Maryland Department of Environment Archives

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022

Massive effort succeeds in refloating grounded container ship – state officials focused on “environmental restoration and compensation”

The container ship, Ever Forward, was refloated Sunday – 35 days after it ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay, off of Downs Park in Pasadena, Md.

The Hong Kong-flagged ship left Baltimore Sunday, March 14, heading towards its next stop …

February 8, 2020March 11, 2021

Public health concern left in wake of eagle poisonings in Maryland – carbofuran loophole bill delayed

While carbofuran, a federally banned and toxic pesticide, has been used repeatedly on Eastern Shore farmland to kill wildlife, including at least 30 bald eagles between 2009 and 2019, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) refuses to provide addresses …

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