Maryland Department of the Environment

Another large chicken house has been proposed.This time on Peerless Road off U.S. Route 13 in Worcester County. The permit for construction of the…

Some 40 water systems across Delmarva have high levels of lead.While the systems that serve 50-thousand people or more treat their water the risk is for…

Maryland officials told Wicomico County residents that when it came to pollution from the planned mega chicken house operation along Naylor Mill Road…

BALTIMORE (AP) - A Maryland agency says a permit has expired to build what clean air advocates say would be the largest trash burning incinerator in the…

Wicomico County Executive Bob Culver has issued a statement to reassure local residents about the large poultry operation planned for the Naylor Mill Road…

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland officials have approved more than $1.2 million for efforts to improve water quality and conserve energy.The Board of Public…

BALTIMORE (AP) - Seven people were arrested during a protest of a trash-burning power plant in south Baltimore.The Baltimore Sun reports Tuesday's…

A new report says that the Conowingo Dam is not a major threat to the health of the Chesapeake Bay.The $1.4 million multiagency study looked at the…

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) - State and local officials in Maryland are gathering to discuss an initiative to help Eastern Shore municipalities reduce energy…

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Maryland Department of the Environment Secretary Robert Summers is taking Frederick County to task for setting a token fee of 1 cent…