Leading the Way
Baltimore is one of the most progressive cities in the country when it comes to tackling the issue of food insecurity. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, along with Boston's Mayor Thomas Menino, used Baltimore as a model city as when they formed the Food Policy Task Force at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in January.
Environment
High Protein Diet Linked To Bay’s Poor Health
The so-called Chesapeake pollution diet, or Total Maximum Daily Load, is aimed at trimming the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus that enters the estuary, where they spur the growth of huge algae blooms that foul the Bay's water.
Staff Report
Bikes on the Move
Earlier this week, Governor Martin O’Malley officially kicked off Bike Month with the announcement of seven winners of the Maryland Bikeshare Program grants. As part of the O’Malley Administration’s Cycle Maryland Initiative, the grants totaling $2.5 million are designed to “help Maryland communities plan, establish or expand bikeshare programs,” according to a press release from Cycle Maryland.
Environment
Water vs. Energy: The Marcellus Shale Saga
Drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale creates jobs and improves our national energy supply, but poses risks to the mid-Atlantic’s aquifers and streams. It’s a conflict that may last a long time.
Environment
Monitoring the Harbor
An online bacteria monitoring program launched this month is giving city residents a new way to track the water quality of the Inner Harbor and Chesapeake Bay. The program, started by the nonprofit Blue Water Baltimore’s WATERKEEPER program, is led by waterkeeper Tina Meyers.
Staff Report
Baltimore GreenWorks Kicks Off 9th Annual Green Week
Baltimore Green Week—for which Urbanite is one of the sponsors—is the brainchild of Baltimore GreenWorks, a volunteer driven organization dedicated to increase awareness about how Baltimoreans can make their region cleaner and environmentally safer.
Environment
Bill Takes Away EPA's Oversight of Bay Cleanup
A bipartisan team of House members has revived legislation that would sharply curb the EPA's implementation of its "pollution diet" to clean up the Chesapeake Bay.
Staff Report
Baltimore Reads Constructs City's First Literacy Garden
Baltimore Reads plans to combine its mission of boosting literacy in Baltimore City with ameliorating food deserts through construction of the city’s first “literacy garden.”
Environment
From Manure to Moolah
Energy from the digester, which turns cow manure into methane, powers about 100 homes in the Central Pennsylvania valley where Steve Reinford raises his 500 dairy cows.
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