MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman [email protected] Jay Apperson [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT ISSUES ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS Agency Seeks Penalties, Corrective Actions for Alleged Violations of Land, Air and Water Regulations BALTIMORE, MD (December 5, 2013) – The Maryland Department of the Environment today announced major enforcement actions in recent months for alleged violations of Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Samantha Kappalman [email protected] Jay Apperson [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grants and loans will reduce pollution, improve drinking water and wastewater infrastructure BALTIMORE, MD (December 4, 2013) – The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $128 million in funding today to upgrade a large sewage treatment plant, improve a sewer line and Read the Rest…
The nine Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative states have signed onto a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency encouraging other states to use them as a model to fulfill the agency’s new, more stringent air quality requirements. The RGGI program caps emissions by power plants in the participating states, and allows their owners to trade Read the Rest…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: **SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE** Maryland Department of the Environment highlights best stormwater management practices at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis ANNAPOLIS, MD (December 3, 2013) – Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) Deputy Secretary David Costello today visited rain gardens at the Reading and Butterfly Gardens/Watershed Education Experience at Quiet Waters Park in Read the Rest…
States Submit Comments on Proposed Carbon Pollution Rules for Existing Power Plants The nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the nation’s first market-based regulatory program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution, have submitted comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for consideration as EPA develops guidelines for state programs Read the Rest…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **MEDIA ADVISORY** MDE’s Stormwater Innovations Tour continues at Quiet Waters in Annapolis BALTIMORE, MD (December 2, 2013) – Maryland Department of the Environment Deputy Secretary David Costello will highlight stormwater remediation efforts tomorrow at the Butterfly and Rain Gardens at Quiet Waters in Annapolis. This is the second stop on the Stormwater Innovations Tour, a campaign bringing Read the Rest…