Press release and other updates.
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 …
In his February 6th, 2026 press release, Senator Chris Van Hollen announced that he and Senator Angela Alsobrooks have submitted proposals on behalf of local governments, non-profits, and Chesapeake Bay programs. These projects “will improve the safety and reliability of drinking water infrastructure, modernize stormwater management systems, and preserve historic sites in communities across Maryland.” …
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 …
In her January 19th article for Maryland Matters, Christine Condon covered the proposed natural gas-fired power plant to be built on the already burdened Perryman peninsula in Harford county. The article discusses the current state of the community: sandwiched between the Bush River and Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and run-through with highways and trucks frequenting the …