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To Battle Climate Change, a Baltimore Church Turns to Nature

Rising sea levels and aging infrastructure pose serious flood risks for the coastal city. Efforts by Faith Presbyterian Church and other congregations could help stem the tide.

By Tierra Stone

Members of Faith Presbyterian Church in northeastern Baltimore came together to plant a 200-square-foot rain garden. Credit: William Curtis/Faith Presbyterian
Diesel fuel contaminates the Inner Harbor on June 5 after Johns Hopkins Hospital reported a contained spill at its East Baltimore facility. Credit: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images

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

By Aman Azhar

Brad Rogers (right), of the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, and Andrew Forbes, senior project manager at Greenvest, look at a restored tidal marsh in the heart of South Baltimore. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Baltimore’s Wetlands Restoration Pushes Ahead Despite Federal Funding Setbacks

By Aman Azhar

A view of the WIN Waste incinerator in Baltimore from underneath Interstate 95. Credit: Agya K. Aning/Inside Climate News

Advocates, Lawmakers Hope 2025 Will Be the Year Maryland Stops Subsidizing Trash Incineration

By Aman Azhar

Sam Votzke (left) demonstrates how she performs research work with her field assistant, Olivia Bond. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

How Johns Hopkins Scientists and Neighborhood Groups Model Climate Change in Baltimore

By Aman Azhar

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

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

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

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

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

Trucks equipped with special containers that can hold up to 25 tons of garbage dump into the tipping hall of the Covanta Energy Montgomery County incinerator in Dickerson, Md. Credit: Robb Hill/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland Lawmakers Remain Uncommitted to Ending Subsidies for Trash Incineration, Prompting Advocate Concern

By Aman Azhar

The Francis Scott Key Bridge crosses Bear Creek and the Patapsco River. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Proposed Cleanup of a Baltimore County Superfund Site Stirs Questions and Concerns in a Historical, Disinvested Community

By Aman Azhar

The smokestack of the Wheelabrator Incinerator in Baltimore. Credit: Eva Claire Hambach/AFP via Getty Images

Advocates Welcome EPA’s Proposed Pollution Restrictions On Trash Incineration. But Environmental Justice Concerns Remain

By Aman Azhar

The participants of the field visit to Baltimore's Old Goucher and Broadway East neighborhoods hear Ben Zaitchik talk about the weather station installed in the backyard of Kelly Cross' house, a resident and community activist who, along with his husband Mateusz Rozanski, led the efforts to plant more trees in Old Goucher. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

With $25 Million and Community Collaboration, Baltimore Is Becoming a Living Climate Lab

By Aman Azhar

Paddle boat ride on the Patapsco River in Baltimore. The settlement agreement mandating upgrades at the city's Patapsco and Back River wastewater treatment plants also requires public notification if raw sewage is discharged so people can make informed choices about fishing, swimming or recreating in waters near the plants. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Baltimore City, Maryland Department of the Environment Settle Lawsuits Over City-Operated Sewage Treatment Plants

By Aman Azhar

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