Environment

May 14, 2013

May 13, 2013

It’s estimated that one out of every three bites of food you take comes courtesy of honeybees. They pollinate many of the plants that humans and animals eat. 

April 24, 2013

April 17, 2013

March 13, 2013

In 1950, Baltimore city banned the use of lead paint in homes. But, city residents, of whom children and pregnant women are the most affected, are still being poisoned by the lead paint that was applied more than sixty years ago.

Should Maryland have a nickel deposit on glass, aluminum and plastic beverage containers? Some lawmakers in Annapolis believe a refundable deposit program eventually could help the state triple the number of containers that are recycled or reclaimed here. Leaders of the beverage industry and some government officials oppose the measure, claiming it will hurt local single-stream recycling efforts.

We hear the story of how the valleys north of Baltimore -- those vast green vistas of paddocks, horses and four-board fence -- came to be preserved through a landmark plan by architect Ian McHarg. Filmmaker Allen Moore documents the efforts of McHarg and his collaborators to devise one of the first land-use plans to use nature as its central theme. In addition to Moore, our guests are Bill Roberts, one of the original authors of The Plan for the Valleys, and J.

After saying little about it during his campaign for re-election, President Obama put global warming front and center during his second inaugural address, saying failure to address the problem would betray “our children and future generations.” But what exactly does he plan to do? Midday on Science contributor John Monahan returns to continue our coverage of climate change following the hottest year on record in the U.S. in more than a century. Also joining us is New York Times environmental blogger Andrew Revkin.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Over the decades, millions of tons of polluted sediment have settled into the lake behind Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River, posing a massive engineering and environmental dilemma. But what to do about it? We examine that issue, along with the top environmental matters before the Maryland General Assembly, with Bay Journal reporter and Midday contributor Rona Kobell. Plus: winter wonders of the Chesapeake.