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@adampwillis.bsky.socialNot long ago, it looked like Sparrows Point would be a cradle for US offshore wind. Political winds have turned since then, and this week Trump visited the shipyard to herald replacement of wind turbine manufacturing with nuclear subs. w @hayesgardner.bsky.social:
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@hayesgardner.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialThe move highlights a stark reversal of fortune for Maryland’s offshore wind industry, a favorite of the state’s Democratic leadership but a longtime punching bag for Republican President Donald Trump.
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@hayesgardner.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialWind turbines are out. Submarines are in. Five years after a historic Sparrows Point shipyard was identified as a cradle of wind energy, that land will instead be used for an even bigger weapons manufacturing facility, creating 3,100 jobs.
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialA spokesperson for the Maryland Department of the Environment said in a statement Friday that inspectors estimate nearly 11,000 fish died across 25 species, with preliminary findings suggesting the die-off was caused by an overflow at a Kilby Farms manure lagoon. buff.ly/9z3DdQV
@adampwillis.bsky.socialThe dairy operation is due for a hearing later this month in a Cecil County courtroom, part of the state’s case over repeated manure discharges at the property. Read the original story on the farmer, a fisherman and the fight over Basin Run here:
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@adampwillis.bsky.socialBarely a week after our story on a northeast Maryland fight between neighbors and a dairy farmer over pollution of a beloved trout stream, the water again brimmed with dead fish — almost 11,000 of them.
Video courtesy of neighbor Chris Thomas:
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@adampwillis.bsky.socialIn 2024, Gov. Wes Moore pushed a bill to cut regulatory reviews for data centers, policy he said would "supercharge" the industry in Maryland. Since then, data centers have become a political mine field, and Moore is changing course. w/@brendawintrode.bsky.social: www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...
@bykowicz.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialGovernors are in a tough spot on data centers. Here's how Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is navigating one of the country's biggest political issues.
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@brendawintrode.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialGov. Wes Moore said early in his term he would work to create a "bright future" for data centers in Maryland. Since then, the politics surrounding them has shifted. He and other governors are reacting to public outrage over the projects. w/ @adampwillis.bsky.social
@donboesch.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialAnother fine homage to my dear friend and colleague Walter Boynton. I was delighted to collaborate with him in his last scientific paper on why and how we can finally achieve clean water goals for the Chesapeake. Thanks @adampwillis.bsky.social.
@brendawintrode.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialFacing data center backlash, Moore lays out a plan but not a pause, his response to the turmoil over the industry’s aggressive development .
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@adampwillis.bsky.socialIn northeast Maryland, a fisherman, a farmer and the fight over a fouled trout stream.
My story on a rare escalation in one of the state’s longest simmering pollution battles, for @thebaltimorebanner.com: www.thebanner.com/community/cl...
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialA fisherman, a farmer and the fight over a fouled Maryland stream
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialAfter 52 years, Baltimore picks a native for its official tree. It was kinda dramatic.
@dylansegelbaum.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialBy @adampwillis.bsky.social: A mysterious new disease is poised to devastate Maryland’s beech trees. (via @thebaltimorebanner.com) (📸: @jphotoj.bsky.social)
@codyboteler.bsky.socialReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialA sad piece of news but a rather beautiful piece of nature writing from @adampwillis.bsky.social in @thebaltimorebanner.com today, on beech leaf disease:
@thebaltimorebanner.comReposted by @adampwillis.bsky.socialA mysterious new disease is poised to devastate Maryland’s beech trees
