"The state’s fledgling industry may face its doomsday in President Donald Trump, who has a longtime grudge against turbines." Great read by Adam Willis

It's been a rough summer for Maryland's fledgling offshore wind sector. Trump wants to revoke approval for the state's only permitted farm, which is also unlikely to meet the admin's new deadline for huge tax breaks. Is offshore wind doomed in Maryland? thebanner.com/community/clim…

The crown jewel of American farm science is in Beltsville. Will Trump close it forever? buff.ly/olxK8NX

Hidden in the D.C. suburbs are thousands of acres of experimental farmland, home to the scientists who helped eradicate screwworm & invented the Roma tomato. USDA's Beltsville lab is the crown jewel of American farm science. Will Trump close it forever? thebanner.com/community/clim…

Close to 25,000 fish have died, according to MD Environment, whose inspectors evaluated the area Monday. The fish kill stretched all the way around the harbor, from Canton through the Inner Harbor to Locust Point. By Adam Willis: thebanner.com/community/clim…

With an email, Salisbury plant gets a pass on EPA rules for toxic gas buff.ly/DMPyKDG

Feds are accused of rubber stamping toxic emissions waivers to factories with fanciful claims of "national security interests." Adam Willis reports: thebanner.com/community/clim…

Baltimore has reached a PILOT deal with tax exempt city nonprofits to pay up to $12M a year to help cover services. That’s more than the $6M they get now but far less than advocates were pushing for thebanner.com/politics-power…

Hard to condense into a tweet this latest The Baltimore Banner investigation into a new kind of havoc wreaked in Baltimore by out-of-town housing investors, by Hallie Miller, Giacomo Bologna & Sahana Jayaraman ! thebanner.com/community/hous…

Virtually all of the bay’s shoreline is privately owned, which means many of these taxpayer-funded waterfront improvements go to properties that limit public access. Alex Mann Lee Sanderlin Adam Willis thebanner.com/community/clim…

The hidden cost of saving the Chesapeake Bay: millions for private waterfronts buff.ly/2e2Jyu4

Just one in 533 miles of Anne Arundel County shoreline is open to the public while taxpayers fund millions for private waterfronts. Can Maryland balance what’s best for the Chesapeake Bay with the public’s right to enjoy it? w/ Alex Mann Lee Sanderlin thebanner.com/community/clim…

After ecological crisis, could redevelopment stem Baltimore’s pistachio tide? buff.ly/k5iHlLr

After putrid green waters overwhelmed the Baltimore harbor and triggered historic fish kills, local scientists remain stumped about why this pistachio tide was so bad. But they hope the billion dollar revamp of the downtown waterfront could help solve it: thebanner.com/community/clim…

State Sen. Dalya Attar, her brother and a Baltimore Police officer conspired to prevent a political opponent from speaking out against Attar in 2020, feds say in new indictment, reports Lee Sanderlin thebanner.com/politics-power…

This little fish is the center of a big debate in the Chesapeake Bay buff.ly/CnfPOmM

An industrial menhaden fishery out of VA is the last of its kind on the Atlantic seaboard. Some say it's decimating a keystone Chesapeake fish with big fallout for other bay species But, perhaps thanks to industry political donations, no one can prove it: thebanner.com/community/clim…

Why rent is up more in Anne Arundel than anywhere in Maryland, with Sapna Bansil for The Baltimore Banner: thebanner.com/community/loca…