Environmental Organizations Oppose Unprecedented Senate Budget Amendment to...
(Annapolis, MD) -- Environmental organizations are opposing a proposed amendment to the state’s budget that would prohibit the Maryland Department of Agriculture from continuing to develop regulations...
View ArticleEPA Proposes Biggest Step for Clean Water in a Decade
Baltimore, MD - Today, in the biggest step forward for clean water in more than a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to close loopholes in the Clean Water Act that leave 59% of...
View ArticleSmall Business Owners, Farmers, Elected Officials Support EPA Proposal to...
Baltimore, MD – Today, coming off the biggest step forward for clean water in more than a decade, Environment Maryland stood with community leaders to release a letter to the Environmental Protection...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals Case Reveals Maryland's Agricultural Industry Secrecy and...
(Annapolis, MD) – A coalition of nonprofit organizations working to reduce pollution and increase transparency from the agricultural industry said they support arguments before the Maryland Court of...
View ArticleMaryland Charging Ahead toward Electric Cars & Trucks
Maryland joined 7 other states to unveil an action plan to put more than 3 million electric cars on the road within a dozen years. This partnership between eight leading states outlines steps each...
View ArticleCatching the Wind Report
Over 1.5 million acres off the Atlantic coast have been designated for offshore wind power development, enough to produce over 16,000 megawatts of electricity and power more than five million homes,...
View ArticleSolar Capacity in Maryland Grows
Baltimore, MD – Today, Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center released Lighting the Way, showing strong solar growth across the nation including an 33.33%increase in Maryland in 2013. The...
View ArticleMaryland's Summer Fun Index
Every summer, Marylanders flock to our waterways to seek relief from the summer heat, and enjoy our favorite aquatic activities. Whether we rent boats on the Pocomoke River, go swimming in Assateague,...
View ArticleMaryland power plants major global warming polluters
As international leaders prepare for the United Nations Climate Summit next week in New York, a new study shows Maryland’s coal-fired power plants dump as much carbon pollution into the atmosphere as...
View ArticleMaryland Attorney General Defends EPA Action on Climate
On Monday evening, Attorney General Douglas Gansler joined 13 additional states and the District of Columbia to stand up for new EPA regulations on global warming pollution. The attorneys general...
View ArticleSenate rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
"We applaud today’s vote all those senators who stood up against the oil industry and its allies, and did the right thing for our communities and our children’s future." -- Anna Aurilio, Environment...
View ArticleEnvironment Maryland delivers 8millionth comment to clean up power plants
Washington, DC--As the public comment period on the Clean Power Plan closes today, Environment Maryland joined colleagues from around the country to deliver a symbolic “8 millionth” comment supporting...
View ArticleNew Report: wind energy needed to combat global warming
The carbon pollution from two entire coal plants could be eliminated in Maryland if wind power supplied 30 percent of the nation’s electricity needs, according to a new analysis by Environment...
View ArticleReport: Small or large, all fracking companies break rules
From Fortune 500 companies, to mom-and-pop operators, to firms like Chevron who tout their clean records, virtually all drilling and fracking companies are prone to infractions of environmental rules,...
View ArticleHow do Millennials experience climate change?
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Young adults in Maryland are experiencing hotter temperatures and more intense storms than their predecessors did in the 1970’s, according to a new report by Environment Maryland...
View ArticleObama administration issues rule to help protect Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore, MD – Fifty-nine percent of Maryland’s streams, including those feeding the Chesapeake Bay, will regain federal protections under a final rule signed today by top Obama administration...
View ArticleThe Real Sunshine State? Report Shows Maryland Ranks Ahead of Florida in...
Rockville – Per capita solar power capacity grew 50 percent in Maryland last year, according to a new report by Environment Maryland Research & Policy Center. The growth brings Maryland to 12th in...
View Article275+ groups to Obama: keep leading on offshore wind
Offshore wind for Maryland is closer to reality than it’s ever been before said environmentalists, public health advocates, and faith leaders today. The groups joined together on a national letter to...
View ArticleU.S. Senate Beat Back Attack on Clean Water Rule,
Washington, DC – U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski along with other champions of clean water beat back an attempt today by Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) to undo the Clean Water Rule, which...
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