The owner of Maryland’s last coal-fired power plant had proposed shutting down the financially underperforming facility by June of this year. … Read StoryClosure of Maryland’s last coal power plant may be pushed to 2029
Using some of the same drilling techniques and technologies that drove Pennsylvania’s natural gas boom, the state could unleash a cleaner ener… Read StoryReport says Pennsylvania poised to be geothermal energy leader
Plans for a huge hydroelectric facility along the lower Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania that would drown hundreds of acres of land are headi… Read StoryProposed Susquehanna River hydro project wins preliminary approval, draws suit
About two miles east of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond is a five-acre, grass-covered hill that some might see as a graveyard for years… Read StoryCapped landfill in Richmond may become a ‘solar meadow’
The core of our Sun is a nuclear inferno so unfathomably dense that it strips atoms of their electrons and forms new atoms. And, in an attempt… Read StoryVirginia joins the nuclear fusion race as region shifts to clean energy
In state capitals across the Chesapeake Bay region this year, lawmakers are expected to grapple with renewable energy — how to produce more of… Read StoryBay state lawmakers tackle wide range of ‘green’ bills
The fight against climate change and huge demands for more electricity, much of it from data center growth to support artificial intelligence,… Read StoryWill nuclear power make a comeback in the Bay region?
If the data center industry continues to grow at an unconstrained pace in Virginia, the state will struggle to supply enough power to meet loc… Read StoryReport confirms: Data centers in Virginia pose enormous power demands
The oldest continuously operating family-owned dairy in Virginia will soon be showcasing a new approach to energy production. Read StoryVirginia dairy farm uses food waste, winery castoffs to help produce renewable energy
Developers of utility-scale solar farms in Maryland might have to start compensating counties for erecting their sprawling arrays in preservat… Read StoryMD solar developers may have to pay preservation fee
Pennsylvania ranks an “abysmal” 48th among all states (and the District of Columbia) in growing renewable energy in the last 10 years, accordi… Read StoryPennsylvania near bottom for renewable energy, Virginia 4th
Electric bills for residents in Chesapeake Bay drainage states could rise as much as 24% now that wholesale electricity prices rose to record … Read StoryWith electricity prices rising, groups blame slow rollout of renewables
Dominion Energy Virginia anticipates that the state will need twice as much electrical power 15 years from now as it does today — and that ren… Read StoryDominion takes 'all of the above' approach to power future
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is seeking bids to build and operate up to 15 solar arrays along rights of way adjacent to the 550-mile c… Read StoryMore solar arrays may be coming along the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Solar may be the cheapest and easiest-to-install energy source driving the nation’s push for renewable power. But in rural hamlets across the … Read StorySolar industry electrifies pushback in rural areas of Chesapeake Bay region
A New Jersey-based electric company wants to drive a 70-mile, high-voltage transmission line through three Central Maryland counties. But it w… Read StoryPlans for Maryland transmission line run up against land preservation goals
While data centers in northern Virginia help run the world’s computers, small communities throughout the Chesapeake Bay region are experiencin… Read StoryResidents rally against gas plant in Chesterfield, VA
Landscapes lined with solar panels don’t absorb rainwater the same way that a forest does — or shed it like a parking lot. But researchers are… Read StoryResearch to help solar farms reduce erosion and runoff
As Nature Conservancy marine scientist Brendan Runde motored into the Atlantic Ocean to study fish about 27 miles offshore from Virginia Beach… Read StoryVirginia offshore wind project underway as environmental studies continue
The growing presence of data centers in Northern and Central Virginia is causing an unprecedented spike in projected energy use for the region… Read StoryEnergy demands for Northern Virginia data centers almost too big to compute
Multiple pollution spills. Repeated stop-work orders. Failure to alert officials about an environmental violation. Read StoryFrustrations mount with developer of Maryland data center complex
The federal government is offering up to $90 million to a renewable energy developer to build Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm on 2,700 acres… Read StoryFeds offer $90 million for vast solar array on PA mine land
The Virginia General Assembly and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin approved the final state budget on May 13. Language that tied Virginia to the… Read StoryRGGI officially removed from Virginia state budget
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted an application for a preliminary permit for a controversial 1,000-acre pumped-storage hy… Read StoryPublic comments invited on controversial hydro project in Pennsylvania
Following up on a recommendation from a 2022 statewide grand jury report finding that Pennsylvania officials had failed to protect its residen… Read StoryPennsylvania orders disclosure of fracking chemicals -- except for 'trade secrets'
More than 100 organizations — mostly environmental groups — in Pennsylvania sent a joint letter of protest to Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro on … Read StoryMore than 100 groups protest Pennsylvania governor's support of natural gas energy
The largest solar project in Pennsylvania, built on more than 1,755 acres of former farmland, is producing power in central Pennsylvania.The G… Read StoryLargest solar array in Pennsylvania begins producing power
A solar developer’s plans to build Pennsylvania’s largest solar field near Gettysburg has received a second court ruling that upholds a munici… Read StoryLarge Pennsylvania solar project gets second blow from court
A legal effort to thwart Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin’s bid to unilaterally withdraw the state from a regional carbon-reduction pact has hit a … Read StoryJudge deals blow to legal effort to halt Virginia’s RGGI withdrawal
Pennsylvania could become a leader in the production of clean-burning hydrogen, which advocates hope will help transition heavy industries and… Read StoryPennsylvania selected for two of nation's seven hydrogen energy hubs
Dominion Energy’s massive wind project off Virginia’s coast took a critical step forward Oct. 31 as the Biden administration signed off on one… Read StoryVirginia offshore wind project wins key federal approval
Jocelyn Chan used to dread the winter. Read StoryWhat’s at stake if RGGI disappears in Virginia?
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced in early September that it has approved five permits associat… Read StoryDelaware approves permits for creation of biogas facility
Several environmental and civic groups are calling for a natural gas giant and federal regulators to rethink a project that could increase air… Read StoryVirginia compressor project raises environmental justice questions
When Serena McIlwain was appointed to lead the Maryland Department of the Environment earlier this year, she took charge of an agency at a cro… Read StoryIn Maryland, McIlwain takes reins of hobbled environmental agency
Rain dripping off solar panels can produce a unique type of runoff — one the scientific community is playing catch-up to quantify as the solar… Read StoryChesapeake experts focus on solar power’s stormwater footprint
The long-running and litigious debate over Conowingo Dam’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay has resumed, with all sides still entrenched, at least… Read StoryDebate resumes on Conowingo Dam pollution problems
A willingness to conserve electricity may have saved millions of residents in the Chesapeake Bay region from seeing their holiday lights go da… Read StoryHoliday cold-snap emergency raises questions about power generation
Dominion Energy is moving forward with plans to build a new coal ash landfill near the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, entering the last c… Read StoryDominion seeks permit for new coal ash landfill in Virginia
There were a lot of new faces in Annapolis at the start of this year’s General Assembly in January. But newcomers and veterans together manage… Read StoryMaryland lawmakers boost offshore wind, forest conservation among flurry of ‘green’ bills
In 2008, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell opened 2.2 million acres of state forests to the new, profitable — and controversial — use of hyd… Read StoryFracking yields both fears, funding for Pennsylvania public lands
Jake and Jen Horton, and their teen daughter, Keena, sat in the kitchen of their 19th-century homestead as newborn lambs frolicked outside and… Read StoryHydro project on Susquehanna River draws controversy
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality announced changes late Monday to a measure that would allow data centers to run emergency pow… Read StoryVirginia DEQ tightens footprint, extends comment period on data center variance
As Dominion Energy’s massive wind-energy project proposed off the coast of Virginia enters a critical new regulatory phase, it faces strengthe… Read StoryWhale die-off raises stakes in Virginia offshore wind bid
A governor-ordered inquiry into how well conventional oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania are obeying environmental laws has found a “culture… Read StoryReport: Pennsylvania gas wells routinely abandoned, left unplugged
Virginia regulators have proposed allowing nearly 300 data centers in Northern Virginia to use backup generators over a five-month period duri… Read StoryVirginia regulators consider letting data centers regularly use fossil-fuel power for part of the year
With the sales of electric vehicles booming, Pennsylvania will receive $171.5 million in federal funds to place charging stations along major … Read StoryPennsylvania gets federal money to add EV charging ports along highways
In the latest chapter of a saga that has been the face of opposition to “fracking” for natural gas, a Houston-based gas company has pleaded no… Read StoryGas company pleads no contest in Pennsylvania fracking pollution case, but fracking allowed to resume
Repeated sediment pollution incidents and accusations of destroying habitat for rare hellbenders on a Pennsylvania “river of the year” have br… Read StoryHellbender habitat slammed by pollution in Pennsylvania's Loyalsock Creek