Regional Transportation Board Vote May Quash Hopes For Maryland Toll Lane Project On I-495/I-270
The region’s Transportation Planning Board has voted to remove Maryland’s I-495/I-270 toll project from its long-term plans, putting the future of the project in question.
Maryland landfills pose bigger climate problem than previously thought
Throwing food away is more than wasteful. When it gets buried in a landfill, it generates methane, a climate-warming greenhouse gas many times more potent...
School bus fleet to go electric in Montgomery County, Maryland
Students in Montgomery County, Maryland, will soon have a cleaner, quieter ride to school. The local public school system is replacing 25 of its old...
A power plant in Maryland ditches coal for batteries, a first for the US
Coal plants are shutting down across the U.S., but one in Maryland is switching to battery power in what appears to be a nationwide first....
Md. Coal-Fired Power Plant Will Retire Five Years Early — Before Worker Retraining Kicks In
The operator of the second largest coal-fired power plant in Maryland announced that the plant will retire next year, which is five years earlier than...
Maryland AG: Strike Down Trump’s Low Vehicle-Emissions Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public hearing this week to reconsider letting states decide their own vehicle-emissions standards, and Maryland's attorney general supports...
Winds of Change: Source of Power and Struggle
In a nondescript building near BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, a glimpse of Maryland’s clean energy future is on vivid display. Climb up to the captain’s...
Big Oil Pushes Maryland County’s Climate Case to Federal Court
Another climate case against BP Plc and other oil giants is in federal court after industry lawyers transferred it from Maryland state court. Anne Arundel...