Maryland

Marylanders Overpaid $1 Billion in Excessive Utility Bills. Some Lawmakers and Advocates Are Demanding Answers

Caught between poverty and third-party energy suppliers, low-income communities across the state are under increasing pressure from high utility rates despite the promise that a deregulated energy market would lower prices.

By Aman Azhar

Maryland, Virginia Race to Save Dwindling Commercial Fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay

By Aman Azhar

After Criticism, Gas Industry Official Withdraws as Candidate for Maryland’s Public Service Commission

By Aman Azhar

Wes Moore Names Two Members to Maryland Public Service Commission

By Aman Azhar

Minnesota Has Passed a Landmark Clean Energy Law. Which State Is Next?

By Dan Gearino

Gov. Moore Commits Funding for 67 Hires in Maryland’s Embattled Environment Department, Hoping to Fix Wastewater Treatment Woes

By Aman Azhar

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

By Darreonna Davis

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

By Aman Azhar

Seven Tough Issues That Could Disrupt Maryland Gov.-Elect Moore’s Climate Agenda

By Aman Azhar

Maryland’s Largest County Just Banned Gas Appliances in Most New Buildings—But Not Without Some Concessions

By Aman Azhar

Environmental Advocates Call on Gov.-Elect Wes Moore to Roll Back State Funding for Fossil Fuel Industry

By Aman Azhar

As EPA’s Region 3 Administrator, Adam Ortiz Wants the Mid-Atlantic States to Become Climate-Conscious and Resilient

By Aman Azhar

Four States Just Got a ‘Trifecta’ of Democratic Control, Paving the Way for Climate and Clean Energy Legislation

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Aydali Campa

Maryland Department of the Environment Says It Needs More Staff to Do What the Law Requires

By Aman Azhar

In Court, the Maryland Public Service Commission Quotes Climate Deniers and Claims There’s No Such Thing as ‘Clean’ Energy

By Aman Azhar

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

By Aman Azhar

Maryland and Baltimore Agree to Continue State Supervision of the Deeply Troubled Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant

By Aman Azhar

A University of Maryland Center Just Gave Most State Agencies Ds and Fs on an Environmental Justice ‘Scorecard’

By Aman Azhar

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

By Aman Azhar