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Trump administration policies pose threats to Maryland’s ambitious climate efforts

July 21, 2025 Capital News Service

The low-lying coastal community of Crisfield, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, lost a federal grant aimed at preventing flooding and managing sea-level rise, while universities and research institutions across the state face extensive funding cuts. Disappearing, too, are federal incentives to move to clean energy sources — replaced by President Donald Trump’s effort to repeal state laws aimed at addressing climate change. Meanwhile, scores of employees at federal environmental agencies, including many from Maryland, have already lost or could soon lose their jobs.

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Commentary Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Local Leaders Need to Protect Immigrants from ICE

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025 Letter to the Editor

In one of Donald Trump’s first acts in office, he stripped away protections for schools, hospitals, and places of worship from immigration enforcement. These were once safe spaces where people could learn, receive health care, and pray without fear. Now they have been turned into targets for ICE raids.

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Commentary

My Take On Global Warming

June 23, 2024June 17, 2024 Preacher Johnson

We installed the window air conditioner in our bedroom last week. I installed the one that goes into the office/living

Blogs Left Coast Logic

Fossil Fuels Created the Climate Crisis

September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 Tim Forkes

One of the groups I subscribe to is The Climate Beat (Covering Climate Now). Global warming is the most urgent

Commentary Missing the Point

Missing the Point – Are we going to take the climate crisis seriously, or not?

August 16, 2023 Les Cohen

Facing a climatic existential threat, the cause of which, in the United States, has largely to do with vehicle emissions, we desperately need to convert our national fleet of 280 million vehicles from gasoline to electric power as soon as possible. And our answer to that challenge is a $7,500 tax credit of which only people making $100,000 or more can take full advantage.

News

Unpredictable cherry blossom bloom underscores climate change concerns

March 3, 2023 Capital News Service

After a mild winter in the Washington metro region triggered some local cherry blossom trees to bloom in early February, the National Park Service announced Wednesday that this spring’s peak bloom for the iconic trees will occur between March 23-25.