ANNAPOLIS — Del. Jon Cardin says he will introduce a measure to ban the sale of non-biodegradable cigarette butts in Maryland. Cardin said Thursday the legislation will call for starting the ban in 2015. He says the measure would include ...

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The state of Maryland is pumping more money into scrap tire collection. The Board of Public Works on Thursday added $1.5 million to the $500,000 it approved for the project in May. The funding will reimburse counties that collect scrap ...

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WASHINGTON — Americans throw away more than a third of the food they buy — that’s almost $400 a year per person, or more than an average month’s worth of groceries. In 2010, an estimated 133 billion pounds of food ...

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WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration’s internal watchdog said Wednesday that employees are heeding his call to report wrongdoing, and messages on his hotline have triggered new investigations beyond an $823,000 Las Vegas conference and junkets to resorts. “I don’t ...

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COLLEGE PARK — Maryland chicken farms produce a substantial amount of phosphorous-rich chicken manure, which contributes to pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. One solution to the problem: Turn the poop into power. A new grant program from the U.S. Department ...

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FREDERICK — The Maryland Department of the Environment is inviting the public to discuss a proposed incinerator near Frederick that would convert garbage from at least two counties into electricity. The informational meeting is set for Thursday evening at Ballenger ...

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Much has been made of the farm-to-table restaurant movement. But what happens to all the food that ends up uneaten at the table? In what you might call a burgeoning table-to-farm movement, a small but growing number of companies are ...

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CUMBERLAND — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a stream affected by a Superfund site near Cumberland is healthy but not vibrant more than 15 years after the pollution source was capped. The Cumberland Times-News reported Monday that remedial project ...

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