On an asphalt lot at the end of a winding gravel road off the 6200 block of Yeagertown Road in Lake Linganore, several pieces of heavy equipment bustle with activity.
TRAIRAO, Brazil — Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon, and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt roads that lead away from a national forest, carrying trunks of trees hundreds of years old.
CRESCENT, Iowa — Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwater where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last year’s ruined crop spilled from metal storage bins that burst nine months ago when the Missouri River surged through two levees near his southwest Iowa farm.
A few members of the public supported Frederick County Councilman Kai Hagen’s bill to ban intentional balloon releases, but some — including council leadership — have questioned its overall effectiveness.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is aiming to make the annual U.N.-sponsored climate talks underway in Madrid the last ones for full participation by the United States, which is the world’s No. 1 economy and the second-biggest carbon emitter.
While many people will be sleeping in Saturday, 28-year-old Kyle Kruger plans to leave his house no later than 3:30 a.m. for the opening day of the modern firearms season for white-tailed deer.
The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid, unprecedented cuts in greenhouse gas emissions offer the only hope of averting an ever-intensifying cascade of consequences, according to new findings from the United Nations.
TRAIRAO, Brazil — Night falls in Brazil’s Amazon, and two logging trucks without license plates emerge from the jungle. They rumble over dirt …
CRESCENT, Iowa — Frogs, carp and bugs thrived all summer in murky floodwater where Gene Walter should have planted corn and soybeans. Last yea…
A few members of the public supported Frederick County Councilman Kai Hagen’s bill to ban intentional balloon releases, but some — including c…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is aiming to make the annual U.N.-sponsored climate talks underway in Madrid the last ones for full partic…
While many people will be sleeping in Saturday, 28-year-old Kyle Kruger plans to leave his house no later than 3:30 a.m. for the opening day o…
The world has squandered so much time mustering the action necessary to combat climate change that rapid, unprecedented cuts in greenhouse gas…
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Approximately four miles north of Brunswick, in Brownsville, Maryland, lies one of the largest sources of water for the city.
On a 50-plus-acre campus near Ijamsville, Friends Meeting School is leading the charge on how schools can deploy sustainability and environmen…
Scientists have identified a surprising new mechanism that could be impacting cloud formation and weather patterns in the Arctic — bacteria fr…
MISSOULA, Mont. — A study of grazing in Yellowstone National Park found that bison essentially mow and fertilize their own food. This allows t…
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric turned off electricity Wednesday for about 120,000 people in Northern California to prevent power l…
NEW ORLEANS — Projects to protect Texas marshes from erosion and an Alaska village from the Bering Sea are getting help from some of the 44 gr…
ALBA, Italy — Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fet…
Approximately four miles north of Brunswick, in Brownsville, Maryland, lies one of the largest sources of water for the city.
Frederick County Council members expressed mixed feelings regarding proposed legislation that would ban the intentional release of balloons Tuesday.
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean by moving into r…
Frederick County Council members expressed mixed feelings regarding proposed legislation that would ban the intentional release of balloons Tuesday.
FOX ISLAND, Va. — In the hallway of a weatherworn lodge that has stood on stilts in the Chesapeake Bay for more than 90 years, a negotiation i…
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean by moving into r…
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Teslas and other electric cars lined the parking lot at Linganore Winecellars Sunday afternoon for the EV – Electric Vehicle – Car Fest.
About 10 Oakdale High School students spent their Sunday afternoon planting trees in a shady plot of land near Lake Linganore.
Some like to wake up to the smell of coffee. Others bacon.
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