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New: Federal energy regulators approved the sale of an old Potomac River coal plant today to Maryland-based TeraWulf, which hopes to reboot the site with natural gas and use it to power a data center complex: www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

Feds approve sale of Potomac River power plant to data center developerApproval of TeraWulf’s purchase of the Morgantown Generating Station marks an early step in the Easton-based company’s plan to overhaul the contaminated coal site and use it to power a data center com...www.thebanner.com

Dystopian-feeling in downtown Baltimore this week. Wildfire smoke from Ontario is thick. Meanwhile, the harbor's pistachio tides are back, earlier than usual and seemingly getting worse: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Why is Baltimore’s pistachio tide starting earlier and getting worse?The phenomenon, known locally as a “pistachio tide,” has taken over Baltimore’s central waterway this week. It seems to be happening earlier and experts say it’s getting worse.www.thebanner.com

In 2005, Gov. Robert Ehrlich unveiled a "grand experiment" to revive one small Eastern Shore river. He hoped to chart a blueprint for restoring the Chesapeake Bay. But two decades later, the Corsica River remains sick, and progress has slowed to a crawl: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

If Maryland can’t save a river that ‘went to hell,’ can it save the bay?Disappointment in the progress of the Corsica raises a bigger, more troubling question. If, in two decades, officials can’t revive one relatively small tributary, can they really save the bay?www.thebanner.com

Last fall, an energy mogul begged Wes Moore to back his data center complex. It worked. Records offer a rare window into how a wealthy & politically connected businessman won the governor’s endorsement for his controversial foray into Maryland data centers: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

A data center developer wanted a power plant. He needed Moore’s help.Emails obtained by The Baltimore Banner offer a new window into Gov. Wes Moore’s approach to an emerging data center industry. His decision to back a controversial development in southern Maryland rai...www.thebanner.com

After a developer's bid for a Remington dump backfired, he's thinking bigger. Seawall reached a deal this month that looks to some like a step toward a long-held Baltimore dream: to turn the banks of the beleaguered Jones Falls into a park. w @emilyopilo.bsky.social www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

How a screaming stranger got a developer to dream big about the Jones FallsA Baltimore developer was at the center of a charged conflict over the future of a dump in the Remington neighborhood, a controversy that has gotten him thinking bigger about the future of the beloved...www.thebanner.com

This by Karl Blankenship is essential reading for anyone hoping to understand the challenge to cleaner water in the Chesapeake Bay: www.bayjournal.com/ag-and-the-b...

A better Chesapeake Bay demands a realistic look at farm pollutionThe Chesapeake Bay region achieved just 16% of its farm runoff objective, according to Chesapeake Bay Program estimates, even though state and federal agencies ramped up funding to help farmerswww.bayjournal.com

Strange situation out of Anne Arundel County: Officials say sewage capacity on a system flowing into a Baltimore treatment pant is at its limit, prompting a moratorium on development for an area in the middle of the I-95 corridor. Fix could take 5 years: www.thebanner.com/economy/grow...

Citing lack of sewage capacity, Anne Arundel suspends development in part of countyA Anne Arundel Public Works spokesperson said officials learned last month from Baltimore City that they could not purchase additional capacity in the sewage system, prompting the suspension that the ...www.thebanner.com

Weeks after ~250 million gallons of raw sewage emptied into the Potomac, a bitter fight between Trump & Gov. Wes Moore has raised a bigger question: When America’s outdated water infrastructure fails, who bears the blame? My dispatch on the Potomac River disaster: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

After a historic Potomac sewage spill, who is to blame?A month after over 200 million gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Potomac River, the ecological disaster in the capital region inflamed tensions between President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. We...www.thebanner.com

New: In ads to run ahead of Super Bowl kick-off & during post-game, BGE will push its legislative agenda to build and own Maryland power plants, a reversal on decades of state regulatory policy. $150K ad buy includes spots in Super Bowl-night & Olympics coverage www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Super Bowl-night ads will push BGE’s agenda to build and run power plants in MarylandBaltimore Gas and Electric has called on Maryland leaders to pass legislation allowing the utility to build and own power plants — an ask it’s underscoring with ads during NBC’s Olympics and Super Bow...www.thebanner.com

An Eastern Shore lab houses one of the world's largest oyster hatcheries. Scientists there have churned out billions of oysters and helped drive an oyster resurgence in the Chesapeake Bay. But thanks to a ~50% cut in NOAA funds, their work is in jeopardy: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

Trump cuts to Eastern Shore oyster hatchery could endanger Chesapeake Bay progressThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently slashed support for an Eastern Shore lab that has helped to seed an oyster resurgence in the bay.www.thebanner.com

New: Gov. Moore's admin invited a natural gas industry insider to sit in on interviews to determine the latest Public Service Commission appointees. Records show the official was the only non-government employee present for the interviews: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...

Gas industry insider sat in on Moore administration interviews for new utility regulatorsAn American Gas Association employee participated in the interview process for the top leadership roles at the state’s utility regulating agency.www.thebanner.com

15 years ago, it looked like the effort to save the Chesapeake Bay had turned a corner. "There was a collective sense," said one longtime federal scientist, “that we had broken through." Today, he and others worry that, four decades in, the movement is losing steam: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...

As the Chesapeake Bay cleanup enters a new era, it’s fighting for relevanceAs the Chesapeake restoration enters a new era — governors from across the watershed are expected in Baltimore this week to extend cleanup to 2040 — the movement appears uncertain about its future.www.thebanner.com