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Donald Trump is doing exactly what establishment Republicans have done for decades: gin up fear among Americans of modest means to get their votes, then, once elected, serve the interests of the monied class.

Trump's EPA will be a disaster for our children.

Harford County will enter into agreements over the next year for the county's design and assessment needs for projects related to watershed protection.

Donald Trump hits a new low with his science-averse pick for the EPA

Maryland Department of the Environment must commit to monitoring Wagner pollution

Responding to residents worried that the air near their homes isn't safe to breathe, Maryland environment officials say they hope to install an air quality monitor near a coal power plant in Anne Arundel County.

Americans must fight harder for rational environmental policy under Donald Trump

With EPA likely to be weakened under Donald Trump, it's up to states like Maryland to stand up for clean air and water

Maryland environmental regulators are asking their federal counterparts to crack down on 19 coal plants in five other states whose emissions, carried hundreds of miles by the wind, make the air unhealthy to breathe on hot summer days.

President Donald Trump won't be able to unilaterally dismantle a far-reaching Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan, but his plans to gut the Environmental Protection Agency could weaken the effort.

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have received $6 million in federal funds to study if obesity contributes to asthma problems in children.

Angry environmental activists complain about the pace of Baltimore's wastewater repairs. Many blame the city. But Maryland's congressional delegation hasn't moved a muscle to help, and thousands of city residents have lost their homes at tax sale in the bargain.

New York and a handful of other Northeastern states filed a lawsuit last week against the Environmental Protection Agency demanding it hold other states responsible for the air pollution they send downwind, but Maryland officials won't be joining them in court.

A new water quality monitor where the Jones Falls meets the Inner Harbor will provide detail on pollutants entering the harbor by the minute.

Baltimore will receive federal funds to create and restore green space, monitor water quality, and start educational programs, the White House announced today.

Clean coal is more marketing than science and Americans deserve to know the truth about the future of energy

The sinkhole has been there so long it is hard to remember a time before the road caved in and the army of robots took over Centre Street, or what wa

International fight over climate change could turn on a federal appeals court ruling on EPA authority over air pollution

The City of Havre de Grace and the Environmental Protection Agency have been involved in negotiations in recent weeks regarding a potential fine for stormwater violations, according to city and EPA officials.

If you live in the City of Aberdeen and have noticed a different taste or odor to your water, don't be alarmed. City officials say it's perfectly safe to drink and use. The problem, which relates to the source and the weather, isn't a new one and typically crops up in the summer, city Public Works Director Kyle Torster said.

On June 21st, Harford County Council passed a state required financial assurance plan which described how the County will accomplish the stormwater runoff control required by Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) by the end of the County's pollution permit, also called the EPA Clean Water Act Permit. This requirement is part of the larger program to clean up the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries (e.g. Winters Run, Broad Creek, Bush River) by 2025. The reduction of stormwater runoff

Despite efforts of Maryland lawmakers, plan to derail Chesapeake Bay cleanup wins House approval

Coal-fired power plant is too polluting to be allowed to operate

EPA ruling against Wagner power plant illustrates Maryland's bad air dilemma

Federal environmental regulators have ruled that the air around a power plant in northern Anne Arundel County is unhealthy to breathe, rejecting Maryland officials' arguments that the air is clean enough.

Bug spray can save your life

While states unlikely to meet 2017 EPA target, overall Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts aren't that far off track.

Baltimore is grappling with a plan to remove hundreds of acres of pavement — and find more creative ways to drastically reduce the amount of pollution that rain washes into waterways — over the next two and a half years to help clean up the Chesapeake Bay.

Maryland's governor may have failed to support clean energy but there is much that can be done to change that

Improvements to wastewater treatment plants have met a key Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction goal a decade early, environmental officials said Tuesday.

Baltimore, Maryland and federal officials said they expect $1 billion of sewage repair work to reduce sewage backups in basements across the city, but could not say when they would achieve progress or provide any financial assistance to residents.

GOP's presumptive presidential nominee would happily allow domestic gas and oil producers to run wild

The Chesapeake Bay got a C on its latest report card, the first time it has earned a passing grade since 2002.

Sewage backs up into Baltimore homes more than a dozen times a day, on average. Repairs to fix the sewage system are expected to extend another decade.

Environmental groups argue the Panda Mattawoman Power Project would violate the civil rights of the predominantly black Brandywine community.

Maryland is "very close" to meeting all federal air quality standards, but still must reduce ozone pollution to meet a tightened limit.

Small levels of air pollution may lead to premature birth

Nearly 4 percent of samples taken for an annual city water quality analysis contained unacceptable levels of lead, according to a report released Monday.

Op-ed: It's maddening enough that Baltimore has blown a deadline set 10 years ago to fix massive sewage leaks. What is equally frustrating is the lack of clear information coming from the city on this issue. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is calling for deadlines for specific action on this issue. The city must be held accountable for progress.

President Richard Nixon founded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Dec. 2, 1970, in response to concerns about environmental pollution, and the health of our planet and American citizens. Prior to the establishment of the EPA, the nation's growth in industrial areas such as plastics, petroleum and chemicals created unbridled pollution at the expense of the public's health.

It was fascinating to watch members of Congress question EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy during a congressional hearing about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Republican members of Congress said that they were shocked that the EPA was unable to force the state of Michigan to respond appropriately to lead in Flint's water supply while children were poisoned for over a year.

EPA emission standards for cars are unrealistically low, and fail any cost/benefit test as evidenced by the fact no manufacturer can profitably sell affordable diesels in the U.S. Yet, in the UK, 50 percent of all cars are diesel, while America wastes billions of gallons of fuel with less efficient gas technology.

When McKay Jenkins complained of nagging soreness in his hip and thigh 10 years ago, he expected doctors to attribute the pain to exercise and middle age. But an MRI revealed a tumor was growing— a shocking discovery for the health-conscious professor living in suburban Baltimore. Although Jenkins' tumor turned out to be benign, the scare prompted him to start extensive research that became material for "ContamiNation: My Quest to Survive in a Toxic World," published in paperback earlier

The Supreme Court said Monday it would not hear a challenge to the "pollution diet" set for the Chesapeake Bay, in effect upholding the blueprint for a substantial cleanup by 2025.

Adverse Supreme Court ruling places greater burden on Maryland to toughen standards for power plant emissions

Air conditioners, washers and dryers, furnaces, heat pumps, standard-size refrigerators, compact fluorescent light bulbs, dehumidifiers and programmable thermostats that have been designated as meeting or exceeding the applicable Energy Star efficiency requirements developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy will be tax-free.

Multistate efforts to clean up the Chesapeake Bay are starting to pay off, with a surge in blue crab populations, growth of underwater grasses and improvements in water quality, according to a bay report card released Tuesday.

A Curtis Bay manganese processing plant that is the largest industrial polluter of Maryland waterways has for the past two years dumped 12 times more nitrogen into a Patapsco River tributary than its permit allows, state officials acknowledged Monday.

State officials are sending letters to nearly 400 families urging them to consult a doctor after discovering 'invalid' lead-free certificates and launching a wide-ranging investigation in jurisdictions throughout central and southern Maryland.