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The latest from Adam Willis
Backtracking ahead of veto vote, Moore funds study of climate costs
As lawmakers prepare to hold override votes on three climate bills vetoed by Moore last session, Gov. Wes Moore said he would fund a study into the damages of climate change in Maryland.
Eastern Shore counties challenge Maryland’s $340M deal to relicense Conowingo Dam
After Maryland leaders and Constellation Energy announced a $340 million deal to relicense the Conowingo Dam in October, a coalition representing Eastern Shore counties argues the agreement violated state law.
That you Chessie? Maryland surveyors catch monster sturgeon in Eastern Shore creek
Despite Trump administration funding cuts, Maryland sturgeon surveyors had a big year.
Advocates balk at Baltimore plan to delay sewage overflow fixes to 2046
While Baltimore officials argue that meeting the 2030 deadline puts too much financial burden on its ratepayers, the delay won’t make fixing the problem any cheaper, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Blue Water Baltimore argued in comments on the city plan this week.
Native American tribes take a step toward inclusion in Chesapeake Bay decisions
The tribes originally hoped to be signatories on the new Chesapeake watershed pact, approved by governors from across the watershed in a landmark meeting Tuesday at Baltimore’s National Aquarium.
In new Chesapeake Bay chapter, Maryland passes a symbolic torch to Pennsylvania
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore passed a wooden gavel to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, marking the start of more prominent role for the Keystone State in the campaign to restore the bay.
As the Chesapeake Bay cleanup enters a new era, it’s fighting for relevance
As the Chesapeake restoration enters a new era — governors from across the watershed are expected in Baltimore this week to extend cleanup to 2040 — the movement appears uncertain about its future.
Constellation CEO to Maryland: Don’t let Exelon build your power plant
Joe Dominguez took shots at the investor-owned utility company Exelon as competition to build more power plants in Maryland reaches a pivotal moment.
Catfished, literally. Scammers net nearly $100K in Chesapeake seafood.
When an order came into Tilghman Island Seafood for almost $100,000 of Chesapeake catfish, everything seemed legit — at least at first. Then the fish disappeared in the Bronx.
Overflow of raw sewage into Jones Falls upped to 1.7 million gallons
The volume of raw sewage that flowed into the Jones Falls, the stream that cuts through the heart of Baltimore before emptying into the harbor, was bigger than first reported, Maryland environmental regulators said Friday.
Decades-long Chesapeake Bay cleanup pushed off to 2040. Some worry it’s not enough.
Officials from Maryland, home to the Chesapeake’s largest and most depleted waters, had pushed for loftier goals but were outvoted by other states.
Maryland says Patapsco needs radio tower for safety. Neighbors call it a ‘Tower of Terror.’
Patapsco Valley State Park needs a radio tower for better communication. Neighbors, however, call it a 'Tower of Terror' and are against the project back by Maryland officials.
Super moon and strong winds drive low-water advisory in Baltimore Harbor
A combination of high winds and a super moon, when the moon’s orbit brought it closer to Earth, is to blame for a low-water advisory for Baltimore Inner Harbor.
This little fish is the center of a big debate in the Chesapeake Bay
No one — fisherman, conservationist or scientist — can say for certain how “the most important fish” is really faring in the Chesapeake Bay.
Can Baltimore’s Inner Harbor makeover prevent another stinky pistachio tide?
While thermal inversions like the one Baltimore’s harbor just experienced happen naturally, humans have made the consequences worse.
Trump’s war on offshore wind could bankrupt US Wind, Baltimore company says
The developer behind Maryland’s only permitted offshore wind farm says the Trump administration’s effort to block its project poses an “existential threat” to its business.
The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: Millions for private waterfronts
Virtually all of the Chesapeake Bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties with limited public access.
After Baltimore harbor’s ‘heart attack,’ some remain optimistic
Hardly anyone who’s visited the Baltimore harbor in recent weeks has come away feeling that the urban waterway is well.
Baltimore home inspector pleads guilty to falsified lead-free certificates
The guilty plea comes around two months after Maryland environmental regulators voided hundreds of lead-free certificates issued by Green Environmental in Baltimore and around the state.
U.S. Energy Department cancels $88M for grid and clean energy research in Maryland
The Trump administration’s cuts would end funding for a dozen Maryland projects, including by BGE, the University of Maryland, and firms in Baltimore, Columbia and Anne Arundel County.
