ICN Maryland

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

The revised watershed agreement extends pollution-reduction targets and bets on voluntary measures to achieve cleanup goals that have remained elusive for decades.

By Aman Azhar

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

By Rambo Talabong

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

By Aman Azhar

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

By Rambo Talabong

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

By Rambo Talabong

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

By Aman Azhar

Federal Shutdown Hampers Chesapeake Bay Agreement Talks

By Aman Azhar

The Chesapeake Bay Program Reaches a Crossroads

By Aman Azhar

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

Challenge to Maryland Offshore Wind Project Stokes Concerns Among Legal Scholars

By Aman Azhar

Experts, Officials Clash Over Maryland’s Latest Stormwater Permit

By Aman Azhar

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

By Aman Azhar

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

By Kiley Price

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

By Dan Gearino

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

By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong

Experts Slam Chesapeake Bay Draft Plan Over Lack of Pollution Targets and Accountability

By Aman Azhar

PJM Capacity Price Hits Cap as Clean Energy Projects Remain Stalled

By Rambo Talabong

Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026

By Rambo Talabong

Off the Books: Maryland’s Clean Energy Push Ignores Backup Generator Pollution

By Aman Azhar