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Brad Rogers, left, and Rev. Richard Partlow, the interim executive director of Cherry Hill Development Corporation, one of the community partners of the South Baltimore Gateway Partnership, on their way to a meeting at the Cherry Hill Strong's office nearby. Credit: Aman Azhar / Inside Climate News

In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain

By Aman Azhar

As climate change brings record heat to U.S. cities and Baltimore residents try their best to stay cool, the state of Maryland works to meet its own ambitious emissions reduction goals to help counter the climate crisis. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images.

Why Maryland Is Struggling to Meet Its Own Aggressive Climate Goals

By Aman Azhar

Cares volunteer Laurel Paltier, left, works with Baltimore residents looking for help with their electricity bills at the GEDCO building in Baltimore on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. Credit: Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner.

Laurel Peltier Took On Multi-Million Dollar Private Energy Companies Scamming Baltimore’s Low-Income Households, One Victim at a Time

By Aman Azhar

Standing in his composting site at the Filbert Street Garden in Curtis Bay, Marvin Hayes shows off what he calls 'Black Gold' -- the end product derived from turning food scraps and yard trim into compost, which is well documented to protect the environment, sequester carbon and make communities resilient. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News

Marvin Hayes Is Spreading ‘Compost Fever’ in Baltimore’s Neighborhoods. He Thinks it Might Save the City.

By Aman Azhar

Shashawnda Campbell, community organizer with South Baltimore Community Land Trust, a local nonprofit working on affordable housing, in front of piles of coal at the CSX facility in Baltimore. Baltimore City recently decided to close the only recreation facility available to Curtis Bay residents dealing with coal dust and other hazards from the facility. Credit: Jessica Gallagher/Baltimore Banner.

On a ‘Toxic Tour’ of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, Visiting Academics and Activists See a Hidden Part of the City

By Aman Azhar

Aerial view of north Baltimore, where residents are eligible for assistance to cover cleanup costs after sewage backs up into homes under a 2017 modified consent decree signed by the city, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups

By Aman Azhar

A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeals From Fossil Fuel Companies in Climate Change Lawsuits

By Emma Ricketts

Workers with the Baltimore City Department of Public Works distribute jugs of water to city residents at the Landsdowne Branch of the Baltimore County Library on Sept. 6, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. The City of Baltimore issued a boil water advisory to over 1,500 residential and commercial facilities in West Baltimore after E. coli bacteria was found in drinking water. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

West Baltimore Residents, Students Have Mixed Feelings About Water Quality After E. Coli Contamination

By Darreonna Davis

Xinrong Ren, a climate scientist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), notes down readings from air pollution monitoring instrument fitted on the mobile lab after surveying methane hotspots in and around Baltimore. Credit: Aman Azhar

NOAA Climate Scientists Cruise Washington and Baltimore for Hotspots—of Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants

By Aman Azhar

An aerial view of Baltimore city skyline on Dec. 1, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

A Big Federal Grant Aims to Make Baltimore a Laboratory for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience

By Aman Azhar

A wastewater treatment facility in Frederick, Maryland. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Toxic Releases From Industrial Facilities Compound Maryland’s Water Woes, a New Report Found

By Aman Azhar

City and State Officials Continue Searching for the Cause of Last Week’s E. Coli Contamination of Baltimore’s Water

By Aman Azhar

Baltimore Public Works Museum (formerly Sewage Pumping Station) in Little Italy on April 9, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

A Federal Judge Wants More Information on Polluting Discharges From Baltimore’s Troubled Sewage Treatment Plants

By Aman Azhar

View along the Patapsco River in downtown Baltimore on April 9, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Baltimore’s ‘Catastrophic Failures’ at Wastewater Treatment Have Triggered a State Takeover, a Federal Lawsuit and Citizen Outrage

By Aman Azhar

JC Hudgins pulls in his test crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay in Mathews, Virginia, on Friday, June 10, 2022. Credit: Kristen Zeis/Deep Indigo Collective for Inside Climate News

Why the Chesapeake Bay’s Beloved Blue Crabs Are at an All-Time Low

By Aman Azhar

Paint peels from the side of a home along 37th Avenue on Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Oakland, California. Credit: Aric Crabb/Bay Area News via Getty Images

Lead Poisonings of Children in Baltimore Are Down, but Lead Contamination Still Poses a Major Threat, a New Report Says

By Agya K. Aning

Vehicles washed into a pile behind a building in historic Ellicott City as flood waters raged through its streets following torrential thunderstorms in Ellicott City, Maryland on May 27, 2018. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Baltimore, Helping Congregations Prepare for a Stormier Future

By Agya K. Aning

Part-time worker Kenneth Moss, animal caretaker Charles DeBarber and collective founder Marvin Hayes pose in front of a mural in the Filbert Street Community garden on Nov. 2, 2021. Two turkeys, Archie and Teka, also wanted their pictures taken. Credit: Agya K. Aning

A Bridge to Composting and Clean Air in South Baltimore

By Agya K. Aning

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