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Laurel Peltier and a fellow Gedco Cares volunteer discuss how to help a client who was struggling to pay her utility bills because of inflated charges. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Advocates, Legislators Are Confident Maryland Law to Rectify Retail Energy Market Will Survive Industry’s Legal Challenge 

By Aman Azhar

Eric Schott, a marine researcher at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and graduate student Ronita Sequeira set up nets to capture small fish and other aquatic organisms along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in South Baltimore. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Baltimore Is Investing in Wetlands Restoration, a Climate Line of Defense

By Aman Azhar

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat, is up against Republican and former Governor Larry Hogan in Maryland’s U.S. Senate race. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call and Nathan Howard/Getty Images

A Pivotal Senate Race Could Make or Break Maryland’s Quest for Clean Energy Future

By Aman Azhar

An offshore oil drilling rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

US District Court Throws Out Federal Agency’s Assessment Allowing More Drilling for Fossil Fuels in the Gulf of Mexico

By Aman Azhar

A view of Baltimore near the Harbor on a dry day when residents experience more sewer backups in their homes and basements than on rainy days because of leaky, cracked pipes in the sewer mainline. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

As Baltimore’s Sewer System Buckles Under Extreme Weather, City Refuses to Help Residents With Cleanup Efforts

By Aman Azhar

A view of the Chesapeake Bay off Annapolis, Maryland, on March 27. This year’s Chesapeake Bay and Watershed report card ranked the Bay’s overall health at a “C+”—its highest grade in more than 20 years. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Historic Investments and Accountability Push Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts In Right Direction, Says EPA Mid-Atlantic Administrator

By Aman Azhar

A Tesla charging station is seen at a travel plaza off Interstate-95 in Cecil County, Maryland. One of the funded projects includes efforts to deploy new electric vehicle charging stations along the Interstate-95 corridor in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

A crew works on transmission lines in Montgomery Village, Md. Credit: Eric Lee/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Clean Energy Projects Are Stuck in a Years-Long Queue. Maryland and Neighboring States Are Pushing for a Fix

By Aman Azhar

Neighbors look at a car crushed by a large tree in the wake of Hurricane Irene on August 28, 2011 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Baltimore Judge Tosses Climate Case, Hands Win to Big Oil

By Aman Azhar

An aerial view of a fuel holding tank at Dorsey Junction Station in Woodbine, Maryland. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Ongoing Spending on Gas Infrastructure Can Worsen Energy Poverty, Impede Energy Transition, Maryland Utility Advocate Says

By Aman Azhar

A morning haze settles over the Chester River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, in July 2023 near Centreville, Maryland. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

The Chesapeake Bay Program Isn’t Likely to Hit Its 2025 Cleanup Goals. What Happens Next?

By Aman Azhar

Lawyers representing the city of Baltimore filed a lawsuit claiming Coca-Cola, along with PepsiCo and six other companies, used deceptive business practices and created a public nuisance. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Declaring an Epidemic of ‘Toxic Litter,’ Baltimore Targets Plastic Makers and Packaging in the Latest Example of Plastics Litigation

By James Bruggers

Curtis Bay residents joined activists and environmental advocates to protest fugitive coal dust escaping open-air coal pits, and asked the Maryland Department of the Environment to include stricter pollution controls in the forthcoming permit for CSX operation. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

South Baltimore Communities Press City, State Regulators for Stricter Pollution Controls on Coal Export Operations

By Aman Azhar

Maryland Governor Wes Moore delivers remarks at the North American Building Trades Unions (NABTU) 2024 Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton on April 24, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images

In Push to Meet Maryland’s Ambitious Climate Commitments, Moore Announces New Executive Actions

By Aman Azhar

The smokestack of the WIN Waste Incinerator is seen near Interstate 95 in Baltimore. Credit: Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images

Advocates Ask EPA to Investigate Baltimore City for Harming Disinvested Communities

By Aman Azhar

Activists recorded dark smoke emitting from the Curtis Bay medical waste incinerator on Jan. 26. Credit: Courtesy of South Baltimore Community Land Trust

To Incinerate Or Not To Incinerate: Maryland Hospitals Grapple With Question With Big Public Health Implications

By Aman Azhar

Laurel Peltier, an energy justice advocate who volunteers at the local nonprofit Cares, goes over utility bills to determine if her client Henry Burlock was overcharged by a private energy company. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Twenty-Five Years After Maryland Deregulated Its Retail Energy Market, a Huge Win Looms For Energy Justice Advocates

By Aman Azhar

Gov. Wes Moore signs numerous bills into law on Tuesday after the Maryland General Assembly concluded its 2024 legislative session. Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Maryland General Assembly Session Ends, Advocates Consider Successes, Failures and Backdoor Maneuvers 

By Aman Azhar

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