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Climate advocates hope to clean up Maryland’s renewable energy by taking out the trash

by Baltimore Sun | March 16, 2024
Maryland law subsidizes burning trash to create energy as renewable, placing it on par with wind and solar, despite the carbon emissions and air pollution it releases. The WIN Waste incinerator in Baltimore has been categorized as Baltimore’s biggest single source of air pollution. WIN ...

Baltimore County company sued over PFAS in its fertilizer sold in Texas

by Baltimore Sun | March 5, 2024
A Baltimore County company that makes fertilizer using residual material from wastewater treatment plants has been sued by several Texas residents, who allege its products contaminated their farmland with dangerous “forever chemicals.” A Maryland-based nonprofit, called Public ...

Communities should opt out of mosquito spraying | READER COMMENTARY

by Baltimore Sun | March 29, 2021
“I am extremely alarmed that toxic PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) chemicals have been found in a pesticide the state of Maryland uses in its mosquito control program (”Researchers find harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticide used against mosquitoes in Maryland ...

Researchers find harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in pesticide used against mosquitoes in Maryland

by Baltimore Sun | March 25, 2021
“Lab tests ordered by environmental groups found harmful chemicals, called PFAS, in a pesticide that Maryland uses for its mosquito control program, the groups said Thursday. “The results for us are extremely disturbing, given the health impacts linked to these forever chemicals ...
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