During the past year, Karsten Dahms has driven about 17,000 miles. His total gas bill over that period of time, however, stands at just $220. Dahms drives a Chevrolet Volt, an electric car with a 38-mile battery range that can switch to gas when its electric power source is exhausted. Read the entire article.
For The Record: MDE Permits, Licenses, Certifications Applications and Issuances The following are partial lists by county of permit, license, and certification applications and issuances as well as other permitting activity at the Maryland Department of the Environment. For more information on these permits, please contact Amanda Degen at (410) 537-4120. Applications Received 09/16/2014 – Read the Rest…
THE LATEST FROM THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT FEATURED ARTICLE Maryland is celebrating National Energy Awareness Month by showing Marylanders how to save energy, protect the environment, reduce the amount of pollutants in the air and keep money in their pockets. Did you know that more than 40 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions Read the Rest…
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Setting a dollar amount on the Chesapeake Bay. A new study released Monday compiled the numbers. Alex DeMetrick reports they add up to $100 billion. It takes 64,000 square miles of watershed to fill the Chesapeake Bay. Six states upstream are under federal orders to make that water cleaner by preserving woodlands Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson(410) 537-3003jay.apperson@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Board of Public Works Approves Funding for Clean Water and the Chesapeake Bay Grants and loans will reduce pollution, provide safe drinking water BALTIMORE, MD (Oct. 2, 2014) – The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $10 million in funding yesterday for projects to upgrade wastewater Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Roy Seneca(215) 814-5567seneca.roy@epa.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EPA gives $75,000 grant to Living Classrooms Foundation for program at Masonville Cove Environmental Education Campus BALTIMORE, MD (October 2, 2014) – The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $75,000 environmental education grant for the Living Classrooms Foundation to help the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Campus provide Read the Rest…
The decades-long decline in lead-poisoned children in Maryland has essentially stalled, but state officials said Thursday they are taking steps in the coming months to address gaps in the marathon effort to eliminate the environmental health threat. Statewide, 2,622 youngsters up to age 6 were found to have harmful levels of lead in their blood Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson(410) 537-3003jay.apperson@maryland.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Share of Lead Poisoning Cases Linked to Properties Not Previously Covered by Maryland Law Grows; Expansion of Properties Covered by the Law Takes Effect in Less Than Three Months Department of Environment releases 2013 Childhood Lead Registry report; low number of cases overall shows impact of Maryland’s Read the Rest…
For The Record: MDE Permits, Licenses, Certifications Applications and Issuances The following are partial lists by county of permit, license, and certification applications and issuances as well as other permitting activity at the Maryland Department of the Environment. For more information on these permits, please contact Amanda Degen at (410) 537-4120. Applications Received 08/16/2014 THRU Read the Rest…
BALTIMORE – Hundreds of children in Maryland are diagnosed with lead poisoning each year. Thousands more are exposed. All of Baltimore and many parts of Baltimore County are among the most at-risk areas in the state. It’s a very serious condition with the potential to affect children for the rest of their lives, and many Read the Rest…