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Governor Moore issues statement on Code Red, Air Stagnation Warning issued for Baltimore area

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Wes Moore on Thursday released the following statement regarding Maryland’s Red Alert Air Quality Condition resulting from the Canadian Wildfires: “We are working in close coordination with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Department of Health to monitor the impact that wildfires burning in Quebec, Canada are having on air quality both in Maryland and across […]

Code Red Air Quality Alert issued for Thursday in Baltimore area

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—As smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to pass through the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert for Thursday in the Baltimore area. A Code Red Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region are unhealthy for the general population. Officials say a concentrated plume of smoke is expected […]

Canadian wildfire smoke prompts Code Red in Baltimore area on Wednesday

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—As copious amounts of wildfire smoke from eastern Canada pour into the state, the Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert for Wednesday in the Baltimore area. A Code Red Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region are unhealthful for the general population. The effects of air pollution can […]

Code Orange Air Quality Alert Baltimore Washington

Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued for Tuesday in Baltimore area

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD— The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Tuesday in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The […]

Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued for Friday in Baltimore area

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—The Maryland Department of the Environment has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Friday in the Baltimore area. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children, people suffering from asthma, heart disease or other lung diseases and the elderly. The effects […]

Smoke plume from New Jersey wildfire to approach I-95 corridor on Thursday afternoon

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Thursday afternoon and evening could become quite hazy along the I-95 corridor. The Maryland Department of the Environment says that winds have pushed a plume of dense smoke from a wildfire in New Jersey to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Winds will shift the plume northward toward the I-95 corridor on Thursday afternoon and into the evening hours. Visible […]

Attorney General Brown sues 3M, Dupont, and other chemical manufacturers for PFAS contamination of Maryland’s waters

Posted on May 30, 2023 by Chris Montcalmo

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on Tuesday announced two lawsuits, filed on behalf of the State of Maryland, the Maryland Department of Environment, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Maryland Department of Health, seeking to hold multiple chemical manufacturers accountable for widespread and continuing contamination of Maryland’s natural resources and harm to public health. The lawsuits […]