Baltimore Incinerator Operator To Pay $77K Fine
State officials say the operator of a Baltimore incinerator has agreed to pay a $77,500 fine to settle alleged air pollution violations.
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State officials say the operator of a Baltimore incinerator has agreed to pay a $77,500 fine to settle alleged air pollution violations.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation says infrared videos show air pollution coming from natural gas sites springing up across the country.
A new study says thousands of pounds of pollutants are running into the Severn River, and that many residential and commercial drainage systems that should be stopping the contamination are in disrepair.
A Maryland task force has backed off taking a more aggressive approach to curbing pollution from septic tanks in an effort to forge a consensus.
The state of Maryland is looking to buy electricity generated from animal waste.
An environmental group says Maryland is rapidly becoming the nation's capital for waste-to-energy plants which are more polluting than coal-fired plants.
The Environmental Protection Agency's senior adviser on the Chesapeake Bay restoration says the EPA's strategy can stand up to court challenges by farm and development groups.
For most of July, NASA's large research aircraft has been cruising the I-95 corridor between D.C. and the Delaware line. On board, instruments and scientists have been sampling and collecting Maryland's air.
A federal judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt or approve new pollution standards for the Anacostia River.
A new study ranks Maryland fifth worst in the nation for pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants.
Maryland has almost reached its two-year milestones for cutting two key Chesapeake Bay pollutants.
The Environmental Protection Agency is clamping down on pollution from power plants in 27 states that contributes to unhealthy air downwind.
Using a large plane to fly low over Maryland, NASA has begun a first of its kind study of air quality.
A federal complaint accuses the owner of a Hagerstown cement plant of violating the Clean Air Act and polluting the air.
Sunday's storm is being blamed for an unsightly scene at the Inner Harbor this weekend: trash floating in the water. But some say that trash is always there, storm or not.
Chemicals linked to intersex fish that have both male and female traits will be the focus of a forum in Washington hosted by the Potomac Conservancy.
Concern is growing over pollution in a local waterway that could be putting people's health at risk.
A report by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation claims that pollution from a $6 billion coal-fired plant proposed in Surry County would cause an estimated 26 premature deaths annually and generate additional regional health costs exceeding $200 million a year.
A bill limiting the use of lawn fertilizers, a growing source of Chesapeake Bay pollution, is to be signed into law this week.
A report by a panel of scientists and environmentalists raises new questions about the ambitious plan to restore the Chesapeake Bay, including the effectiveness of tracking pollution-reduction goals and how climate change could alter in the bay's recovery effort.
Gov. Martin O'Malley is assembling a group to study pollution from septic systems.
A court battle by New York and North Carolina over out-of-state air pollution could help clean the Chesapeake Bay.
Gov. Martin O'Malley is continuing his push to require high-end septic systems for new developments to fight pollution.
The former owners of the Sparrows Point steel mill are asking a judge to dismiss a suit filed by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
