jurisdictions across the country.

Ben Jealous will become the Sierra Club’s first executive director of color in January, the grassroots environmental organization announced Monday.