College Park to distribute free trees to offset damages from summer storm
The city’s tree canopy has declined in the past 10 years.
Prince George’s County to expand electric bus infrastructure with new federal funding
The county’s grant application included a plan to purchase 20 new zero emission vehicles and expand electric bus charging.
Sustainable Food Systems Series kicks off with lecture on food security, equity
This week's lecture featured a game that connects small-scale farmers to low-income consumers.
In deciding the fate of NASA’s Area 400, the government must put the environment first
Wild Spaces are being destroyed. NASA’s Area 400 must be preserved to keep one safe.
As plan to sell NASA land is rejected, activists are still concerned about development
If NASA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot agree on a price for the land, it will go up for public sale.
Maryland General Assembly to consider environmental rights amendment
If passed by both chambers in the state legislature and signed by the governor, the bill will be on November's ballot.
UMD researchers analyze how trees in urban areas could decrease stormwater
The researchers published their findings in Nature magazine in November.
EPA awards $100K contract to UMD researchers for environmental justice project
The funding supports the expansion of the state's existing environmental justice tool.
Stop the environmental destruction of Cyber Monday
Thanksgiving is about being thankful. It shouldn’t be followed by climate destruction.
Longer mosquito season might become the norm with climate change
In a warming world, winter is shorter, so mosquitoes become active earlier in the year and remain so later in the year.