Climate and environment

Assateague State Park, Ocean City and other Maryland beaches have shut down water access due to medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washing ashore.

Maryland authorities have filed suit against the developer and builders of a Harford County housing project, accusing them of polluting the Gunpowder River by failing to control muddy runoff.

“Gas-powered leaf blowers are effectively pollution generation machines,” said Councilman Ryan Dorsey.

Neighbors entered the normally locked gates surrounding the C.P Crane plant site to hear that their efforts paid off. C.P. Crane will become a waterfront park.

The advocacy group, Stop Grace Plastic Burning Project — made up of Columbia residents who live near the W.R. Grace headquarters — are holding a protest to stop the chemical company from building a pilot plastics recycling plant.

Anne Arundel County residents’ opposition to a bill prohibiting combustion engine-powered leaf blowers led to the bill’s withdrawal.

The Maryland Offshore Wind Project can build more than 110 offshore wind turbines about 10 miles off the coast and power over 718,000 homes on the Delmarva Peninsula.

It’s not unusual to see some dead fish around the Inner Harbor as summer ends, but a mass fish kill left several thousand floating in the water Wednesday.

Beautiful weather with an early fall feel will last into Thursday before turning wet Friday evening into most of Saturday.

Baltimore County plans to spend $10 million in state open space money to turn 85 acres in the eastern part of the county into a new waterfront park. The site until recently was home to the Charles P. Crane Generating Station, a power plant that burned coal.

September means it’s peak pawpaw season in Maryland. Here’s where you can find — and celebrate — the greenish-yellow fruit with a custard-like flesh.

Launched by two Baltimore-natives in 2022, Our Parks Too! is a campaign that encourages Black people to visit and enjoy the country’s national parks system.

The Maryland State Department of the Environment published a draft permit Thursday morning that would allow CSX Transportation to continue operating its coal terminal in South Baltimore.

Dangerously high temperatures are forecast for the region Wednesday, and some Baltimore schools are set to close early.

The extra rainy start to Maryland’s summer saw makes it likely Baltimore will have a year without a jellyfish invasion, experts said.

Make sure to send the kids in comfortable clothing as temperatures register in the upper 80s to low 90s during Monday afternoon.

Howard County officials said approximately 160,000 gallons of sewage overflowed onto the ground surface at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant on Thursday night. A small amount entered a storm drain before valves were shut off.

More than 200 northern Baltimore County residents packed into Hereford High School’s auditorium to oppose a $424 million transmission line that would cut through pristine farmland and prized horse country to power both residential growth in Maryland and data center development in Virginia.

The Baltimore region is in the middle of a couple of cool days, including temperatures as low as 53 degrees Wednesday morning — but warmer, more summery weather is returning soon.

Curtis Bay residents run higher risks of health problems like heart disease and cancer from long-term exposure to pollution, research shows. It takes a mental toll, too.