In his February 16th article, “Overshadowed by ‘forever chemicals,’ PCBs remain a toxic threat to Chesapeake waters” Wheeler discusses the ongoing threat to public health caused by Polychlorinated biphenyls or PCB’s despite these proto- “forever chemicals” not having been produced since 1979. The problem is their persistence: PCBs do not readily dissolve in water, so …
In his February 16th article “Maryland counties to data center industry: Slow down” Jeremy Cox describes the approaches three Maryland counties: Baltimore, Prince Georges, and Montgomery, are taking to the development of new data centers. Baltimore County, which passed zoning restrictions on data centers in 2024, has passed a moratorium on data center construction through …
Thanks to Tim Wheeler at the Bay Journal for his February 5th article “Anglers, riverkeeper keep pressure on Maryland landfill.” The article covers this history of the landfill from it’s acquisition by the State Park in the 1980’s through its discharge violations once it began effluent discharge into the Gunpowder watershed and to the public …
In her February 3 article Sapna Bansil reports on the unanimous Baltimore County Council decision to put a moratorium on development of data centers in the county. She quotes councilman Pat Young’s rationale for the freeze when he said, “A year and a half ago, when someone said data center, what we thought in our …
On January 5, 2026 the County Council of Baltimore County unanimously passed Bill no. 3-26 which prevents the county from approving development plans or zoning petitions for data centers until January 1, 2027 or 90 days after the Planning Board submits the report required by this legislation. The Planning Board will hold a public hearing …