Youth summit inspires students to learn about environment

Youth summit inspires students to learn about environment

Last month, high school students from Kent, Caroline, Queen Anne’s, Talbot and Dorchester counties gathered at Chesapeake College for ShoreRivers’ fourth annual Upper Shore Youth Environmental Action Summit.

A new trash wheel for Back River: Baltimore funds projects after wastewater woes - Maryland Matters

Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain speaks at a news conference in Essex about environmental projects that will be funded as compensation for pollution from the city's two wastewater treatment plants. The Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant is seen in the background. (Photo by Christine Condon/ Maryland Matters)The Baltimore region could get a new trash wheel, one of 21 environmental projects for which Baltimore City is provi…

A new Mr. Trash Wheel? City wastewater settlement funds environmental projects

A new trash wheel is one of nearly two dozen projects set to receive money through a $1.7 million settlement fund, which Baltimore officials agreed to finance as part of a consent decree with the Maryland Department of the Environment over pollution violations at its wastewater plants.

State commits $1.7M for environmental projects on Back River, Patapsco watersheds

The state of Maryland is allocating $1.7 million for a series of community-led environmental projects for the Back River and Patapsco River watersheds, which encompass Baltimore City and portions of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, and Howard counties. The funding was announced at a news conference Tuesday at Cox’s Point Park in Essex on Back River, hosted by the Maryland Department of the Environment, Chesapeake Bay Trust and Mayor Brandon Sco…

Activist is happy to get a grant, but lingering “terrible odor” from Back River sewage plant leaves her wary

After Baltimore settles pollution lawsuits, Maryland officials report progress at its two treatment plants and announce community projects that are part of the consent decree.

$1.7M settlement to fund new trash wheel, other environmental projects

The Trash Wheel family will be gaining a new member – its first in Baltimore County.Slated to be installed on the Back River, it will be the fifth trash-collecting water wheel in the Baltimore region.The new trash wheel is one of 21 environmental projects that will receive grants totaling $1.7 million, state and local officials announced Tuesday at Cox’s Point Park in Essex along the Back River.“These projects, they’re going to provide real bene…