News stories Archive
Hagerstown Herald-Mail: MD environment secretary emphasizes state’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction plan
Climate change, News stories, Secretary Grumbles, Uncategorized
Apr 23, 2021
In the wake of President Joe Biden announcing his commitment to cut national fossil fuel emissions up to 52% by 2030, Maryland Environment Secretary Ben Grumbles emphasized Maryland’s already ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gases. Grumbles said in a phone interview on Thursday — Earth Day — that Maryland’s
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Baltimore Sun: Polluting paper mill in Allegany County must pay Maryland $650K, commit to cleanup, settlement says
Clean Water, Enforcement actions, News stories, Uncategorized
Apr 06, 2021
A paper mill in Allegany County that regulators say is polluting the North Branch of the Potomac River will be required to pay more than $650,000 in fines after reaching a settlement with the state, officials said. Read more
WBAL-TV: MDE testing wastewater to help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks
News stories, Public Health, Uncategorized, Wastewater
Feb 05, 2021
The Maryland Department of the Environment is using a unique way to help prevent future outbreaks of the coronavirus. Go to story
WYPR: The Fight Against COVID Goes To The Sewers
News stories, Public Health, Uncategorized, Wastewater
Jan 27, 2021
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is pulling together a new statewide initiative to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in public housing facilities: sampling and testing wastewater for the virus. Go to story
WJZ: Maryland Launches Targeted Wastewater Sampling For COVID-19
News stories, Public Health
Nov 13, 2020
Gov. Larry Hogan announced a statewide initiative Thursday to sample wastewater as an early warning system of a COVID-19 outbreak in vulnerable communities. As part of Maryland’s COVID-19 Sewer Sentinel Initiative, the governor has approved funding of $1 million to sample wastewater for the virus that causes COVID-19 in
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Capital Gazette: Maryland highway administration hopes to exchange education for credits toward stormwater permit in new pilot
Chesapeake Bay, Clean Water, Earth Week, News stories, Stormwater, Uncategorized
Apr 29, 2020
The Maryland Department of Transportation maintains thousands of miles of roadway in the state — thousands of miles of land covered in pavement that rain water can’t filter through. Instead it runs off the roads picking up pollutants along the way, gaining speed and heat in the summer and
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WJZ: Nutrient Removal Project At Patapsco Wastewater Plant Designed To Improve Chesapeake Bay’s Health Complete
Chesapeake Bay, Clean Water, News stories, Secretary Grumbles, Uncategorized
Jan 31, 2020
For decades, officials have kept a close eye on the Chesapeake Bay as a number of cleanup efforts were underway. Tuesday, one of the largest projects officially wrapped up. After years of construction, the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment Plant’s enhanced nutrient removal project (ENR) is now complete. “Over the last
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Chesapeake Bay Magazine: New Fish Consumption Warning Signs at Some Md. Waterways
Chesapeake Bay, Clean Water, News stories, Public Health, Uncategorized
Nov 21, 2019
The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) is sending a clear message about the safety of some Baltimore County waterways, providing the county with new metal signs to alert people about fish consumption advisories. . . . Currently there are consumption advisories in more than seven waterways including the
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Baltimore Sun op-ed by Sec. Grumbles: “Hogan administration is committed to confronting the climate crisis’”
Climate change, News stories, Uncategorized
Oct 08, 2019
The amazing 16-year old Greta Thunberg inspired tens of thousands of us participating in the recent UN Climate Week in New York City. While the effects of climate change are growing more severe, and the need for action is more urgent than ever before, there is some good and
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WJZ: Chesapeake Bay’s Health At Risk After Trump Issues Executive Order Relaxing Clean Water Rules
Chesapeake Bay, News stories, Secretary Grumbles
Apr 15, 2019
CONOWINGO, Md. (WJZ) — Before the Susquehanna River enters the Chesapeake Bay, the Conowingo Dam churns electric power from it. It’s the kind of energy that falls under federal regulations. With an executive order, President Trump is ordering states not to get in the way of energy infrastructure, by
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