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Trump administration policies pose threats to Maryland’s ambitious climate efforts

Trump administration policies pose threats to Maryland’s ambitious climate efforts

by | Jul 21, 2025 |

The low-lying coastal community of Crisfield, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, lost a federal grant aimed at preventing flooding and managing sea-level rise, while universities and research institutions across the state face extensive funding cuts. Disappearing, too, are federal incentives to move to clean energy sources — replaced by President Donald Trump’s effort to repeal state laws aimed at addressing climate change. Meanwhile, scores of employees at federal environmental agencies, including many from Maryland, have already lost or could soon lose their jobs.

Questions – and answers – about Maryland’s climate efforts

Questions – and answers – about Maryland’s climate efforts

by | Jul 16, 2025 | ,

Maryland touts its climate goals as some of the most ambitious in the country. The state is required by state law to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2031 and hit net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Legislation passed in 2022 and a pollution reduction plan published in late 2023 lay out a road map to reaching these goals. But what does this plan involve, and what does it mean for Marylanders? Here’s a closer look.

This school banned cellphones six years ago. Teachers — and many kids — couldn’t be happier.

This school banned cellphones six years ago. Teachers — and many kids — couldn’t be happier.

by | Jun 30, 2025 |

Students at California’s San Mateo High School, about 20 minutes south of San Francisco, have been prohibited since 2019 from using their cellphones while in school — from bell to bell. Schools nationwide, including some in Maryland, are now increasingly imposing such bans, but San Mateo was one of the earliest and largest schools in the country to implement a complete ban on cellphones during school hours.

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