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Maryland economy could lose $1 billion if international students don’t return
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 8, 2025
Bimal Malla, owner of Sakoon Indian Fusion, didn’t mince his words about the future of his restaurant, located just steps from the Johns Hopkins University campus. Business at the Indian restaurant in Charles Village is “down like 50% already,”...
Maryland Matters: After last Bay cleanup plan fell short, new proposal aims to be flexible, data-driven
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 8, 2025
When they last signed a Chesapeake Bay cleanup agreement in 2014, officials from seven jurisdictions set ambitious targets and a hard deadline of 2025. They didn’t quite make it. So as they drafted the next agreement, which was released to the...
Dems' Climate Pivot Likely Just Smoke And Mirrors
The Daily Caller
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Democrats are beginning to dial back some of their signature environmental policies in response to their mounting economic costs, but some policy analysts argue the changes are far more symbolic than substantive. In recent months, Democratic...
Left-wing critics blame Texas flood devastation on ‘climate denialism,’ warn more to come unless inaction ends
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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July 9, 2025
The CSD is 'heartsick' over the floods in Texas and 'sickened' by the responses from some Democrats. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While debate over why the Texas floods were so deadly has centered around President Donald Trump's...
Sewage Sludge and Wastewater Treatment Plants Identified as Key Sources of PFAS Pollution
JD Supra - California
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July 9, 2025
New research suggests that sewage sludge and wastewater treatment plants are major sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pollution. Waterkeeper Alliance, in partnership with local Waterkeeper groups and the Hispanic Access...
Baltimore County Council stiff-arms affordable housing project in Towson
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 8, 2025
It took only a few minutes before the weeknight Baltimore County Council hearing erupted into dramatics. The county’s housing director, Terry Hickey, pitched the council on allocating more money to a Towson housing development in financial...
Oklahoma City students win national STEM award for water pollution solution
KOCO 5 - Oklahoma
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July 9, 2025
SOLUTION FOR WATER POLLUTION. FEEL LIKE YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE WITH WATER POLLUTION? YES, THE URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY WAS NAMED A FINALIST IN THE CAL RIPKEN SENIOR FOUNDATION STEM STUDENT CHALLENGE BACK IN MAY. IT LEADS TO THE...
With surgical skill, a Baltimore County institution keeps bluegrass alive
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
Emory Knode considers himself born into music. His birth certificate lists his father’s occupation as “musician.” Knode strums a little guitar, yes, and knows his way around the trumpet, sure. But his true talent lies in repairs. If anyone can...
Utah State Announces AD Diana Sabau Leaving Logan For Maryland
KSL TV 5 - Utah
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July 9, 2025
LOGAN, Utah – Utah State University is once again without a full-time President or a Director of Athletics after Diana Sabau stepped down to accept a position at the University of Maryland. Utah State announced the move on Wednesday, July 9. “I...
Utah State AD Diana Sabau departs for Maryland
Utah Statesman
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July 9, 2025
Utah State University Athletic Director Diana Sabau is set to leave Logan later this month to become the next athletic director at the University of Maryland, capping a two-year tenure with USU Athletics. Sabau, who has served as Utah State’s vice...
Microscopic pest becoming serious threat to Maryland trees
WBAL TV - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
Pests that are too small to be seen by the naked eye are leaving a giant problem in their wake in Maryland.Forests and nearby communities could start looking much different as a tree native to Maryland falls victim to a microscopic pest. Beech...
Utah State in search of new athletic director as Sabau leaves for Maryland
Standard Examiner - Utah
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1 / 2 Utah State athletic director Diana Sabau, right, helps introduce Bronco Mendenhall as USU football head coach on Dec. 9, 2024, in Logan. Eli Lucero, Herald Journal via AP 2 / 2 Diana Sabau ❮ ❯ Utah State University will again search for an...
Chaberton Energy cuts ribbon on 3.2-MW Maryland community solar project
Solar Power World
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July 9, 2025
Celebrating the powering up of new community solar in Howard County, Maryland, are (left to right) Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association; Richard Gilker, senior vice president of technical operations, Pivot...
Senator Lankford and Congressman Brecheen urge EPA to Investigate Environmental Risks of Abortion Drug Mifepristone
CityNewsOKC - Oklahoma
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Washington, D.C. — This month, Oklahoma's senior U.S. Senator James Lankford and Second District Congressman Josh Brecheen urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the environmental and public health risks of the abortion...
Technical.ly expands to cover all of Maryland’s innovation economy
Technical.ly
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July 9, 2025
Technical.ly’s first expansion was to Baltimore, both because we saw the startup and tech ecosystem growing and because I didn’t own a car and the trains ran frequently there from where I lived. Over the next 14 years, we would hold our first team...
Businesses, environmentalists join forces to stop NY offshore wind project they fear will harm fishing, sea life
New York Post
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July 9, 2025
They’re in uncharted waters. In a rare move, businesses and environmentalists have joined forces in court to furiously fight New York’s Empire Wind One offshore project, saying that it will devastate both the commercial fishing industry and marine...
Extreme Heat Fuels Widespread Climate Alarm as Americans Reject Cuts to FEMA and NOAA
The Washington Informer
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July 9, 2025
As record-breaking heat waves sweep across the country this summer, a new national poll reveals an overwhelming majority of Americans are linking the punishing temperatures to climate change — and voicing deep concern about the government’s...
The Best Hidden Spot to See Wildlife in Every State
AOL
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It doesn't take a safari or a remote jungle trek to witness wild animals in their natural settings. Across the U.S., lesser-known parks, refuges, and natural spaces offer prime views of native species without the crowds. You can watch elk graze at...
'We're essentially gambling': Council hearing set for latest underground fire in the heart of Baltimore
WMAR-2 News - Maryland
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July 9, 2025
BALTIMORE — More than a week has gone by since an underground fire broke out in the heart of downtown Baltimore and continues to cause headaches for commuters. Neeye Beye began working for the mayor's summer youth program on Monday in a building...
June heat wave sent hundreds to Maryland ERs, caused seven heat-related deaths in a single week
Baltimore Brew - Maryland
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A late June heat wave led to skyrocketing emergency room visits and seven heat-related deaths in a single week, boosting the total number of heat-related deaths this year to nine, according to the latest state report. The data from the Maryland...