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DC water treatment plant powers up for cleaner energy

DC water treatment plant powers up for cleaner energy

Whitney Pipkin

DC water treatment plant powers up for cleaner energy
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Sheep and solar panels: Using solar sites for pastureland

Sheep and solar panels: Using solar sites for pastureland

  • Ad Crable
  • May 3, 2022
  • 0

A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in t… Read Story

Virginia debates impacts of solar panels on stormwater runoff

Virginia debates impacts of solar panels on stormwater runoff

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Apr 26, 2022
  • 0

The new director of Virginia’s top environmental agency seemed to be stating the obvious when he said at a conference in late March that “wate… Read Story

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Maryland lawmakers pass sweeping climate legislation, wave of environmental bills

Maryland lawmakers pass sweeping climate legislation, wave of environmental bills

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 15, 2022
  • 0

After two years of frustration, Maryland environmental advocates have much to celebrate after the conclusion earlier this week of what one cal… Read Story

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More than 800 solar projects in Bay states stuck waiting for review

More than 800 solar projects in Bay states stuck waiting for review

  • By Ad Crable & Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Apr 4, 2022
  • 2

The rollout of solar and other renewable energy projects that Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia are counting on to end fossil-fuel reliance … Read Story

Dominion plans coal ash landfill near Potomac River

Dominion plans coal ash landfill near Potomac River

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 21, 2022
  • 0

Dominion Energy wants to create a permanent solution for a decades-long pileup of coal ash by building a new, lined landfill on its Possum Poi… Read Story

Company halts plans for natural gas pipeline in Virginia

Company halts plans for natural gas pipeline in Virginia

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Feb 17, 2022
  • 0

A power company has suspended plans to build a natural gas pipeline across five counties in central Virginia, signaling another win for enviro… Read Story

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Delaware climate plan trails neighboring states’ pledges

Delaware climate plan trails neighboring states’ pledges

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Jan 20, 2022
  • 0

Delaware Gov. John Carney unveiled in early November the state’s most comprehensive plan yet to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow the e… Read Story

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Ahead on state agendas: Climate, environmental justice, Chesapeake cleanup funds

Ahead on state agendas: Climate, environmental justice, Chesapeake cleanup funds

  • Timothy B. Wheeler, Jeremy Cox & Ad Crable
  • Updated Jan 12, 2022
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As lawmakers in Chesapeake Bay watershed states convene in the new year, a variety of environmental issues are expected to come up for debate … Read Story

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FERC: Virginia pipeline’s environmental contractor has ‘conflict of interest’

FERC: Virginia pipeline’s environmental contractor has ‘conflict of interest’

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Dec 22, 2021
  • 0

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has taken the unusual step of voiding a contract with a firm it had hired to conduct a “third-party” … Read Story

Virginia board denies air pollution permit for compressor station

Virginia board denies air pollution permit for compressor station

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Updated Dec 7, 2021
  • 0

The Virginia Air Pollution Control Board in a 6–1 vote on Friday denied a permit to the proposed Lambert compressor station that would pump ga… Read Story

PA brings criminal charges against gas pipeline

PA brings criminal charges against gas pipeline

  • Ad Crable
  • Oct 13, 2021
  • 0

After years of spills, sinkholes and contaminated drinking water, Pennsylvania’s attorney general has filed 48 criminal charges against the ow… Read Story

Virginia county fends off natural gas plant, but battles continue

Virginia county fends off natural gas plant, but battles continue

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Aug 23, 2021
  • 0

A company planning to bring one of two natural gas-fired power plants to Charles City County, VA, said this summer it is abandoning the projec… Read Story

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As federal support emerges, PA wants to be a carbon capture hub

As federal support emerges, PA wants to be a carbon capture hub

  • Ad Crable
  • Aug 2, 2021
  • 0

Pennsylvania is ideally suited to help the nation fight global warming by becoming a leader in the effort to capture and store emissions of ca… Read Story

Pennsylvania high court ruling shores up state’s ‘green amendment’

Pennsylvania high court ruling shores up state’s ‘green amendment’

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Jul 30, 2021
  • 0

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sided with supporters of the state’s environmental rights amendment who invoked the landmark measure to pre… Read Story

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Environmental groups file suit challenging Conowingo Dam license

Environmental groups file suit challenging Conowingo Dam license

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Jun 18, 2021
  • 2

The long-running Conowingo Dam controversy is back in court. On June 17, four environmental groups filed a legal challenge to the Federal Ener… Read Story

Township rejects Pennsylvania's largest solar project

Township rejects Pennsylvania's largest solar project

  • Ad Crable
  • Jun 4, 2021
  • 3

Township supervisors near Gettysburg, PA, on June 3 pulled the plug on what could have been Pennsylvania’s largest solar energy project. Read Story

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Historic Black town in Maryland seeks justice for stormwater discharge

Historic Black town in Maryland seeks justice for stormwater discharge

  • Jeremy Cox
  • May 26, 2021
  • 0

A Maryland power plant has been releasing stormwater for years into a small Patuxent River town founded in the late 1920s as a vacation resort… Read Story

Despite pushback, Delaware chicken waste facility advances

Despite pushback, Delaware chicken waste facility advances

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Apr 28, 2021
  • 0

A new facility that will convert tons of Delmarva Peninsula’s chicken manure and slaughterhouse waste into energy is closer to becoming a reality. Read Story

PA orders seven farmland solar sites, government to be 50% renewable by 2023

PA orders seven farmland solar sites, government to be 50% renewable by 2023

  • Ad Crable
  • Mar 22, 2021
  • 0

Pennsylvania officials today announced what they say is the largest purchase of solar energy ever by a state, committing to buy enough electri… Read Story

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Conowingo Dam license reissued after long fight over ecological impacts

Conowingo Dam license reissued after long fight over ecological impacts

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Mar 19, 2021
  • 0

Federal regulators have approved the relicensing of the Conowingo Dam, blessing a controversial deal that Maryland reached with the dam’s owne… Read Story

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Orange water, dirty air: What will it take to clean up abandoned mine land in the Chesapeake watershed?

Orange water, dirty air: What will it take to clean up abandoned mine land in the Chesapeake watershed?

  • Ad Crable
  • Updated Mar 8, 2021
  • 0

In dozens of old coal mining towns in Pennsylvania and Western Maryland, black dust swirling off of naked piles of coal waste — called “bony p… Read Story

As chicken waste piles up on Delmarva, a ‘solution’ stirs controversy

As chicken waste piles up on Delmarva, a ‘solution’ stirs controversy

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated Mar 30, 2021
  • 2

Where a Maryland startup sees a green upgrade — a biofuel facility near the Nanticoke River that could prevent up to 220,000 tons per year of … Read Story

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Virginia students take on solar energy challenge

Virginia students take on solar energy challenge

  • Tamara Dietrich
  • Updated Feb 16, 2021
  • 0

Growing threats to the environment — from warming temperatures to melting icecaps, rising seas to more intense storms and floods — have increa… Read Story

Maryland approves gas pipeline, saying switch to total renewable energy will be incremental

Maryland approves gas pipeline, saying switch to total renewable energy will be incremental

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated Feb 1, 2021
  • 0

Despite setbacks and cancellations to some high-profile natural gas pipelines, a project on the Delmarva Peninsula has overcome strong resista… Read Story

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States mull conservation action under shadow of COVID-19

States mull conservation action under shadow of COVID-19

  • Timothy B. Wheeler, Jeremy Cox & Ad Crable
  • Updated Feb 3, 2021
  • 0

Fighting climate change, planting more trees and funding environmental progress in tight times will be among the challenges confronting state … Read Story

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Virginia board rejects application for natural gas pipeline expansion project

Virginia board rejects application for natural gas pipeline expansion project

  • Tamara Dietrich
  • Updated Dec 14, 2020
  • 0

A contentious $346 million project to expand natural gas pipelines and infrastructure in Virginia took another hit last week when the State Co… Read Story

Naval power plant proposal tests Virginia on environmental justice

Naval power plant proposal tests Virginia on environmental justice

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated Jan 5, 2021
  • 0

In the first major test of Virginia’s historic environmental justice law, the state’s air board Dec. 3 approved a U.S. Navy proposal to build … Read Story

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Eastern Shore pipeline gets key win in first round of votes

Eastern Shore pipeline gets key win in first round of votes

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Dec 3, 2020
  • 0

The Maryland Board of Public Works approved Dec. 2 a wetlands permit for an Eastern Shore natural gas pipeline, but critics say its constructi… Read Story

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DC spreads solar energy benefits through 'Solar for All'

DC spreads solar energy benefits through 'Solar for All'

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Dec 2, 2020
  • 0

Unlike most people, Sam Buggs actually looks forward to getting his electricity bill. Read Story

Solar siting in Maryland generates friction, threatening climate goals

Solar siting in Maryland generates friction, threatening climate goals

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Nov 3, 2020
  • 0

Despite Maryland’s ambitious commitment to renewable energy, solar power continues to generate friction across the state. Large utility-scale … Read Story

Will loopholes in toxic discharge rule hurt regional waters?

Will loopholes in toxic discharge rule hurt regional waters?

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Oct 22, 2020
  • 0

The Trump administration’s latest move to ease regulatory requirements on the nation’s coal-burning power plants is expected to have limited i… Read Story

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Natural gas pipeline was a long shot in Eastern Shore county — until state help arrived

Natural gas pipeline was a long shot in Eastern Shore county — until state help arrived

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated Oct 22, 2020
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With only a handful of large employers and Maryland’s highest poverty rate, Somerset County has come up empty for years in its efforts to attr… Read Story

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Natural gas fracking under fire in PA

Natural gas fracking under fire in PA

  • Ad Crable
  • Sep 10, 2020
  • 0

In a blistering report on Pennsylvania’s 12-year experience with hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a special statewide grand jury said pub… Read Story

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In Virginia battleground, natural gas pipeline projects face reversals

In Virginia battleground, natural gas pipeline projects face reversals

  • Jeremy Cox & Tamara Dietrich
  • Updated Sep 7, 2020
  • 0

In Virginia, the future of natural gas depends on a highly volatile present. Read Story

Atlantic Coast Pipeline scrapped amid economic, legal setbacks

Atlantic Coast Pipeline scrapped amid economic, legal setbacks

  • Jeremy Cox
  • Updated Jul 7, 2020
  • 0

The big energy companies behind the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline announced July 5 they are dropping the controversial project, blaming leg… Read Story

Supreme Court rules pipeline can cross under Appalachian Trail

Supreme Court rules pipeline can cross under Appalachian Trail

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Jun 16, 2020
  • 0

A major roadblock to the construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline has been cleared by the U.S. Supreme Court, but other hurdles and legal c… Read Story

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Pipeline projects draw criticism for ‘environmental racism’

Pipeline projects draw criticism for ‘environmental racism’

  • Tamara Dietrich
  • Updated Jun 17, 2020
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Virginians calling in to the State Corporation Commission on May 12 pulled few punches: “environmental racism,” “sacrifice zone,” an “unfair a… Read Story

Shad hatcheries, fish lifts fall victim to coronavirus

Shad hatcheries, fish lifts fall victim to coronavirus

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • May 12, 2020
  • 1

By this time in a typical year, the main fish lift at Conowingo Dam would be busy hoisting thousands of fish daily over the 94-foot high barri… Read Story

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A legislative session shortened by coronavirus in Maryland slows environmental actions

A legislative session shortened by coronavirus in Maryland slows environmental actions

  • Jeremy Cox and Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Mar 23, 2020
  • 0

In a legislative session cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, Maryland lawmakers approved a ban on an agricultural pesticide and passed a ha… Read Story

Virginia legislature wraps up session packed with environmental issues

Virginia legislature wraps up session packed with environmental issues

  • Jeremy Cox and Whitney Pipkin
  • Mar 17, 2020
  • 0

The Chesapeake Bay and other environmental issues had more floor time — and legislative changes — than they have in years during Virginia’s 60… Read Story

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Pipeline backers, opponents get their day in the Supreme Court

Pipeline backers, opponents get their day in the Supreme Court

  • Whitney Pipkin
  • Updated Jun 15, 2020
  • 0

Will a historic footpath running through Appalachia be the final barrier to an $8 billion pipeline project? The decision is now in the hands o… Read Story

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Environmentalists, Shore officials oppose Conowingo settlement

Environmentalists, Shore officials oppose Conowingo settlement

  • Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Apr 8, 2020
  • 0

The Conowingo Dam controversy isn’t settled just yet. Read Story

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Solar project proposed for Gettysburg area farmland draws pushback

Solar project proposed for Gettysburg area farmland draws pushback

  • Ad Crable
  • Jan 24, 2020
  • 0

This story has been updated. Read Story

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MD company to build facility to recycle poultry litter, waste on Eastern Shore

MD company to build facility to recycle poultry litter, waste on Eastern Shore

  • By Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Nov 22, 2019
  • 0

A Maryland company announced plans Thursday to build what could be the first large-scale facility on the Delmarva Peninsula for converting pou… Read Story

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Supreme Court will hear Atlantic Coast Pipeline case

Supreme Court will hear Atlantic Coast Pipeline case

  • By Whitney Pipkin
  • Updated May 29, 2020
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The U.S. Supreme Court said Friday that it plans to revisit a lower court’s ruling that, among others, forced Virginia’s largest electric util… Read Story

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Maryland denies permits for solar projects that sought to clear forests

Maryland denies permits for solar projects that sought to clear forests

  • By Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Mar 29, 2020
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Maryland regulators have blocked two large solar power projects in Charles County that together would have cleared 400 acres of woodlands. Som… Read Story

Court dismisses case for gas pipeline under Western Maryland Rail Trail

Court dismisses case for gas pipeline under Western Maryland Rail Trail

  • By Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Mar 30, 2020
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A federal court has dealt another setback to a hotly disputed pipeline project that would ship natural gas through Western Maryland and beneat… Read Story

Court revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Fish and Wildlife permit

Court revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Fish and Wildlife permit

  • By Whitney Pipkin
  • Updated Mar 30, 2020
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A federal court has overturned a permit needed for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to continue its path across West Virginia and Virginia, where s… Read Story

Pennsylvania power plant to stop coal ash pollution, pay $1 million fine

Pennsylvania power plant to stop coal ash pollution, pay $1 million fine

  • By Ad Crable
  • Updated Mar 29, 2020
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In a consent decree with four environmental groups, a large central Pennsylvania power plant has agreed to stop tainted water in its coal ash … Read Story

MD bans foam food containers, passes Clean Energy Jobs act

MD bans foam food containers, passes Clean Energy Jobs act

  • By Timothy B. Wheeler
  • Updated Mar 30, 2020
  • 0

Maryland’s foam ban and ambitious clean energy goals have become law. A bid to change how the state regulates its oyster industry got tripped … Read Story


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