In the latest reversal of a Trump-era environmental rollback, President Joe Biden is restoring federal regulations guiding environmental reviews of major infrastructure projects such as highways and pipelines.

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The groundwater of at least nine military installations near the Chesapeake Bay is contaminated with high levels of toxic “forever chemicals,” a report found.

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The health of the Chesapeake Bay improved to a grade of C in 2020 — up from a C-minus in 2019, according to an annual report card by scientists.

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Exxon Mobil shareholders have unseated a third board member in their bid to force the oil giant to deal more aggressively with climate change.

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Baltimore filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging Monsanto Co. knowingly sold toxic chemicals that have caused “tens of millions of dollars” in damages to the city’s water. The complaint for public nuisance and products liability claims that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ...

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Since March of 2017, the attorney general has unilaterally joined a lawsuit against the federal government more than 20 times thanks to a new state law.

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Baltimore has joined a growing number of communities seeking compensation from fossil fuel companies for the costs of climate change.

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A proposed upgrade to Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport’s train station has cleared a major environmental hurdle. The Federal Railroad Administration issued Thursday a finding of “No Significant Impact,”meaning Maryland can secure funds for final design and construction of ...

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A new report states the city of Baltimore has deliberately dumped over 330 million gallons of raw sewage in Jones Falls. The report by the Environment Integrity Project claims the city has been dumping sewage over the past five years. ...

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WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to relax some limits it set on smokestack emissions that cross state lines and taint downwind areas with air pollution from power plants. At the same time, ...

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