ANNAPOLIS – Maryland lawmakers are preparing to resume debate on one of Gov

ANNAPOLIS – A commission tasked with advising Maryland on possible shale gas production supports a change in the law that would make it easier for landowners to bring claims against drillers regarding water contamination and other damages near hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” sites

ANNAPOLIS – The Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population has plummeted since the late 1960s, when Willy Dean, a Maryland waterman since the age of 17, would go hand tonging with his father and “load the boat with oysters

GARRETT COUNTY – Garrett County resident Dana Shimrock was relieved when Maryland put the brakes on drilling in the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale before a single well could be drilled

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland lawmakers are starting to debate how much “severance tax” should be imposed on the natural gas that might be produced from the Marcellus Shale rock formation in Western Maryland

ANNAPOLIS – For Washington County farmer Myron Martin, whose farm occupies a rolling, mile-wide valley close to the Appalachian Trail, being organic is “a whole different way of thinking

ANNAPOLIS — A governor’s task force on sustainable growth on Tuesday heard a proposal to double and eventually triple Marylanders’ monthly water and sewer fee of $2

ANNAPOLIS — Lt

ANNAPOLIS – A pilot program to install tracking devices on some commercial fishing boats in the Chesapeake Bay may go into effect next year

ANNAPOLIS — Biologists Andrew Watts and Alice Volpitta navigated the muddy, junk-strewn waters of the Chesapeake Bay, testing water quality and finding out just how much dirt and debris the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee dumped into the bay