A Japanese company pleaded guilty to violating federal pollution law for ships and was fined $1.8 million in U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Friday. The Hachiuma Steamship Co.’s cargo vessel M/V Selene Leader dumped oil residue into the ocean ...

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At least one environmental lawsuit is no longer muddying the waters for construction of Baltimore’s planned casino.

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NEWARK, Del. — A University of Delaware-led study has found that decades-old federal standards overestimate current poultry industry contributions to water pollution. The News Journal of Wilmington reports that researchers found that nitrogen levels in poultry house manure are 55 ...

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In the best session for environmental legislation in four years, members of the General Assembly still barely earned a passing grade, according to an environmental group’s annual scorecard. The Maryland League of Conservation Voters discussed its 2012 evaluation of legislators ...

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RICHMOND — State and federal officials and environmentalists say the six states and the District of Columbia within the Chesapeake Bay watershed are on pace to restore the nation’s largest estuary. The consensus emerged Monday from a meeting in northern ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that property owners have a right to prompt review by a judge of an important tool used by the Environmental Protection Agency to address water pollution. The court sided with an Idaho ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The Army is proposing an 8-year plan for cleaning up groundwater contamination at Fort Detrick in Frederick. A draft plan submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 1 lays out steps for investigating and, if necessary, ...

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