Cost Of Bay Restoration Could Hinder Growth In Western Md.
Some Allegany County officials say a state proposal for reducing Chesapeake Bay pollution would make it harder to build homes and businesses in the western Maryland mountains.
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Some Allegany County officials say a state proposal for reducing Chesapeake Bay pollution would make it harder to build homes and businesses in the western Maryland mountains.
The two sides in a Maryland poultry pollution law suit are now battling over whether a federal judge should visit an Eastern Shore farm at the center of the dispute.
The U.S. Geological Survey says reservoirs near the mouth of the Susquehanna are filling with sediment and storms are now washing more pollution into the Chesapeake Bay.
Federal officials plan to announce $22.7 million in funding for Chesapeake Bay restoration projects.
New rankings show Maryland remains among the nation's top 20 power plant polluters.
A federal scientist says the Conowingo Dam in northeastern Maryland is not trapping as much sediment and nutrient pollution as it has in years past -- possibly endangering the Chesapeake Bay.
A panel of Maryland lawmakers has approved regulations requiring new construction to use the best technology in septic systems to fight pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
A Maryland legislative panel is weighing regulations proposed by Gov. Martin O'Malley's administration to require the use of the best available technology in septic systems to remove nitrogen in new construction in most of the state.
A state senator from Harford County is taking aim at proposed regulations intended to keep manure and livestock out of Maryland streams.
Two groups trying to clean up the Inner Harbor don't see eye to eye about what needs to be done.
A West Virginia chicken farmer is suing the EPA to stop it from imposing wastewater rules on her farm as part of a multi-state effort to clean up Chesapeake Bay.
The Chesapeake Bay Program says oxygen levels in the bay dropped last year, with just about a third of the waterway meeting summer standards.
An annual study of pollution levels in the Wicomico River and its watershed shows that levels went down slightly in 2011.
Forecasters says this hurricane season could be less active than last and that has environmentalists and researchers hopeful the Chesapeake will avoid a repeat of heavy rains that dumped pollution into the bay last year.
The Nature Conservancy and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources are teaming up to reduce pollution from a source that gets little attention: gravel roads.
A new study by the American Lung Association (ALA) is showing mixed results for the air we're breathing in the Baltimore-Washington area.
There's a growing problem in the Inner Harbor. An algae bloom is turning the water brown.
Baltimoreans have a new tool for keeping track of water conditions in the harbor and other city waterways.
Federal environmental officials say New York missed the deadline for filing its latest Chesapeake Bay restoration plan.
Maryland Senators have approved a bill to regulate where new residential septic systems can be installed.
A new report says the Curtis Bay and Brooklyn areas outside Baltimore are among the nation's most polluted zip codes.
Environmental groups say an aging, coal-fired power plant in Washington County that is being closed by FirstEnergy along with five others did not comply with Maryland's 2006 Healthy Air Act.
A Greek shipping company pleads guilty to polluting at sea and then trying to cover it up. It came in a plea agreement in federal court in Baltimore.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to reward a sailor who reported pollution aboard his ship.
Before polluters can be hauled into court, they have to be caught. That's led the state attorney general to conduct ongoing environmental audits along Maryland's waterways.
