A plastic bag ban, green agriculture and zero waste: legislators’ climate plans for the 2020 session

ANNAPOLIS — When the Maryland legislature reconvenes in January, legislators of both parties say they will continue the battle against climate change. Some of their plans are much more aggressive than others. Del. Brooke Lierman, a Baltimore Democrat, said she…

In urban heat islands, climate crisis hits harder

In Baltimore, the burden of rising temperatures isn’t shared.

Baltimore Clean Air law could affect Maryland landfills

Baltimore City’s Quarantine Road landfill was nearly 85 percent full at the end of 2017, according to an analysis of data from the Maryland Department of the Environment, and the Baltimore Department of Public Works estimates it will fill up…