by Fern ShenJun 12, 2019
Can’t compost? Take your food waste to the Sunday farmers’ market
A new free program diverts Baltimore’s banana peels and plate scrapings away from the incinerator and sends them off to a farm to be composted.
Environment
May 31, 2019
The price of tree-cutting at Mercy High School: $182,000
The Planning Commission turns down a request to lower the penalty for leveling a small forest without an approved conservation plan.
Apr 26, 2019
Amid campaign contributions and Healthy Holly purchases by BGE and Exelon officials, pipeline bill advances
A City Council committee okays a Pugh administration franchise agreement that critics have called a sweetheart deal.
Special SeriesApr 19, 2019
Fear that “the public” has lost a park, as private developer creates outdoor bar in South Baltimore
Marc Weller removes some trees and erects a massive tent at West Covington Park, improved over the years by more than $7 million in public funds.
Mar 3, 2019
DPW offers little room for compromise, at this point, on Filbert Street Garden
Director Chow was a no-show, but other officials said they must continue studying a pumping station project that could displace the popular Curtis Bay garden.
Feb 28, 2019
Is BGE pipeline price a sweetheart deal between the utility and the Pugh administration?
For clear-cutting a swath of Leakin Park, BGE is set to pay a fraction of the true cost, a citizens group charges.
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