BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Tuesday in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The effects […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Monday in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The effects […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of Natural Resources says that sightings of tarpon, a fish usually associated with warmer southern waters, are on the rise in the state. DNR officials say that it has been spotted several times in Maryland in the past two years. Some of these sightings have been confirmed by anglers who have caught the fish. One such […]
We are blessed with a beautiful waterfront in eastern Baltimore County. There are more than 219 miles of tidal shoreline throughout Baltimore County, much of it in the Fifth District that I represent. One of the most difficult “balancing acts” involves the need to protect this sensitive area, and how much development is allowed so that businesses and homeowners can […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for the Baltimore area though midnight EDT tonight. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. […]
BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Friday in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The effects […]
ANNAPOLIS, MD—The state of Maryland has announced new grant money to help bolster the state’s offshore wind workforce with a focus on supporting women and people of color. The $4.7 million training and job placement grant program is part of the Maryland Department of Labor’s Maryland Works for Wind initiative. The initiative includes a collaboration between employers, unions, training providers, […]
SPARROWS POINT, MD—A steering committee made up of community members selected to help guide redevelopment efforts for Hart-Miller Island is slated to meet for the first time August 7. The nine member committee is charged with overseeing the development of a community benefit agreement that is required by state law as a condition of allowing the Maryland Department of the […]