Adam Willis

After the Chesapeake Bay's dreaded “dead zones” shrank to their smallest level in decades last year, the oxygen-deprived waters returned to close to recent norms this summer, according to data released Wednesday.

Maryland environmental regulators must rewrite a water pollution permit for a troubled, decades-old plant that recycles poultry scraps on the Eastern Shore, a Dorchester County judge ruled last week.

Industry observers expect that offshore wind development could face serious setbacks under Trump , who could lend his support to lawsuits like the ones Ocean City and other seaside communities along the Northeastern coast have filed against offshore development.

As Biden appointees prepare to make their exit, Trump has signaled plans to slash jobs and roll back regulations in agencies like the EPA.

It's been a decade since governors from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia all attended the annual bay meeting.

In what was billed as perhaps the most important meeting of Chesapeake Bay leadership in a decade, state heads from across the watershed convened

A similar “climate superfund” bill was approved by New York lawmakers in June, while Vermont became the first state to institute a law like this one earlier in the year.

State leaders met in Annapolis to reaffirm their commitment to Chesapeake Bay restoration as pollution reduction targets set for 2025 are about to be missed.Adam Willis reports for The Baltimore Banner.In short:Governors from Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia pledged to revise the 2014 Chesapeake ...

The Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge would protect up to 40,000 acres spread across a large area spanning Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's and St. Mary's counties, mostly south of Washington, D.C.

Maryland is suing W.L. Gore & Associates, the manufacturing giant known for its waterproof Gore-Tex jackets, for knowingly polluting the air and waters around its Cecil County facilities for several decades with toxic forever chemicals.