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Climate and environment

This week, all seven members of the Baltimore County Council signaled support for a resolution opposing the power line project.
A controversial power line could run through northern Maryland. Here’s where it would go.
The Public Service Enterprise Group unveiled a planned route for new transmission lines that the company says would address resident concerns.
Multiple homes near the CSX Plant in Dundalk were seen decorated with “No Coal In Curtis Bay” signs on July 31, 2024.
Letter: Why should polluters profit while communities like Curtis Bay suffer?
A reader says the CSX coal terminal is a stark example of how powerful industries disproportionately affect underserved communities like Curtis Bay.
The National Weather Service says colder conditions are in store this week.
Bundle up! Maryland is expecting a cold snap this week
The National Weather Service is calling for gusty winds Monday that should cause temperatures to drop through midweek.
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet rare site visible
First the northern lights, now a rare comet will be visible in Maryland
Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a once-in-80,000-years sight, will pass within 44 million miles of Earth, making it watchable with the naked eye in Maryland and much of the Northern Hemisphere.
Amornrat Hedden and her son, Ayden, saw the northern lights from a Cessna 172.
A $100 Groupon got this mom and son a bird’s-eye view of the northern lights
As she stared at the screen of her camera, then at the sky, she began to cry. She was almost in a dream state.

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Several dozen people lined the Prettyboy Reservoir dam as the aurora borealis lit up the sky Thursday night.
There’s a ‘slight’ chance to see the northern lights tonight if you missed it
We will still be under a severe geomagnetic storm watch tonight, issued by the Space Weather Prediction Center after scientists detected a coronal mass ejection — a large blast of plasma and magnetic field from the sun’s surface — earlier this week.
Views of CSX facilities scene from the Curtis Bay neighborhood in Baltimore.
Are giant walls enough to shield Curtis Bay from coal dust? The neighborhood says no.
Curtis Bay residents want more protections from CSX’s coal facility, but state officials expect the company may file a lawsuit.
The Northern Lights could be seen over the Prettyboy Reservoir and across Maryland on Thursday night, illuminating the sky with hues of pink, green and purple.
Pictures: See stunning photos of the northern lights in Maryland
Here are some stellar photos of the northern lights captured in Maryland.
Thanks to combination of a severe solar storm and clear skies, the northern lights were visible from parts of Maryland Thursday, Oct. 10. The aurora illuminated the sky in Hagerstown, Md.
Maryland saw the northern lights — and they were glorious
A surge of particles from the sun caused the northern lights to be visible in Maryland on Thursday night.
Morgan Sloan, left, and Zack Yeatman ride a boat in a flooded area near City Dock in Annapolis in August.
Thank you for calling FEMA. Please hold while we review your disaster plan.
Frustrated Annapolis officials remain confident FEMA funds will come eventually, but starting the massive climate change project at City Dock immediately after the Annapolis Sailboat Show and finishing most of it by next fall isn’t going to happen.

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Thousands of migrating birds will be in the Baltimore area, Oct. 10, 2024.
It’s a bird! Migratory masses to fly over the area tonight headed south for the winter
As many as 29,000 birds are expected to fly over the Baltimore area, according to data from Washington College. Almost 10,000 will fly over Columbia.
People stock up on supplies from a boarded-up store in St. Petersburg, Fla., as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Milton.
Hurricane Milton: BGE crews head to Florida to help with response
Hurricane Milton is forecast to remain a dangerous storm as it travels across the state of Florida, bringing life-threatening winds inland.
Baltimore is poised to ban noisy, polluting gas-powered leaf blowers, with offenders subject to fines.
Baltimore City Council votes to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. Here’s when it starts.
Baltimore’s City Council voted on Monday to ban gas-powered leaf blowers in the city.
The forecast cone for Hurricane Milton as of Tuesday morning.
Hurricane Milton is ‘extremely dangerous’ as it approaches Florida
Hurricane Milton is forecast to remain a dangerous storm as it travels across the state of Florida, bringing life-threatening winds inland.
BAT CAVE, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 1: A member of the Maryland National Guard descends a hill at a supply drop point in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on October 1, 2024 near Bat Cave, North Carolina. The death toll has topped 140 people across the southeastern U.S. due to the storm, according to published reports, which made landfall as a category 4 storm on Thursday. Millions are without power and the federal government has declared major disasters in areas of North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources for those states, according to the reports. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Maryland first responders searching Western North Carolina floods for survivors
The team, composed of first responders from Harford, Montgomery, Howard, and Baltimore counties, arrived in Western North Carolina on September 27 and immediately got to work.

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Around Baltimore, fall foliage is expected to peak later in October.
As the leaves change, here’s where to find the best fall foliage in Maryland
Leaves are expected to change earlier than normal this year, and feature more yellows and golds rather than reds and purples.
Hurricane Helene made landfall over Florida on Thursday evening.
What Maryland needs to know about Hurricane Helene
Maryland can expect to see precipitation coming from Hurricane Helene by midday Friday.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (July 02, 2024) Midshipmen 4th Class, or plebes, of 3rd and 4th company from the United States Naval Academy Class of 2028 participate in pistol and rifle training during Plebe Summer, a demanding indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life. As the undergraduate college of our country's naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers of competence, character, and compassion in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenneth D. Aston Jr.)
High lead levels in Annapolis creek are reminder that Navy can be a tough neighbor
Greenbury Point is a reminder that the Navy, where a rifle range has operated for some 100 years, can be a tough neighbor.
A sign pointing visitors toward the main office building outside Fleischmann’s Vinegar near Baltimore’s Cold Spring neighborhood.
Vinegar company agrees to $1M settlement for pollution violations
The Maryland Department of the Environment and Fleischmann’s Vinegar Company have reached a $1.1 million settlement over water pollution violations from the company’s Baltimore facility, MDE officials announced Wednesday.
JC Hudgins shows a blue crab he caught in the Chesapeake Bay in Mathews, Va., on Friday, June 10, 2022.
Virginia keeps winter crab dredging closed, for now
In a notable reversal, Virginia will not open a winter dredging season for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay this year.
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