MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Board of Public Works approves funding for clean water and the Chesapeake Bay Grants will reduce pollution, improve wastewater infrastructure Baltimore, MD (Jan. 4, 2017) – The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $1.7 million in grants today to reduce pollution and improve water quality. The Board 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 11/16/2016 – Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Adrienne Diaczok (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Department of the Environment now accepting applications from high school juniors and seniors for its 2017 Environmental Science Student Award and Internship Program Winner will receive a paid internship with the Department during Summer 2017 Baltimore, MD (Dec. 12, 2016) – The Maryland Department Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: David Sternberg (215) 814-5548 [email protected] EPA Awards $537,000 to Maryland to Protect Wetlands Philadelphia, MD (Dec. 8, 2016) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has awarded $537,000 to the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) for a project creating a web-based system for submitting wetland permit applications, photographs, and plans Read the Rest…
Walkersville High School junior Parker Montour took 250 soda cans and transformed them into a giant silvery, and sharp-edged, bird of prey. Montour, 16, won the grand prize at the Maryland Department of the Environment’s 15th annual Rethink Recycling Sculpture Contest on Nov. 18 in Baltimore for her sculpture “Tony Hawk,” which is based on Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Board of Public Works approves funding for clean water and the Chesapeake Bay Grants and loans will reduce pollution, improve wastewater and drinking water infrastructure Baltimore, MD (Dec. 7, 2016) – The Maryland Board of Public Works approved more than $21 million in grants and loans today to reduce Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Adrienne Diaczok (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Maryland Department of the Environment to host Maryland Food Recovery Summit tomorrow in Linthicum Baltimore, MD (Nov. 29, 2016) – More than 200 stakeholders – including representatives from local, state and federal governments, non-profits, the retail food industry, local schools, hospitals and environmental groups Read the Rest…
Maryland utilities have invested billions of dollars to improve air quality in the state, but those efforts won’t mean as much if other states don’t do their part to reduce their own power-plant emissions. That’s why the Maryland Department of the Environment filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week to require 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 10/15/2016 – Read the Rest…
MEDIA CONTACTS: Jay Apperson (410) 537-3003 [email protected] Anne Arundel County waterway reclassified for shellfish harvesting Section of Rhode River closed in June now “conditionally approved;”change allows leaseholders to resume harvesting Baltimore, MD (Nov. 21, 2016) – The Maryland Department of the Environment has reclassified a portion of the Rhode River in Anne Arundel County for shellfish Read the Rest…