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Maryland Environmentalists Face Awkward Choice: Support Moore’s Budget Raid or Fight for Climate Goals

Budget pressures are forcing climate groups into uncomfortable compromises even as Maryland falls further behind on its climate targets.

By Aman Azhar

 Maryland Gov. Wes Moore visits the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 22 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore participates in a discussion on bipartisanship at the National Press Club on Sept. 4, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Moore Boasts of Record Climate Spending in Maryland Budget as Advocates Denounce Raids on Energy Investment Fund

By Aman Azhar
Cars pass a data center under construction in Ashburn, Va., on Nov, 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense
Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during the Chesapeake Executive Council meeting on Tuesday at the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Credit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program

After Missing 2025 Goals, Chesapeake Bay Leaders Agree on Longer Timeline and Tribal Role in Cleanup

By Aman Azhar
Cabinets hold racks and active servers at the Digital Realty Innovation Lab data center on Nov. 12 in Ashburn, Va. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers

By Rambo Talabong
Transmission lines are seen in Montgomery Village, Md. Credit: Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Leads Multistate Push to Shield Consumers from New Data Center Costs

By Aman Azhar
Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15 in Pittsburgh. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power

By Rambo Talabong
In Stone Ridge, Virginia, an Amazon Web Services data center in July 2024. Virginia is a PJM state, and Northern Virginia is the largest data center market in the world. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.

By Rambo Talabong
The Conowingo Dam, on the Susquehanna River in Darlington, Maryland, on July 2, 2017. Credit: Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland’s Conowingo Dam Settlement Reasserts State’s Clean Water Act Authority but Revives Dredging Debate

By Aman Azhar
The photo shows the bay around Oxford

Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks

By Aman Azhar
A view of the Chesapeake Bay’s Brewerton Chanel in Pasadena, Md. Credit: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads

By Aman Azhar
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks in front of the Keystone Trade Center during a press conference on Aug. 7 in Falls Township, Pa.

Citing the Need for ‘Significant Reform,’ Pennsylvania’s Governor Threatens to Pull the State Out of the Region’s Power Grid

By Kiley Bense, Aman Azhar, Charles Paullin, Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
An aerial view of the Ocean City inlet and boardwalk in Maryland. Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Concerns Among Legal Scholars

By Aman Azhar
People walk along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay following heavy rain and flooding in North Beach, Md., on Aug. 9, 2024. Credit: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Experts, Officials Clash Over Maryland’s Latest Stormwater Permit

By Aman Azhar
Gov. Wes Moore speaks to a crowd of supporters at the Maryland Democratic Party annual gala in Baltimore June 12. Credit: Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland’s Governor and Legislature Just Got So-So Grades on Their Environmental Scorecards

By Aman Azhar
Red “no swimming” flags dot Brighton Beach amid Hurricane Erin on Wednesday in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price
The Kearny Generating Station, owned and operated by the Public Service Electric and Gas Company, is seen in Kearny, N.J. Credit: Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images

Utilities Want to Regain the Ability to Build Power Plants in PJM. Consumer Advocates Say That’s Probably a Bad Idea

By Dan Gearino
The Hugh L. Spurlock Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant within PJM’s territory, is seen on June 12 in Maysville, Ky. Credit: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images

Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

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