Environment

These are the links we promised to share on News4.

Maryland’s Secretary of the Environment says that the coronavirus pandemic has reinforced the need to transform transportation in the state

A big picture look at global insect decline shows land bugs are disappearing at a rate of nearly 1% a year

Coyotes, pumas and goats are wandering around cities, while air across the world is becoming less polluted.

Ten years ago, an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico

Virginia lawmakers have given final approval to a measure that would make the state a full participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a multistate carbon cap-and-trade program

The Prince George’s County Department of the Environment awarded a woman for her work to clean up the Anacostia River at the Taking Nature Black Conference Thursday. Tiaa Rutherford, the county litter reduction program manager, helped create an app to track how much litter is picked up around the county. So far, the PGC Litter Track app indicates 175,000 pounds…

Tiaa Rutherford received an award for her work to clean up the Anacostia River and in turn the Chesapeake Bay.

Legislation in Maryland would phase out the state’s six remaining coal-fired plants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to remove an obstacle to construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper reports on how to reduce your environmental impact when consuming adult beverages.

The next time you decide to have a drink, you might want to consider the impact on the environment. Storm Team4 meteorologist Amelia Draper reported on the effects of adult beverages on the Earth.

The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding Virginia over $700,000 in grant funding to assist with identifying sources of lead in drinking water in schools and child care facilities

Plastic carryout bags would essentially be a thing of the past in Maryland if a bill in the General Assembly gathers enough lawmakers’ votes. The bill would ban plastic carryout bags at the “point of sale” next year in July. It would also require stores to charge customers a 10 cent fee per “durable” carryout bag — like paper bags….

Maryland lawmakers are considering legislation to ban plastic take-out bags.

A $20 million project to replenish a 5-mile stretch of beach in Virginia is beginning after scheduling delays

The Maryland Senate has approved a measure that would create a statewide ban on the intentional release of balloons into the atmosphere

Environmental activists are hanging banners across the D.C. area in an effort to bring awareness to a global crisis. This comes at the feet of extreme heat in the East Coast for this time of year. StormTeam4 meteorologist Amelia Draper reports.

Recent comments from the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay Program about pollution limits designed to improve the health of the bay have sparked concern among environmental groups and some Maryland officials.  EPA’s bay program Director Dana Aunkst said at a conference this week in Annapolis that 2025 pollution goals set forth in 2010 for Chesapeake Bay...

Governors in nine states along the Atlantic coast are urging the Trump Administration to stop a company that makes fish-oil supplements and other products from fishing in Virginia waters. A letter sent Friday from those governors echoes concerns of fishing regulators who say Omega Protein defied harvest limits in the Chesapeake Bay. The firm catches a fish called Atlantic menhaden…