Earth Day

How can we cut CO2 emissions by changing the way Marylanders heat their homes? Advocates say heat pumps can also help bring cleaner air to residents?

In honor of Earth Day, Midday discusses the future of offshore wind energy with Inside Climate News Reporter Aman Ahzar and Del. Lorig Charkoudian.

Dr. Sacoby Wilson continues the conversation about the impact of women of the environmental justice movement as well as Earth Day 2023.

For the past nine years, Baltimore’s aquatic icons, the trash wheel family, have collected tons of trash. Adam Lindquist, Vice President of Healthy Harbor Initiative, shares the secret to their environmental wins.

The president of the Green Burial Association of Maryland, Jennifer Downs, and funeral reform advocate Lee Webster discuss the movement toward more environmentally benign interment practices.

Clean water, clean air - that’s our hope for the future. Ahead of Earth Day, an environmental scientist describes how heavy metals make their way into the Bay and accumulate in sediment. And young people talk about reducing waste and creating jobs in Baltimore.

Baltimore officials marked Earth Day by calling to divest from fossil fuels and kicking off a greening strategy of the Broadway East neighborhood.

Mayor Scott gets heat from Baltimore residents and his own comptroller over a proposed funding increase for the city’s police department. Baltimore officials propose to divest city pension funds from fossil fuels and start a neighborhood tree-planting program. And state and local leaders aim to bridge a widening digital divide with improved internet access in poor neighborhoods.