water pollution
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Don't expect either candidate to talk about the importance of trees - Survey finds errors, missing projects in Maryland storm-water database, raising questions about efficacy of polluted runoff controls.
- An Olympic dream for Healthy Harbor: student voices hope swimming races can be held one day in Baltimore's watery heart
- High-earners in Maryland will feel a financial pinch beginning Sunday, when employers boost paycheck withholdings to accommodate higher income tax rates. The tax increase is one of hundreds of new laws taking effect with the July 1 start of the state's fiscal year.
- American Rivers puts Potomac, 'nation's river,' at top of its annual "most endangered" waters list, saying it's threatened by urban and farm pollution, and by threatened cutbacks in federal funding and regulations
- Billions of dollars in potential savings seen; critics warn of 'Pandora's box'
- Scientists blame warm water, sewage leaks for early severe algae bloom
- Online map, signs to track bacteria sampling for boaters, anglers
- Assembly orders MD's largest localities to levy fees to pay for controlling runoff pollution
- Keystone pipeline: Administration seems to be doing everything in its power to thwart America's quest for energy independence
- President Obama likes to claim that his No. 1 priority is jobs, but the Keystone XL pipeline decision shows it's anything but.
- Provisions regarding the Keystone XL oil pipeline in the payroll tax cut legislation currently before Congress could threaten Maryland's coastline
- Waterfront Partnership proposal backs bottle deposits and bag fees, calls on city, Balto. Co. to curb sewage leaks, littering
- Heavy rains routinely trigger big sewage overflows in Baltimore, but there is growing evidence that chronic leaks in dry weather from the region's aging, cracked sewer lines are a bigger threat to public health
- Nearly 300 environmental violation cases awaiting enforcement
- Nearly 300 environmental violation cases awaiting enforcement
- Newborn penguin chicks are learning to adjust to the water
- Santee Basin on Severn River is closed by Anne Arundel health officials after a sewage pipe broke.
- A new study shows efforts to fight Chesapeake Bay pollution are having a positive impact even as federal government's involvement is under attack
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- Hundreds of Americans are expected to be arrested in protests outside the White House over a proposed pipeline to bring Canadian tar sands petroleum to Texas.
- The eight handmade race cars that successfully zoomed down the 5-foot wooden ramp in the hallway at Sarah M. Roach Elementary on Friday marked the beginning of a revved-up effort by the city school system to get a long-derailed academic program back on track.
- Stony Run interceptor project finished after five years
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- NOAA is creating an inventory of more than 30,000 coastal shipwrecks — many casualties of the 1942 Battle of the Atlantic — and identify those that pose the most significant threat.
- Part of Maryland's 'Buy Local Challenge Week', the cookout brings together local chefs and local food producers
- Obama administration launches "urban waters" initiative to clean up, redevelop city rivers, lakes
- Anne Arundel County health authorities on Friday ended the advisory for people to stay out of the water at three beaches or recreational areas because of high bacteria levels.
- The commission said capacity at the dam is coming to an end
- The Wellness House of Annapolis, which offers services and programs to assist those living with cancer and their relatives, including children, has walk-in hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
- Conservative writer and rock music fan Matt Patterson says U2's history of activism is questionable.
- F. Gould Charshee Jr., an environmental planner who worked for decades on improving water quality in the Baltimore metropolitan area, died June 11 from complications from Parkinson's disease and a series of strokes at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
- The Wellness House of Annapolis, which offers services and programs to assist those living with cancer and their relatives, including children, has walk-in hours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
- Neil J. Pedersen, who led the State Highway Administration through the two biggest projects in its history, said Wednesday that he will step down at the end of the month to travel with his wife and explore other professional opportunities.
- Risks to human health and safety more than justify a full examination of what fracking might mean for Maryland
- Solar-powered device to be tested at easing Baltimore's Inner Harbor's water-quality woes
- We must find ways to clean up the bay and still live within our budget
- Maryland needs protection from Pennsylvania fracking and polluters closer to home
- The coincidence that Good Friday fell on Earth Day this year is a reminder of our duty to safeguard God's creation.
- Monitoring the Patapsco River below Baltimore skews measurements of it overall water quality
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- Obama has stopped talking about climate change, but without it, his energy policy is insane.
- Domestic drilling for oil is no solution for higher gasoline prices
- Schaefer recalled as impatient advocate for Chesapeake cleanup
- Tough year for the environmental movement shows no signs of getting better
- A year after the BP disaster, a faith-based approach to regulation endures
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- Rockfish season opens with good news about Bay contamination and what's for supper.
