WASHINGTON – The day starts at 4 or 5 in the morning for Alison Putnam and Luke Howard, who check on 77 acres of organic produce, free-range chickens, turkeys and veal calves, and tend to other farm business as the sun rises

WASHINGTON – As commodity prices drop and technology increases, the mid-sized farms that used to provide enough income to support rural families in Maryland are fading away, say agriculture officials

WASHINGTON – The secret to decontaminating one of the most polluted sites in Maryland could be sitting in kitchens across the state

WASHINGTON – An environmental umbrella group said it will sue the Environmental Protection Agency today for allowing the state Maryland to fall behind on the establishment of pollution limits for Chesapeake Bay waters

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a 1999 lawsuit that was filed on behalf of frozen embryos in an effort to block stem-cell research, saying Bush administration policies make the case moot

Activists on Tuesday urged the Garrett County Commission to reconsider its support for two proposed Backbone Mountain wind farms that they said will harm the environment, decrease property values and ruin the aesthetics of pristine areas

ROCK HALL – On a blustery day in 2001, Megan Walkup looked out the window of her office at the Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge and marveled at how the wind was shaking the edge of the roof

WASHINGTON – After several years of research, hearings and lobbying, the first of several power-generating “wind farms” could begin rising this spring in Western Maryland, developers say

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has upheld the stabbing conviction of a Cambridge man, overturning a lower court’s ruling that he was a victim of double jeopardy

WASHINGTON – Maryland may be no windswept Kansas, but with gusty mountains to the west and ocean currents to the east, energy officials say state residents could get a substantial amount of power out of thin air