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DAVOS, Switzerland – The presidents of Switzerland and Ecuador led a call here at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Tuesday for greater international cooperation

Scientists at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation graded the estuary’s health at a D+ for the third time in a row, with the blue crab population under duress and a multi-state cleanup pact poised to be deferred past its original 2025 deadline.

Even as national governments scramble to address climate change, including with a new global summit planned for next fall, environmental journalists may find that action (or inaction) by state and local governments will yield an abundance of climate stories in the year ahead. The latest TipSheet offers numerous questions to ask, story ideas and resources to mine for local

Sens. Warner and Kaine Applaud Signing of 2023 Fiscal Spending Plan

An area of salt marsh twice the size of Singapore has disappeared since the turn of the century, NASA scientists determined by analyzing satellite images from around the globe. Severe storms were partially responsible for the loss, which resulted in “significant” carbon emissions, according to a recent study based on the maps. The study, published […]

A new waterfront addition to our beloved Quiet Waters Park, known as “The Retreat,” is threatened by an office building, road and parking lots that will destroy old trees, and ruin our stunning view.

Duane L. Cipollini, a retired Baltimore County Public Schools mathematics department chair who acted in community theater, died Dec. 6 at Gilchrist Towson. The Pikesville resident was 82.

William F. Blue, a noted Baltimore trusts and estates attorney whose career spanned more than six decades was an avid golfer, died of congestive heart failure Friday at Sinai Hospital. The Lutherville resident was 89.

Joyce Tomlin Griffith, a retired artist and interior designer who created show window exhibitions for the old Stewart’s Department Store, died of a stroke Nov. 24 at the Broadmead Retirement Community. She was 94.

Susan M. Milstein, a longtime McDaniel College professor of economics and business administration who taught her students through tough love, died Dec. 3.