Environment

Billions of the 17-year cicadas will soon be swarming and making a racket in our neighborhoods, but an expert says we shouldn't be too worried.

The House of Delegates passed a ban on plastic bags Wednesday. The bill would apply to bags used to carry items from a store, but exempts an assortment of…

Twenty hungry goats spent five days on a hill in North Baltimore’s Wyman Park Dell, transforming it from a dense woodland overgrown with invasive plants…

The farm in Delmar where April Ferrell grew up and still lives is surrounded by chicken farms. Sitting on a golf cart in her yard, Ferrell indicated the…

The Baltimore County Council is expected to vote Monday night on whether it will sue Monsanto Company for contaminating the county’s environment with…

Those plastic bags you get at your local supermarket, or just about anywhere you shop in Baltimore City, could be a thing of the past under a measure City…

The House of Delegates voted along party lines Friday to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill prohibiting oyster harvesting in five Chesapeake Bay…

The state Senate voted Tuesday to ban the sale of foam food and beverage containers. If the measure passes the House, Maryland would be the first state to…

Maryland may join the growing list of states that get most of their electricity from renewable sources. Legislation state lawmakers plan to take up when…

When Barbara Johnson, a water quality scientist with Blue Water Baltimore, makes her way down the Jones Falls for her monthly water quality check, she…