ICN Maryland

Maryland Faces Criticism Over Scaled-Back Energy Efficiency Program and Proposed Building Code Changes

Gov. Wes Moore’s administration said cuts to the EmPOWER program will provide consumers “immediate relief” but critics warn changes to it and the state’s building codes could threaten long-term affordability goals.

By Aman Azhar

Bay Program Delays Decision on Tribes’ Place in Chesapeake Agreement

By Aman Azhar

Maryland County Adopts a Two-year Moratorium on Data Center Development

By Aman Azhar

More Living Shorelines Could Come to States Bordering Chesapeake Bay if the Region’s Senators Get Their Way

By Avril Silva

FERC Order Bolsters Maryland Case Against Billions in Data Center Grid Costs

By Aman Azhar

Months After a Jet Fuel Leak, No Agency Tested Waters Downstream of Piscataway Creek. So Community Groups Are Doing It Themselves.

By Aman Azhar

Sewage and Fuel Leaks Contaminate the Potomac River, Source of Drinking Water for More Than 5 Million People

By Aman Azhar

Congress Grills Officials About the Potomac River Sewage Spill

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

As PJM Reopens Interconnection Queue, Experts Warn Damage to Maryland’s Clean Energy Plans Is Already Done

By Aman Azhar

Maryland Passes Energy Bill That Delivers Short-Term Relief, Locks Ratepayers into Long-Term Nuclear Subsidy

By Aman Azhar

To Battle Climate Change, a Baltimore Church Turns to Nature

By Tierra Stone

Utility Accountability Bills Divide Maryland’s Democratic Leadership

By Aman Azhar

Lobbyist Disclosure Failures Disadvantage Maryland Climate Advocates, According to Audit

By Aman Azhar

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

By Aman Azhar

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

By Aman Azhar

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

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

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

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

By Aman Azhar

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

By Rambo Talabong