(AP) Delaware developer Joseph Capano has pleaded not guilty to charges he and his company damaged New Castle wetlands and lied to environmental regulators. The News Journal reported Capano appeared Thursday in federal court in Wilmington. A grand jury indicted ...

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The state Board of Public Works Wednesday gave approval to a wetlands permit needed for construction of the controversial Cove Point liquid natural gas export facility.

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The team that wants to make Baltimore’s Inner Harbor swimmable and fishable is building speed, its manager said Tuesday.

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A raft of ducks hangs out in the Inner Harbor Aug. 20. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

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The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund has awarded $3 million in grants to two environmental organizations to restore wetlands and streams in the Anacostia and Little Patuxent watersheds in coordination with local, state and federal agencies.

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s Board of Public Works has approved more than $37 million for sewage treatment plant upgrades and wetlands construction. The grants approved Wednesday include a $33.5 million grant for Harford County’s Sod Run Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Department ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland board approved a wetlands license on Wednesday for work that would be needed to prepare for a potential third nuclear reactor at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby by the Chesapeake Bay. The Board ...

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CAMBRIDGE — The owners of a Cambridge country club have been fined $500,000 for releasing sewage into Choptank River wetlands for more than two years. The Maryland Attorney General’s office and the Department of the Environment said Thursday that a ...

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WASHINGTON — A bill in the U.S. Senate would expand nutria eradication efforts in Maryland and Louisiana and begin similar programs in other coastal states. The large, semi-aquatic rodent that can eat up to 25 percent of its body weight ...

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