As the Chesapeake Bay region enters what was supposed to be the final stretch of a decades-long effort to clean up the nation’s largest estuary, it — once again — faces a cleanup goal it appears likely to be missed. Progress has been made — and Bay water quality has improved — but the region is significantly off track to meet its 2025 cleanup goals.
An Oct. 17 article in the Maryland Reporter on Attorney General Brian Frosh asks: AG Frosh’s broad legal power: Partisanship or ‘long overdue’? The correct option, though unstated, is: “unconstitutional.”
And now, a kind word about one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most hated invasive plants: phragmites. The tall, feathery-plumed marsh reed is the bane of waterfowl lovers around the Chesapeake Bay region, as it crowds out native wetland plants. But a new study finds that Phragmites australis and some other invasive plants help to fight climate change by enhancing the storage of “blue carbon”
Summer ended much as it began across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, drenched in rain that swelled rivers and streams. The abnormal run of chronically wet weather that continued into late September posed further challenges for maintaining recent gains in the Bay’s health. Freshwater flows into the Bay in August were the highest recorded for that month by a wide margin
Workforce development and restorative justice programs help busy public works departments or stormwater managers get their work done while teaching participants valuable work skills. As communities strive to create more green spaces while reducing polluted stormwater by installing green infrastructure, the need for trained employees will grow.
National Clean Energy Week, happening now, provides a good opportunity to shine a light on our state’s significant achievements. The growth of Maryland’s clean energy sector is creating well-paying job opportunities, increasing the resiliency of our grid and facilitating rate stability – and improving our air quality, which benefits human and environmental health.
Howard County Executive incumbent Allan Kittleman highlighted a growing business climate at a debate, while his opponent Calvin Ball questioned how the county’s economy is doing compared other counties in the state.
The demolition of Bloede Dam finally got under way Tuesday, as explosives blew a hole in the long-dormant hydroelectric facility blocking the Patapsco River west of Baltimore.
If it ever stops raining, one of the biggest remaining barriers to fish migration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed will finally come down.
What should we make of the recent survey finding by the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) that 41% of the state’s teacher’s work a second job to make ends meet?
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